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Families and Groups: Their Nature and Function from a Systems Perspective
Authors: Dearment Daniel C.
Published: May 2015

Reviews briefly five books dealing with the pastoral care of families and then elaborates on the thesis that families are not groups and groups are not families. Differentiates between families and groups in terms of their structural basis, their ultimate tasks, and their primary dynamic. Offers implications for a local pastor working with families.
Implications for Improved Pastoral Health Counseling
Authors: Hyman Bill , Wylie Wayne E.
Published: May 2015

Reviews research findings which show that persons often turn to ministers for help in a variety of health-related matters. Points out that the minister is in fact a sought-after health counselor although he or she frequently lacks the technical and educational background in health counseling. Suggests specific ways for improving the participation of clergy in health counseling, including continuing education and the possible establishment of a specialized role as a minister of health education in a local church.
Influencers in Child Custody Decisions
Authors: Camplair Christopher W. , Stolberg Arnold L. , Worthington Everett L.
Published: May 2015

Reports on a questionnaire survey of legally divorced parents about how their child custody decisions were made. Types of influences identified were those who helped parents make decisions and those who supported them while they made their decisions. Concludes from statistical analyses that close friends, family, and clergy generally provide emotional support whereas attorneys and other professionals are more instrumental in helping parents make decisions. Highlights the effective role that friends, family, and clergy play in providing social support during times of family crisis.
Defining Pastoral Psychotherapy II
Authors: Schlauch Chris R.
Published: May 2015

Defends his previous definition of pastoral psychotherapy as “a psychotherapeutic activity in which a pastoral psychotherapist observes, understands, and interprets the psychological, religious, and moral dimensions of the ongoing process through psychological, theological, and ethical frames of reference.” Responds to criticisms of the definition by drawing on Tillician notions and by emphasizing the essential interdisciplinary nature of the pastoral psychotherapeutic project.
A Faith Development/Self-Development Model for Pastoral Assessment
Authors: Ivy Steven S.
Published: May 2015

Details and recommends an assessment model based on the faith development theory of James Fowler and the self development theory of Robert Kegan. Provides pastoral diagnostic criteria in the areas of symbolic communication, in styles of community, and for style-specific pastoral care. Offers a brief case to illustrate one part of the model.
Secrets and Soul: A Jungian Fable about Pastoral Care
Authors: Gibson Terrill L.
Published: May 2015

Stresses the intrinsic value of secret as an authentic way into the human soul, particularly in the practice of the ancient cura animarum. Draws on Jungian thought in seeing secret as initiatory, as process, and as sacrament in pastoral care and pastoral psychotherapy. Uses case materials to illustrate the power of secret in the pastoral counseling project.
Adult Children of Alcoholics: A Self Portrait
Authors: Norman Sam R.
Published: May 2015

Lists the typical characteristics of adult children of alcoholics and draws implications for pastoral counselors working with such persons. Provides a reading list to assist pastoral counselors in their work with adult children of alcoholics.
Ministry from a Single Perspective: Assets and Liabilities
Authors: Crawford Carolyn A.
Published: May 2015

Reflects on the misperceptions often present in considering the ministry of an unmarried pastor. Points out some of the positive and negative factors of being a single clergy and concludes that whatever the struggles present for the single pastor they ought to be dealt with justice, kindness and humility.
Honor Thy Father and Mother: Scriptural Resources for Victims of Incest and Parental Abuse
Authors: Scott Marshall S.
Published: May 2015

Observes that for the victims of incest or of abusive parents, certain biblical passages (e.g., Exodus 20:12) become stumbling blocks to their faith. Provides detailed scriptural resources which offer support for victims of such abuses. Argues that there is no major support in the scriptures in support of incest or abusive parenting but there is considerable support for healthy parenting. Comments on a variety of biblical verses which may be used to help persons recover from and grow beyond the pain of their abusive past.
Educating for Peacemaking: A Comparison of Three Models
Authors: Ratliff J. Bill
Published: May 2015

