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Foundations of pastoral counselling : integrating philosophy, theology and psychotherapy / Neil Pembroke.

By: Pembroke, Neil [author.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, UK : SCM Press, 2017Description: ix, 258 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780334055358; 0334055350Subject(s): Pastoral counselingBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Respect for the uniqueness of the counsellee, or resisting the totalizing tendency -- Empathy and the body, or the quest for participatory sense-making -- Deep listening, or being formed in the discipline of attention -- Conditions for genuine dialogue, or it's the relationship that heals -- 'Relational humanness' and 'relational justice', or caring for two worlds -- Revising faulty thinking, or a Socratic approach to healing 'belief-sickness' -- Facilitating self-challenge, or learning the art of indirection -- Working with counsellee images, or exploring the 'metaphors we live by' -- Connecting with a community of hope, or pastoral rituals that shine a light -- Concluding reflection: it's also about personal spirituality.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index.

Introduction -- Respect for the uniqueness of the counsellee, or resisting the totalizing tendency -- Empathy and the body, or the quest for participatory sense-making -- Deep listening, or being formed in the discipline of attention -- Conditions for genuine dialogue, or it's the relationship that heals -- 'Relational humanness' and 'relational justice', or caring for two worlds -- Revising faulty thinking, or a Socratic approach to healing 'belief-sickness' -- Facilitating self-challenge, or learning the art of indirection -- Working with counsellee images, or exploring the 'metaphors we live by' -- Connecting with a community of hope, or pastoral rituals that shine a light -- Concluding reflection: it's also about personal spirituality.

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