Description
This workshop will cover guidelines for establishing an ethical and effective lay counseling or lay helping ministry in the Church using two major models: informal organized and formal organized. The selection, training, supervision, and evaluation of lay counselors or lay helpers and the role of the mental health professional in lay helping will also be described and discussed.
Presented by: Siang-Yang Tan, Ph.D.
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- Learn how to establish an ethical and effective lay counseling or lay helping ministry in the Church using two major models: informal organized and formal organized
- Learn how to select, train, supervise, and evaluate lay counselors or lay helpers
- Become aware of the various roles that a mental health professional can play in developing lay counselors and lay counseling or lay helping ministries