Describes three models for educating in peacemaking—Beyond War, Despairwork and Personal Empowerment, and Peacemaking in the Church—and compares them in terms of their goals, methods, leadership, time involvement, and population. Notes particularly the strengths and limitations of each model when employed by pastoral care practitioners.
Street Ministry CPE: An Experiment in the Haight-Ashbury
Authors: Duncombe David C.
Published: May 2015

Describes a non-institutional Clinical Pastoral Education program focusing on street people and the ways CPE students discovered for ministering to them. Argues that the advantages of this CPE model include (1) a unique context for ministry, (2) greater growth in pastoral identity through less identification with institutional authority and more identification with those ministered to, and (3) a different perspective for ethical and theological reflection than is usually found in more traditional CPE programs.
The Pastoral Care of John Keble, Oxford Reformer
Authors: Stone Howard W.
Published: May 2015

Provides a historical sketch of the Oxford Reformers, highlighting the pastoral care of one of its members, John Keble, and the ways in which historians and biographers differ in their perspectives regarding him. Notes Keble's pastoral care of the sick, the tempted, the bereaved, and those in troubled marriages. Identifies the major themes in Keble's pastoral care as they are found in his letters and observes some parallels to contemporary pastoral care issues.
Attitudes of Black Clergy toward Mental Health Professionals: Implications for Pastoral Care
Authors: Richardson Bernard
Published: May 2015

Reports on research in which 27 pastors and 81 parishioners in a Michigan city responded to a Semantic Differential instrument in an attempt to measure attitudes of black clergy toward mental health professionals. Statistical analyses suggest that black clergy tend to hold favorable attitudes toward mental health workers, a propensity running counter to some popular notions. Postulates a variety of possible reasons for the finding and urges additional research to guide cooperate efforts of black clergy and mental health professionals in their common desire to foster the social, spiritual, and psychological well-being of persons in the black community.
Elements in a Spirituality of Pastoral Care
Authors: Morgan Oliver J.
Published: May 2015

Invites readers into a “conversation” about spirituality by examining personal experiences of prayer. Explores the impact of spiritual experience on pastoral identity and vision by way of personal metaphores of healing and salvation. Sees “grateful response” to God's healing as leading to a desire to serve and to important qualities of pastoral presence and sensitivity. Explores some “christological” dimensions of a spirituality for pastoral care and offers an example of practical application.
Suicide and Pastoral Care
Authors: Chilstrom Corinne
Published: May 2015

Reflects on the many dimensions of suicide, drawing especially on the author's personal experience as the mother of an 18-year old son who committed suicide. Notes the stigma of suicide, the various types and reasons for suicide, and the variety of reactions of suicide survivors. Views surviving the suicide of a loved one as an instance of compounded grief and as a root experience requiring wise and sensitive pastoral care.
A Medical School Chaplaincy
Authors: Mermann Alan C.
Published: May 2015

Describes characteristics of contemporary medical school students and how these determine the forms of ministry to them. Elaborates on teaching and counseling roles of the chaplaincy program at Yale School of Medicine. Defines the qualities of a chaplain working within a medical school setting.
Pastoral Care to Kidney Transplant Recipients
Authors: Jarvis Debra
Published: May 2015

Discusses briefly the nature and characteristics of dialysis, pre-transplant patients, and post-transplant patients; and identifies pastoral care issues particularly relevant to each phase of the kidney transplant recipient's journey. Concludes that the key to offering authentic pastoral care to these patients is the wise integration of information and genuine concern.
AIDS, High Risks Behaviors, and Moral Judgments
Authors: Shelp Earl E.
Published: May 2015

Explores Christian moralities as they relate to the contemporary AIDS pandemic and claims agape as a moral imperative for the Christian in facing the challenge. Explicates the relationship between high risk behaviors and moral judgment and draws out the implications for pastoral ministries to AIDS clients and patients.
A Creative/Redemptive Approach to Training in Pastoral Counseling
Authors: Townsend Loren L.
Published: May 2015

Notes how recent linguistic studies suggest that metaphore is foundational to all human life. Explores what this means in attempting to develop a creative/redemptive metaphore for training in pastoral counseling.
Spiritual Assessment and Pastoral Response: A Schema Revised and Updated
Authors: Gleason John J.
Published: May 2015

