Soul Care Training
2 year, 6 semester course - Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm
What Is Soul Care Training?
Soul Care Training equips pastors, lay counselors, and individuals to walk with others—and themselves—with grace, presence, and godly wisdom. Whether you're helping someone in pain or navigating your own story, Soul Care offers a path to deeper connection and Spirit-led response.
You’ll learn to:
- Build confidence in caring for others and yourself
- Engage in honest, soul-shaping conversations
- Face hard realities with spiritual courage
- Respond with a Godly response to our reality
Who It’s For
Soul Care Training is for those who want to grow in emotional and spiritual maturity—not by fixing others, but by caring for ourselves first. Resulting in our ability to love and care for others.
Each unit weaves together biblical wisdom and sound psychological insight to form a strong foundation for soul care ministry.
You’ll be invited to:
- Grow in self-awareness and emotional maturity
- Deepen connection in your relationships
- Discern God's presence in both hardship and blessing
- Shift from fixing to Spirit-led listening
- Learn principles that integrate faith and psychology
How It Works
Soul Care Training is taught by Terry Ewing, founder of Plumbline Ministries Inc., through six powerful units. Each unit stands on its own so you can begin the journey at any time.
Unit 1: Foundations
This unit lays the groundwork for soul care through the core principles of the Plumbline Ministries pastoral counseling model. You’ll be introduced to the tools we use most for emotional discovery, spiritual reflection, and the sacred work of writing and sharing your personal story.
You’ll learn to:
- Grasp the foundational principles of soul care counseling
- Use key tools for emotional and spiritual discovery
- Practice guided methods for internal processing
- Explore your personal narrative through writing and story
- Build a framework for future soul care conversations
Unit 2: Emotional Freedom
Soul care invites us to feel deeply without being ruled by emotion. In this unit, you'll explore the freedom that comes from owning your emotions, expressing them honestly, and responding to emotionally charged situations with God-given wisdom and grace.
You’ll learn to:
- Embrace the full range of God-given emotion
- Distinguish between feeling, reacting, and responding
- Own your emotions without shame or blame
- Practice emotional honesty in safe, grounded ways
- Respond wisely in the midst of emotional intensity
Unit 3: Relational Freedom
True soul care empowers people to engage relationships with clarity, courage, and grace. This unit equips you to break free from unhealthy cycles and walk in relational wholeness. You’ll gain tools for emotional awareness, healthy boundaries, and Spirit-led decision-making in complex relationships.
You’ll learn to:
- Understand and apply the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis (TJTA)
- Use cognitive counseling tools for clarity and change
- Identify and interrupt dysfunctional relational patterns
- Navigate expectations, agreements, and boundaries
- Explore the purpose and process of structured separations
Unit 4: Family Dynamics
Soul Care begins in the stories we come from. This unit explores how family of origin, developmental stages, and trauma shape how we relate to others and ourselves. You’ll gain tools to recognize patterns, understand parenting and family roles, and invite God’s healing into generational dynamics.
You’ll learn to:
- Understand emotional and spiritual development
- Recognize trauma’s impact on identity and connection
- Explore family systems and relational roles
- Reflect on parenting patterns and their influence
- Walk with others through generational healing
Unit 5: Diagnostic Categories
This unit begins by grounding students in the spiritual realities of warfare as a common trial of life. From there, we explore key diagnostic categories that impact individuals and families—offering insight, compassion, and clarity. The unit concludes with student-led presentations on selected topics.
You’ll learn to:
- Understand the foundations of spiritual warfare as common trial of life
- Explore major diagnostic categories through a soul care lens
- Recognize how diagnoses impact individuals and family systems
- Present your learning through a guided topical presentation
Unit 6: This is Your Brain on Prayer
This unit explores how the brain is formed, how it functions, and how prayer can transform both. You’ll engage the intersection of neuroscience and spiritual formation—discovering how connecting with God promotes healing, renewal, and lasting change. Each session includes teaching and guided experiential application.
You’ll learn to:
- Understand key aspects of brain development and function
- Explore how prayer affects brain activity and emotional health
- Examine therapeutic pathways for healing the brain
- Engage spiritual practices that support renewal and connection