Understanding pastoral counseling / Elizabeth A. Maynard, PhD, Jill L. Snodgrass, MDiv, PhD, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maynard, Elizabeth A., editor.

Snodgrass, Jill Lynnae, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral counseling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Springer Publishing Company, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

What are the roles, functions, and identities of pastoral counselors today? What paradigms shape their understandings of the needs of others? How can pastoral counselors serve the needs of diverse individuals in both religious and secular environments? This foundational text reflects the continued and unfolding work of pastoral counseling in both clinical and traditional ministry settings. It addresses key issues in the history, current practices, and future directions in pastoral counseling and its place among allied helping professions. Written to incorporate current changes in the roles of

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Prologue""; ""References""; ""Share Understanding Pastoral Counseling""; ""Part I: An Introduction to Pastoral Counseling""; ""Chapter 1: Pastoral Counseling: A Discipline of Unity Amid Diversity""; ""What Makes Pastoral Counseling “Pastoral�?""; ""Pastoral Counselors and Other Allied Mental Health Professionals""; ""The Setting and Context of Pastoral Counseling""; ""The Discipline�s Spiritual Assumptions""; ""Building Roads of Communication and Communion""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""Notes""; ""References""

""Chapter 2: Pastoral Counseling�s History""""Context: Judeo�Christian Care of the Soul""; ""Context: Care and Counseling in American Religious Life""; ""Care in Early American History""; ""Twentieth-Century Context""; ""Pastoral Counseling: A Clinical Ministry Specialty""; ""Development of a Profession""; ""Twenty-First Century""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part II: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Being""; ""Chapter 3: Pastoral Counselors: Mental Health Professionals""; ""Professionals at the Crossroads""; ""Pastoral Counselors as Mental Health Professionals""

""Integrated Professionals""""Reflection Questions""; ""References""; ""Part III: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Understanding""; ""Chapter 4: The Human Condition: Pastoral Perspectives""; ""Human Dignity and Depravity""; ""Story""; ""Relational Style""; ""Family""; ""Gender""; ""View of God""; ""Conclusions""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: The Nature and Function of Suffering""; ""The Origins of Intrapersonal Processes and Suffering""; ""Interpersonal Processes and Suffering""; ""The Family and Suffering""; ""Culture�s Influence on Pain and Suffering""

""Pain and Suffering Beyond Attachment, Family, and Culture""""The Pastoral Counselor�s Response to Those Who Suffer""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: The Challenges of Being Bilingual: Methods of Integrating Psychological and Religious Studies""; ""Historical Background""; ""The Interdisciplinary Methods of Pastoral Counselors""; ""An Illustration""; ""Conclusions""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""Notes""; ""References""

""Chapter 7: To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose: Pastoral Counseling Distinctives in Conceptualizing and Engaging Human Distress""""The Modern Emergence of and Ambivalence About Pastoral Diagnosis""; ""Pastoral Diagnosis as a Diagnosis of Gnosis""; ""Moving Beyond Conceptualization to Engaging Experience""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Religious and Spiritual Assessment in Pastoral Counseling""; ""An Integrated Interdisciplinary Framework""; ""Conclusions""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""References""

""Chapter 9: Responding to Explicit and Implicit Spiritual Content in Pastoral Counseling""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

911195791