Outlines four worlds of faith and considers each in terms of modes of pastoral care most appropriate for each. Demonstrates how as a didactic tool the theological schema may lead to fruitful discussion and questioning.
A Systematic Review of the Quantity and Quality of Empirical Research Published in Four Pastoral Counseling Journals: 1975–1984
Authors: Gartner John , Larson David B. , Vachar-Mayberry Carole D.
Published: May 2015

Compares the quantity and quality of research in pastoral counseling journals to that found in similar journals in psychiatry, geriatrics, and nursing. Concludes from the data that pastoral counseling research is less likely to state hypotheses, to use control groups, to state a sampling method, to report a response rate, to evaluate at more than a simple point in time, or to discuss limitations of the findings. Infers that, given these factors, pastoral counseling has failed to develop adequately as a behavioral science. Critical responses follow the article.
Pastoral Care for Families of the Mentally Ill
Authors: Cannon John M.
Published: May 2015

Describes mental illness as a major health problem in the United States and identifies its impact on the family of the mentally ill person. Notes particular ways in which religious professionals and their congregations may confront this major health problem through greater understanding, by using the resources of religious traditions, and the sensitive use of referral as a form of pastoral care.
A Family Systems Model for Pastoral Care and Counseling in Times of Crisis
Authors: Mullen Paul M. , Hill E. Wayne
Published: May 2015

Draws on family stress theory, medical sociology, and Reuben Hill's crisis model to outline a conceptual framework for explaining and predicting the psychosocial and religious experiences of families in times of crisis. Provides an overview of the model and its current revisions and examines research to evaluate its adequacy. Draws implications for defining the role of pastoral care and counseling with families in crisis.
Supplier-Induced Demand for Pastoral Care Services in the General Hospital: A Natural Experiment
Authors: Gartner John , Lyons John S. , Larson David B. , Serkland John , Peyrot Mark
Published: May 2015

Assesses the effects the elimination of a pastoral care training program and a reduction in staff had on referral rates for pastoral care. Results showed a decrease in referrals initiated by pastoral care staff but an increase in pastoral care referrals initiated by medical staff and patients. Notes that when pastoral care staff were less available, the demand for their services became more apparent.
Anxiety and Creation in the Clinical Pastoral Education Context: A Theology of Pastoral Formation
Authors: Beers William R.
Published: May 2015

Draws on the writings of Mircea Eliade, Paul Tillich, Søren Kierkegaard, and Henry Nelson Wieman to explicate a theology of pastoral formation as it may take form in the context of Clinical Pastoral Education. Proposes that an appreciation of the dynamics of grief is especially capable of connecting a theology of pastoral development to both the psychology of individual development and the sociology of cultural change.
Prophetic Dimensions of Ministry in Clinical Pastoral Education
Authors: Duncombe David C.
Published: May 2015

Points to the many possibilities for incorporating ethical and social issues into existing Clinical Pastoral Education structures. Gives some examples of how this is already being done, and describes a CPE program which employs interactive supervisory techniques while working with political protest groups.
The Tree as Giver of Life: A Metaphor in Pastoral Care
Authors: Lane Belden C.
Published: May 2015

Traces the history of the tree as a metaphore in the cure of souls in Christianity. Comments on two stories that illustrate how tree images are capable of speaking to the depthful parts of persons and how such literature may be seen as creative aids in pastoral work.
Liturgical Ministry to the Sick: An Overview
Authors: Brock Gary
Published: May 2015

Samples the rites and liturgies available to contemporary caregivers and notes particularly the current liturgical renewal having many implications for the hospital chaplain and pastoral counselor.
Confidentiality and the Pastoral Minister: Duty, Right, or Privilege?
Authors: Dechant Paul
Published: May 2015

Discusses the meanings of confidentiality generally and particularly within the context of the helping professions. Notes the legal nuances of the concept of “religious privilege.” Illustrates, via several cases, liability within confidentiality, concluding by urging caregivers to become familiar with local and state statutes regulating the religious privilege.
The Warrior's Prayer: Combat Experience, Vocational Choice, and Depth Relationships among Vietnam Veterans Who Become Clergy
Authors: Denton Donald D.
Published: May 2015

