This essential resource integrates the classic foundations of pastoral care with the latest approaches to spiritual care. It is specifically intended for professionals who work or spend time with congregants in acute care hospitals behavioral health facilities rehabil... Lees meer.

For the first time ever three pioneers in the field of acceptance and commitment therapy ACT present an edited volume that outlines how the core ACT processes can be applied to religious and spiritual care approaches. If you are a clergy leader or pastoral counsel... Lees meer.

The common view of the nineteenth-century pastoral relationship--found in both contemporary popular accounts and 20th-century scholarship--was that women and clergymen formed a natural alliance and enjoyed a particular influence over each other. In Without Benefit of Cl... Lees meer.

A resource for worshipers today looking to change hardened worship patternsthat stand in the way of everyday spirituality.All too often those who attend church or synagogue find themselves bored or baffled by the service. Their predominant thought is how slowly the tim... Lees meer.

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Congregants most often come to clergy because they seek to fix something in their lives. They have experienced some form of disappointment hurt conflict loss suffering or trauma. This dimension of pastoral counseling can be a profound source of comfort and healing.T... Lees meer.

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Enriching Awareness and Practice in the Pastoral and Reflective Supervision of Clergy increases and enriches the awareness knowledge and skills of pastoral and reflective supervisors who work with clergy in a pastoral reflective supervision context. The content is als... Lees meer.

A study with Latino a subjects highlighting two key conclusions. 1 The subjects employ a modality of empathy which is qualitatively different from classical views of empathy in pastoral care 2 The subjects employ a series of selfobjects transferences that when cons... Lees meer.

Excerpt from The Reunion of Christendom. A Pastoral Letter to the Clergy Etc In the Synod of the Diocese held on the 14th of December in last year I published a Letter of the Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office in reply to a communication of the Bishops of Englan... Lees meer.

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