Strategic Pastoral Counseling

Author: David G. Benner
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441200568
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Therapeutic counseling in a Christian context can be highly effective when it maintains narrowly focused goals in a time-limited setting. The details of this proven model of pastoral counseling are described in this practical guide. This second edition of Strategic Pastoral Counseling has been thoroughly revised and includes two new chapters. Benner includes helpful case studies, a new appendix on contemporary ethical issues, and updated chapter bibliographies. His study will continue to serve clergy and students well as a valued practical handbook on pastoral care and counseling.

Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling

Author: Charles Allen Kollar
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310873800
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
This groundbreaking book, now updated and expanded, furthers its original, effective, time-saving approach that benefits pastors overtaxed by counseling demands. Dr. Charles Kollar presents a departure in pastoral counseling, showing that counseling need not be long-term or depend on psychological manipulation to produce dramatic results. In most cases, the solution lies with the counselees themselves. Using the tested methods found in Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling, pastors, apart from counselors, will be well equipped to help their counselees discover a solution and put it in motion speedily and productively.SFPC is short-term—typically one to five sessions, in which the counselor seeks to create solutions with—not for—the counselee. The focus is on the possibility of life without the problem through an understanding of what is different when the problem does not occur or is less intrusive. The goal is healthy change, sooner rather than later, by helping the counselee see and work on the solution with God’s activity already present in his or her life.The solution-focused approach does not require the counselor to be a highly trained psychological expert. It requires biblically based sensitivity and common sense. Yet this approach also recognizes its limitations and understands that there are situations in which other professional and/or medical help is required.

Helping Angry People

Author: Glenn Taylor
Publisher: Regent College Publishing
ISBN: 9781573832533
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Anger is one of the most common problems counselors face. What does the Bible say about it? Is all Anger sin? Is there a way to turn anger into something positive? Glenn Taylor and Rod Wilson bring their pastoral, teaching, and counseling experience to bear on the various issues surrounding anger and provide a step-by-step, biblically based approach to helping people understand and deal with their anger. Helping Angry People follows the counseling model developed by clinical psychologist David G. Benner for pastoral counselors. This model is: . short term . enhanced by outside reading assignments . carefully structured . holistic . spiritually focused . explicitly Christian After giving a brief overview of this model, the authors present a five-session format that guides counselors through a hypothetical counseling situation, from initial encounter, through counselees' feelings, thoughts and behaviors, to the process of referral and termination. Helping Angry People, together with its companion handout for counselees, Exploring Your Anger, is perfectly suited for pastors who want to counsel in a psychologically informed way that also emphasizes the spiritual resources of Christian ministry. Glenn Taylor (M.Th., M.Ed.) has been Counselor/consultant and researcher in missions for many years with the Missionary Health Institute, Toronto. Rod Wilson (Ph.D., York University) is President and Professor of Counseling and Psychology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Crisis Counseling

Author: Howard W. Stone
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451409789
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Crisis Counseling is written for persons who seek to provide such assistance, whether as ministers or hotline volunteers or pastoral counselor.

Overcoming Grief and Trauma

Author: Mel Lawrenz
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
ISBN: 9780801010569
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
Grief, and the more debilitating emotional trauma, can result from any loss, whether the death of a loved one or a job layoff. The authors provide a broad overview of the grieving process, its defense mechanisms, and the debilitating form of trauma.

Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling

Author: Rodney J. Hunter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780687497515
Category : Pastoral care
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"This volume offers authoritative, easy-to-find information that will assist anyone engaged in the study or practice of pastoral care and counseling." "The Dictionary contains more than 1,200 articles, prepared by experts in the field, covering virtually every topic related to pastoral care and counseling. This Expanded Edition includes seven new essays and an extensive bibliography, which bring the volume up to date. The resource is ecumenical in its vision, enlisting the participation of nearly 600 Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish contributors."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Christian Counseling Casebook

Author: Gary R. Collins
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Incorporated
ISBN: 1418516600
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
This companion to the third edition of Christian Counseling will help readers apply their knowledge to real cases. It presents stories that illustrate the material that is discussed abstractly in Christian Counseling. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction followed by the case story or stories and three sets of questions designed by Gary Collins to help the reader or group explore the subtleties and details of Christian Counseling. The Discussion Questions focus primarily on the case and raise questions about how the counselee might best be helped. The General Questions focus more broadly on relevant issues that are suggested by the presented case but may extend beyond the case. The Personal Reflection Questions are written for the reader/counselor to reflect on ways in which the case and the topics under discussion could apply personally to the reader.

The Dynamics of Pastoral Care (Ministry Dynamics for a New Century)

Author: David W. Wiersbe
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441215107
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
Pastors are increasingly tempted to view themselves as high-powered CEOs. Wiersbe reminds them of the biblical model: shepherds to God's people. Practical and encouraging.

Understanding Depression

Author: Siang-Yang Tan
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
ISBN: 9780801089213
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Christians tend to be wary of sharing their feelings. What helps is a supportive environment in which the person can share pain. Understanding Depression stresses the unique burden-bearing help a pastor/counselor can provide. The authors carefully guide the counselor to identify what can and cannot be accomplished in a short-term approach.

Introduction to Pastoral Counseling

Author: Loren L. Townsend
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 0687658357
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
An in-depth look at who pastoral caregivers are, what they do, and how and why they do it