Reports on a multiple-hypothesis survey designed to investigate the impact of combat experience in Vietnam on forty combatants who pursued a religious vocation subsequent to discharge from military service. Examines combat experiences, vocational choices, depth relationships, and current ministry settings of the sample. Notes that the empirical data may provide churches with a unique opportunity to heal wounds and to provide enlightened pastoral care for future military personnel.
The Value of Hospital Chaplains: Patient Perspectives
Authors: Gibbons James L. , Thomas John , Vandecreek Larry , Jessen Arne K.
Published: May 2015

Reports the results of a questionnaire mailed to insurance claimants (N = 2480) recently discharged from a hospital. Analyzes the results and concludes from the data that patients place high value on pastoral services. Suggests that both hospital administrators and chaplains make sure that adequate attention be given to serving patient families, long-stay and repeated admission patients, and to the patients' demonstrated need for frequent visits, particularly in these times of rapid changes in condensing hospital stays.
Ministry to the Legal Profession: A Suggested Codependency Model
Authors: Funston C. Eric
Published: May 2015

Explicates possible parallels between codependency traits and many of the characteristics of contemporary lawyers. Draws from personal experience and from current literature in order to demonstrate and reflect on the need for greater spirituality in the legal profession.
Theopathology: Concept, Assessment, Intervention
Authors: Johnson Kyle D.
Published: May 2015

Defines theopathology as the knowledge regarding a believer's concept of God which meets the criteria for a personality disorder as presented in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R) and in accordance with the personality theory of Theodore Millon. Claims that as the believer attempts to adapt to the psychopathological behavior of his or her God concept, maladaptive behavior results. Notes that assessing the condition entails discovering which personality disorders the believer's God concept meet. Suggests that intervention involves developing a behavior modification plan in which the believer learns a new and healthier God concept which will eliminate maladaptive behavior and provide a healthier relationship between the believer and his or her God.
Pastoral Care Planning: A Process-Oriented Approach for Mental Health Ministry
Authors: Weiss Frederic S.
Published: May 2015

Proposes a systematic and systemic pastoral diagnosis model based on the formulations of James W. Fowler, Stephen S. Ivy, and Wayne E. Oates. Illustrates the application of the model via a care-planning case study.
The Medical Captivity of Religion and Health
Authors: Fitchett George
Published: May 2015

Uses actual hospital-based experiences to draw attention to and illustrate how modern chaplaincy may fall into forms of paternalism and iatrogenesis. Notes particulary how high tech iatrogenesis and high touch chaplaincy may interact in counterproductive ways. Opines that the church once again needs a revisioning of health which is based on theological notions of the church as sustaining community and as a school for empowerment.
Evaluation of the Hospital Chaplain's Pastoral Care: Catholic and Protestant Differences
Authors: Vandecreek Larry , Connell Loren
Published: May 2015

Reports the results of a questionnaire survey of Roman Catholic and Protestant insurance claimants (N=445) who were asked to evaluate their hospital stays in terms of pastoral care, social services, and patient representatives. Discusses the results—including a ranking of the levels at which spiritual needs were met—and offers guiding questions for future research.
Ministry with Working-Class Women
Authors: Orr Judith L.
Published: May 2015

Presents generalizations and characteristics of working-class women and how these often deviate from the assumptions of caregivers, many of whom are guided by middle-class values. Notes the implications for pastoral care and counseling. Suggests that the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler is particularly suited as a theoretical and practical guide for caregivers.
Predictors of Well-Being among Pastors' Wives: A Comparison with Nonclergy Wives
Authors: Baker David C. , Scott Jean Pearson
Published: May 2015

