Authors: David Benner
ISBN-13: 9780801090639, ISBN-10: 0801090636
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Date Published: December 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
David G. Benner is professor of psychology at Redeemer College (Ontario) and a practicing clinical psychologist. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including the Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling Dr. Benner is also the founding director of the Institute for Psychospiritual Health, an international network of scholars and practitioners.
A practicing psychologist explores the church's role in "soul care," advocating a counseling method that anchors modern therapy in timeless biblical principles.
Acknowledgments | 9 | |
Introduction: The Rediscovery of Soul and the Recovery of Its Care | 11 | |
Pt. 1 | Understanding Soul Care | |
1 | What Is Soul Care? | 21 |
2 | The Rise of Therapeutic Soul Care | 35 |
3 | The Boundaries of the Soul | 51 |
4 | Psychology and Spirituality | 65 |
5 | Christian Spirituality | 87 |
6 | The Psychospiritual Focus of Soul Care | 109 |
Pt. 2 | Giving and Receiving Soul Care | |
7 | Dialogue in Soul Care | 131 |
8 | Dreams, the Unconscious, and the Language of the Soul | 157 |
9 | Forms of Christian Soul Care | 185 |
10 | Challenges of Christian Soul Care | 205 |
11 | Receiving Soul Care | 223 |
Notes | 239 | |
Index | 245 |