Authors: Christie Cozad Neuger
ISBN-13: 9780800634223, ISBN-10: 0800634225
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Date Published: January 2001
Edition: New Edition
In this signal volume, Christie Neuger offers a new feminist paradigm for radical, effective, empowering counseling for women. She contends that pastors must take up the challenge of pastoral counseling, especially in light of the revolutionary pastoral implications of gender studies and feminist theology, as well as the continuing personal and social effects of sexism.
The most sustained and systematic account to date, Neuger's model employs narrative psychotherapya short-term, contextually sensitive, and teachable counseling structure. She espouses counseling in four phases: coming to voice, gaining clarity, making choices, and staying connected. Each is masterfully sketched and illustrated by a common therapeutic problem (e.g., intimate violence, depression, aging).
Neuger's work promises to aid counselors "to help women resist and transform the negative effects of a woman-unfriendly culture" and so to reclaim their stories, their strength, and their lives.
Author Biography:
Christie Cozad Neuger is Professor of Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, St. Paul.
Preface | ||
1 | Setting the Scene | 1 |
Gender Studies and the Revolution of Knowledge | 5 | |
The Realities of Patriarchy | 15 | |
Media and Self-Image | 24 | |
Implications | 27 | |
Pastoral Issues in Counseling with Women | 28 | |
2 | Building the Frame | 33 |
Personality Theory | 34 | |
Counseling Theory | 48 | |
Theology | 56 | |
Conclusion | 64 | |
3 | Helping Women Come to Voice | 65 |
The Centrality of Voice in Feminist Theory and Theology | 68 | |
Contexts Related to Women's Loss of Voice | 73 | |
A Narrative Approach to Helping Women Come to Voice | 85 | |
4 | Coming to Voice in the Context of Intimate Violence | 93 |
Intimate Violence and the Church | 96 | |
Intimate Violence: Definitions and Contexts | 105 | |
Helping Women Come to Voice in the Context of Intimate Violence | 115 | |
5 | Helping Women Gain Clarity | 127 |
Gaining Distance from Problematic or Untruthful Narrative Strands | 129 | |
Five Rs for Helping Women Gain Clarity | 141 | |
6 | Gaining Clarity in the Context of Depression | 149 |
Defining Depression | 149 | |
Who Gets Depressed? | 154 | |
Women's Experiences with Depression | 157 | |
Life in a Sexist, Racist, and Classist Culture | 160 | |
Caring for Women Struggling with Depression | 168 | |
Implications for Narrative Counseling | 176 | |
7 | Helping Women Make Choices | 179 |
Risks in Making Choices | 182 | |
Models of Choice Making | 185 | |
A Feminist Narrative Approach to Helping Women Make Choices | 188 | |
Criteria for Making and Evaluating Choices | 191 | |
The Personal and Political Nature of Making Choices | 195 | |
8 | Making Choices in the Context of Aging | 197 |
Challenging Ageist and Sexist Stereotypes | 199 | |
The Importance of Studying Woman and Aging | 203 | |
Living with and Escaping from the Culture's Sexist and Ageist Messages | 205 | |
Risks and Benefits of Aging for Women | 207 | |
Helping Older Women Make Narrative Choices | 221 | |
9 | Conclusion: Helping Women Stay Connected | 229 |
Helping Women Stay Connected - Women and Relationality | 233 | |
The Importance of Community for Women in Pastoral Counseling | 234 | |
Notes | 241 | |
Index | 257 |