Reports on research comparing the well-being of women (N = 196) married to parish pastors with that of women (N=205) married to non-clergy. Concludes from the data that women married to pastors report a generally higher state of well-being than women married to nonclergy. Notes the factors seemingly responsible for the sense of well-being among clergy wives and points out implications of the data for clinicians and for church judicatory leaders.
Measuring the Spiritual Needs of Hospital Patients and Their Families
Authors: VandeCreek Larry , Smith Damain
Published: May 2015

Uses four psychometric instruments in an attempt to measure the spiritual needs of general hospital patients, family members, and persons from the community. Infers that the data suggest that family members tend to be more involved in a search for meaning than are patients and community persons. Discusses implications of the results for pastoral caregivers.
Surrendering the Self: Pastoral Counseling at the Limits of Culture and Psychotherapy
Authors: Hinkle John E. , Hinkle Gregory A.
Published: May 2015

Explicates the meaning and movement of egocentrism, ethnocentrism, multiculturalism, and metaculturalism and the implications for pastoral counseling. Claims that pastoral counseling should try to achieve awareness of the ways in which self and culture bind while faith releases. Opines that pastoral counseling ought to embrace a multicultural perspective, be viewed as an example of interpathic presence, and have as its goal not the integration of the client's self and his or her culture but rather a surrender and encounter with the Lord.
The Resurgence of the Erotic in the Context of Loss: Implications for Pastoral Counseling
Authors: Hill E. Wayne , Chase C. Edwin
Published: May 2015

Examines the universal factors underlying the grief response and the significant role played by erotic feelings which frequently emerge in the context of loss. Identifies John Bowlby's three principle patterns of attachment and describes their power to shape an individual's response to loss and the degree of mutuality in sexual relations. Draws on the contributions of Cordon Lang, Eric Lindemann, and clinical materials to expand on the five content areas of the grief process.
Adoption and the Image of God
Authors: Nydam Ronald J.
Published: May 2015

Presents some of the basic struggles that may surround extrafamilial adoption. Examines both psychologically and theologically the possible effects of the process on a child's view of God. Draws on the works of Ana-Maria Rizzuto and Heinz Kohut to offer a way of understanding the God-representations that adopted children may employ. Presents Paul Tillich's existential-theological perspective as an ontological foundation for the various conceptions of God of adoptees. Suggests that adoption, as one of many human dilemmas, may deeply influence both psychological and spiritual development.
Communicating Clinical Pastoral Assessments with the Healthcare Team
Authors: Allison David W.
Published: May 2015

Describes and illustrates a graphic tool for communicating clinical assessments in a hospital setting. Benefits of its use are noted.
Symmetry and Complementarity: Implications for Psychotherapy and Couple Counseling
Authors: Close Henry T.
Published: May 2015

Explicates and speculates on the notions of symmetry and complementarity as developed by Gregory Bateson; and illustrates through case examples their relevance for understanding couple interactions, religious stances, and for the doing of psychotherapy.
God-Talk and Myth: Turning Chaos into Comfort
Authors: Allen J. Timothy
Published: May 2015

Examines the various uses of god-talk in ministry settings and the resulting problems presented by it. Compares god-talk to the phenomenon of myth in ancient religions, and explores the purposes of myth. Offers ways in which god-talk may enhance the caregiver's understandings and practices when assisting persons in crises.
The Forest and the Trees: The Value of Sociology for Pastoral Care
Authors: Furniss George M.
Published: May 2015

Draws on the theories of Peter Berger, Robert Bellah and Daniel Bell to argue that pastoral care would be greatly enhanced if it would include more of the understandings of these sociologists. Explicates ways in which pastoral caregivers could provide a more balanced viewpoint for their ministries by adding a sociological perspective to their existing theological and psychological frameworks.
Guilt, Betrayal, and Stain: A Prolegomena to Multiaxial Pastoral Diagnosis
Authors: Denton Donald D.
Published: May 2015

Outlines a scheme of pastoral diagnosis and analyzes teleological and ontological approaches to the task of diagnosis. Proposes that the themes of ethical guilt, covenantal betrayal, and mythological defilement be utilized in organizing case material and in arriving at a multiaxial approach to diagnosis.
Models of God: Empowerment, Intimacy, Hope
Authors: Guthrie Kathryn
Published: May 2015

