The practice of pastoral care - Carrie Doehring

The Practice of Pastoral Care has become a popular
seminary textbook for courses in pastoral care and a manual for clinical pastoral
education. In it, Doehring encourages counselors to view their ministry through a
trifocal lens that incorporates premodern, modern, and postmodern approaches to
religious and psychological knowledge. Doehring describes the basic ingredients of a
caregiving relationship, shows how to use the caregiver's life experience as a
source of authority, and demonstrates how to develop the skill of listening and
establishing the actual relationship. This new edition elaborates on and expands the
author's previous work, adding an intercultural perspective that gives more
attention to religious pluralism in the pastoral care setting. It offers a road map
for using a step-by-step narrative, relational, embodied approach to spiritual care
that respects the unique ways people live out their values and beliefs, especially
in coping with stress, loss, and violence. Readers will be able to confidently and
professionally offer pastoral care and counseling to members of their congregations
or other places of ministry.