File 2088 - Lecture notes and handouts for fall 1972 course

0.6 cm of textual records

File consists of a bound volume of typed and annotated lecture notes and handouts. The bound volume also appears to have been annotated by Nouwen after it was compiled.

See 1.7.1.5. Henri Nouwen fonds - Teaching materials - Course lectures, handouts, reading and student notes - Pastoral Care courses - Case study notes, box 263, file 2079a, for possible case study handouts used in this course.
See 1.8.4. Henri Nouwen fonds - Nouwen's education records and study notes - Menninger Clinic records - Case Studies volume 1 (A-N), Case Studies volume 2 (O-Z), for a collection of case studies which were compiled by Nouwen during his time at Menninger. It is possible he used some of these case studies for reference in his Pastoral Care courses.

Title based on contents of the file.

Pastoral Care and Counseling was offered by Nouwen during the fall semester on Mondays from September 18 to December 11, 1972 at Yale Divinity School. At that time, Nouwen was an Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology. Nouwen continued with this course in his efforts to teach Divinity students practical psychological techniques, such as case-recording and clinical theory, that they could integrate into their jobs as pastoral counselors. Nouwen drew strongly on the work of Charles Menninger and Seward Hiltner for this course. The course also had guest speakers such as Colin Williams and Doug Morrison, films and field trips, but was more lecture-centric than past Pastoral Care courses. This is one of the first courses where Nouwen had his students divide up into small groups to discuss the course material. His lectures for this course also cover his preoccupation with clowns and the works of Rembrandt van Rijn. An assistant to Nouwen in this course may have been Bill McSwiggin.

Revised by L Joson, 4 July 2018
Revised by L Joson, 13 November 2018