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Practical Psychology
for Pastors
2nd Edition
William R. Miller
0-13-171829-0
Paper
448 pages
1995
Brief Description
For courses in pastoral counseling in departments of psychology, education, counseling, social work, or in religious training programs.
Broadly applicable across doctrines and denominations, this text explains how pastors can use the current knowledge, research, methods, and skills of modern psychology in the process of pastoring. Highly practical in approach, it goes beyond theory and general description to provide specific how-to advice on dealing with common counseling challenges.
Features
- reflects the expertise of the authors as both educators and as ordained elders.
offers a broad theological context, applicable regardless of denomination.
updates coverage of theory, research, and counseling resources throughout.
adds/expands coverage on such topics as:
the integration of counseling with other pastoral roles and functions.
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pastoral counseling ethics.
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how to help people build personal motivation for change.
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grief counseling and crisis intervention.
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post-traumatic stress, physical and sexual abuse, and personality disorders.
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features a new chapter on Pastoral Self-Care — a survival manual to help pastors maintain psychological health, avoid crisis, and prevent personal and occupational burnout.
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focuses on information and methods that are applicable and effective across a broad range of perspectives and problem areas, and offers valid alternative perspectives and counseling approaches.
- features chapter-length coverage of important problem areas, such as relationship counseling, depression, suicide, stress and anxiety, anger and aggression, addictive behaviors, and major mental disorders.
- considers important issues such as counseling ethics, crisis intervention, listening skills, referral, and motivation.
- outlines clear systems to help pastoral counselors organize their thinking and decide how to proceed in specific cases.
- includes case examples, sample counseling dialogue, practical information tables, specific questions to consider, etc.
Contents
I. COUNSELING AS MINISTRY.
1. The Pastor as Counselor.
2. Four Phases of Counseling.
3. Practical and Ethical Issues.
II. CLARIFICATION: THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING.
4. Not Listening.
5. Listening.
III. FORMULATION: THE ART OF THINKING CLEARLY.
6. Perspectives and Personality Theory.
7. Getting Organized: Four Helpful Questions.
IV. INTERVENTION: MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
8. Building Motivation.
9. Facilitating Choices.
10. Reducing Confusion.
11. Problem-Focused Counseling: Helping People Change.
V. COMMON PROBLEM AREAS.
12. Mood, Grief, and Depression.
13. Suicide.
14. Stress and Anxiety.
15. Anger and Aggression.
16. Addictive Behaviors.
17. Psychoses and Personality Disorders.
18. Relationship Counseling.
VI. TERMINATION: PASTORING AND CONTINUED SUPPORT.
19. Termination and Referral.
20. Building a More Resourceful Community.
21. Pastoral Self-Care.
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