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A Text Book on Pastoral Care & Counselling
Authorship Description
Edited by Daniel Burnabas.
Bibliographical Details xii, 176 p. 23 cm.
Edition, Place & Publisher 1st ed. New Delhi, Christian World Imprints.
ISBN-10 9351485935
ISBN-13 9789351485933, 978-9351485933
Year of Publication 2021.
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‘A Text Book on Pastoral Care and Counselling’ is a joint effort of many authors. It presents the basis of Pastoral care and counselling, functions, basic skills in pastoral counselling and its therapeutic measures. It also tries to highlight the pastoral care and counselling for different stages of life, religious resources which can be utilized. Important psychotherapies and crisis counselling for different situations of crisis also included. This volume will be a valuable resource for counselling students, teachers and pastors for their professional helping ministry of the church and society.

Contents

Foreword
Preface

1. Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counselling

Introduction

1. Pastor
2. Pastoral Care
3. Functions of Pastoral Care
4. Pastoral Counselling

Conclusion

2. Biblical, Theological and Historical Foundations of Pastoral Care and Counselling

Introduction

1. Biblical Foundation for Pastoral Care and Counselling
2. Theological Foundation for Pastoral Care and Counselling
3. Importance of Pastoral Care and Theology in Christian Ministry
4. Historical Foundation for Pastoral Care and Counselling
5. Changing Patterns in the Care of the Tradition: Pastoral Care and Counselling and Postmodern Theologies

Conclusion

3. Functions of Pastoral Care

Introduction

1. Healing
2. Sustaining
3. Guiding
4. Reconciling
5. Liberating
6. Empowerment

Conclusion


4. Basic Skills in Pastoral Counselling

1. Overview of Counselling Skills
2. Personalization-Personalizing Meaning, Problem, Goals, Feelings
3. Facilitative Self-Disclosure
4. Intimacy of Relationship
5. Confrontation
6. Appreciation
7. Contracting
8. Referral
9. Confidentiality
10. Termination and Referrals Skills

Conclusion


5. Stages of Counselling

Introduction

1. Stage One: Attending
2. Stage Two: Responding
3. Stage Three: Personalizing
4. Stage Four: Initiating
5. Stage Five: Evaluation and Conclusion

Conclusion

6. Pastoral Care and Counselling: Different Stages of Life According to Erik Erikson

Introduction

1. Different Stages According to Erikson
2. Early Childhood or Babyhood or Toddlerhood (1 Year To 2 Years)
3. Adolescence
4. Young Adulthood
5. Middle Adulthood
6. Late Adulthood or Old Age

Conclusion

7. Religious Resources for Pastoral Care and Counselling

Introduction

1. Christian Counselling
2. Skills of Counselling
3. Spiritual Resources in Counselling
4. Implication of Relevant Resources in Counselling

Conclusion

8. Important Psychotherapies - I

1. Psychoanalysis
2. Analytical Therapy
3. Client-Centered Therapy

Conclusion

9. Important Psychotherapies - II

1. Transactional Analysis (T.A.)
2. Logo Therapy
3. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

Conclusion


10. Crisis Counselling

Introduction

1. Definition of Crisis
2. The Nature and Dynamics of Crisis
3. How a Crisis Develops?
4. Important Principles and Characteristics of Crisis
5. Different Types of Crisis
6. Goals of Crisis Counselling
7. Elements of Crisis Counselling
8. Characteristics of Crisis
9. Crisis Ministry
10. Period of Crisis
11. Crisis Interventions
12. The Bible and Crises
13. Implication

Conclusion

Contributors

Rev. Dr. Daniel Burnabas is an ordained presbyter of Church of South India - Diocese of South Kerala and has been serving in different churches since 1979. He served as teaching faculty in the department of Ministry, Pastoral Care & Counselling and also as the registrar and principal of Kerala United Theological Seminary (KUTS), Kannamoola, Trivandrum, Kerala. He was also a member and treasurer of the Federated Faculty for Research in Religion and Culture (FFRRC). He is a teacher, counsellor and a motivator. He did his BD at the Kerala United Theological Seminary, Kannamoola; MTh from the United Theological College, Bangalore and Doctoral Studies in Pastoral Care and Counselling with the Senate of Serampore College.

 


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