Authors: Howard W. Stone
ISBN-13: 9780800663520, ISBN-10: 0800663527
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Date Published: January 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Crisis Counseling unites the skills of pastoral care and counseling with current methods of crisis intervention from the fields of psychology and psychotherapy. This book is written for ministersboth clergy and laywho are called upon to care for those in crisis. Its concepts and methods will be of value to mental health professionals and crisis hot-line volunteers. Crisis Counseling discusses the minister's role as a crisis intervener, incorporating the understanding of recent crisis intervention theory and exploring how the dynamics of crisis is vital for effective crisis management.
Foreword | 6 | |
Preface | 8 | |
1 | The Minister as Crisis Counselor | 11 |
2 | The Dynamics of Crisis | 18 |
3 | A Design for Intervention | 33 |
4 | Extreme Interventions | 58 |
5 | Portraits in Crisis | 74 |
6 | The Church as Caring Community | 87 |
Bibliography | 93 |