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ISBN-10:: 0789008610
ISBN-13:: 9780789008619
Pub. Date:: 07/14/2003
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis

ISBN-10:: 0789008610
ISBN-13:: 9780789008619
Pub. Date:: 07/14/2003
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis

Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions / Edition 1

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An enlightening guide to bringing spirituality into the helping professions!

This unique handbook will help you make the journey that will turn spirituality into the touchstone of your practice. For too long, spirituality has been a skeleton in the closet of many practitioners, but now there is a growing movement to integrate the vital beliefs of clients into the healing process. Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions addresses the core values of the movement, providing you with a step-by-step process you can follow to increase empathy and healing while building on the foundation of spirituality. Each chapter includes penetrating reflection questions to help you better understand your own spiritual perspective and a list of suggested resources to help you learn more.

Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions investigates:

the best tools for spiritual assessment
how ethnic background influences spirituality
the language of the sacred in daily life
how people can develop greater empathy
integrating spirituality into community
the importance of ritual

As author Dr. Charles J. Topper says: "Spirituality is the integrating core element of human experience." Reading this book, both clients and care providers will learn to explore their own vibrant spirituality, a powerful innate source of strength and healing. Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions aims to make spirituality more accessible to everyone.

Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions shows how you can take an active approach to integrating spirituality into your profession, helping the people around you see not just their problems but the connections between every facet of their lives. Complete with figures, assessment scales and surveys, and a thoughtful bibliography that points the way to further reading, this book is an important resource for professional growth and spiritual renewal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780789008619
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/14/2003
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Harold G Koenig, Charles J Topper

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Spirituality: A Growing Focus for Professional Caregivers
What Is Spirituality?
Spirituality and Healthy Religion
Core Human Spiritual Needs
Case Studies
Spiritual Needs in Regard to Psychological and Religious Needs
Expanding the Language of Spiritual Needs
Naming Spiritual Needs
Spiritual Well-Being and Health
Spiritual Distress and Religious or Spiritual Problems
Conclusion
Chapter 2. Spiritual Assessment
Foundations
Spiritual Assessment and the Psychological Helping Professional
Spiritual Assessment and the Religious Helping Professional
The Basic Process of Spiritual Assessment
A Beginning Model of Spiritual Assessment
Chapter 3. The Process of Spiritual Care
Step One: Address the Focus of Care Needed
Step Two: Assess Spiritual Needs
Step Three: Determine the Goals of Spiritual Care
Step Four: Relate Spiritual Care to the Helpee’s Religion/Beliefs
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Tools for Spiritual Assessment: Spiritual Care As a Clinical Science
The Need for Spiritual Assessment Instruments
Stumbling Blocks to Spiritual Assessment
Clinical Instruments of Spiritual Assessment
Developmental Models of Spiritual Assessment
Semistructured Interview and Surveys
Developing Your Own Survey Questions
Guidelines for the Development of spiritual Assessment Surveys
Chapter 5. Basic Aptitudes and Skills of Spiritual Care
Ability to Develop a Caring and Healing Helping Relationship
Ability to Bring Spiritual Awareness into the Helping Relationship
Knowledge and Acceptance of Your Identity As a Spiritual Caregiver
Chapter 6. Broader Skills of Spiritual Care
Ability to respond to the Ethnic Heritage of Helpees’ Spirituality
Ability to Work with Helpees’ Pain, Loss, and grief
Ability to Utilize Helpees’ Beliefs
Ability to Use Religious Resources
Chapter 7. A Community Model of Spiritual Care
Ability to Develop a Socially Responsible Focus in Spiritual Care
A Community Model of Spiritual Care
Spiritual Care Competencies of Professional Organizations
Organizational Standards of Spiritual Care
References
Recommended Reading
Index

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