Outlines John Bradshaw's understanding of the roots of addition, summarizes several traditional images of God, and notes their limitations relative to recovery programs. Suggests necessary criteria for a model of God which would serve well the recovery process and finds the fulfillment of the criteria via process theology when wedded to feminist theology.
The Family in Hospital Critical-Care Waiting Areas
Authors: Hawkins David C.
Published: May 2015

Draws parallels between the phenomenon of waiting as recorded in the Bible and waiting as experienced by families in a hospital context. Provides caregivers with typologies related to waiting and draws from them pastoral implications for praxis.
Psychologist or Theologian? Pastoral Counseling, Supervision, and Professional Identity
Authors: Kae-Jé Bert
Published: May 2015

Raises professional identity issues of pastoral counselors and notes implications of these for supervision, theological education, and relationships with other mental health professions. Responses to the articles are provided by C. Roy Woodruff, Brian H. Childs, and Jonathan H. Waddell.
“Our Minister Died of AIDS”: Pastoral Care of a Congregation in Crisis
Authors: Hart Curtis W.
Published: May 2015

Addresses the dynamics of interim pastoral care to a congregation whose minister has died of AIDS. Utilizes the self-psychology of Heinz Kohut in interpreting the dynamics of this ministry, and highlights the creative role of judicatories in facilitating the pastoral functions of sustaining and healing involved in carrying out the pastoral care needed in such a crisis.
An Outline for an Existential Approach to the Treatment of Codependency
Authors: Brent John S.
Published: May 2015

Summarizes many of the themes in recent attempts to identify the nature of codependency and indicates how such themes tend to be addressed by existential theology and psychology. Outlines an applied process of existential counseling in the treatment of the codependent client and illustrates with a case example.
The Clinical Rhombus Revisited: Learning through Resistance and Change
Authors: Somers-Clark Carole , Jones Logan
Published: May 2015

Illustrates via the monitoring of an actual unit of Clinical Pastoral Education the reality of the clinical rhombus–a conceptual model that depicts the complex psychological and social nature of the learning environment. Shows how CPE supervisors utilize the clinical rhombus intentionally and unintentionally. Uses a case study to demonstrate the critical and creative possibilities for change when the rhombus is related to the project of pastoral formation.
Stillborn Studies: Ministering to Bereaved Parents
Authors: Fickling Karl F.
Published: May 2015

Provides a detailed description of six days in the lives of a couple whose first baby was stillborn. Offers a running commentary on the events, feelings, and behaviors of doctors, nurses, chaplain, family, and all those touched by the trauma of having a stillborn child.
Defusing the Powers with Jesus as a Model of Empowerment: Treating the Avoidant Personality
Authors: Propst L. Rebecca
Published: May 2015

Explores the dynamics and family of origin factors which often lead to the behavior and fears of the avoidant personality, and provides clinical guidelines gleaned from scripture and from six themes in Christian spirituality. Places special stress on the necessity of understanding Jesus' actions and words as sources of insight not only for ethics but for psychological health.
Clergy Candidates' MMPI Profiles: Comparing Gender and Age Variables
Authors: Sullender R. Scott
Published: May 2015

Compares MMPI personality profiles for male vs. female Protestant clergy candidates and first career vs. second career candidates. Discusses findings and implications of findings for the care and counseling of clergy.
The New Breed of Minister
Authors: Stone Howard W.
Published: May 2015

Reports research findings focused on the question, Have persons entering the ranks of clergy changed in recent years? Examines psychological test data and demographic factors of 1,139 M. Div. students entering a mainline Protestant seminary in an attempt to identify the changes among seminarians over a twenty-five-year period. Pays particular attention to the variables of gender, second-career students, liberal and conservative seminarians, and students who leave seminary. Offers personal reflections generated by the quantitative research findings.
Do we Need more Help in Managing our Death? A Look at Physician-Assisted Suicide
Authors: Holst Lawrence E.
Published: May 2015

Notes the unrest surrounding questions related to the management of dying and identifies the varieties of modes of assisted suicides and euthanasia approaches. Points out the pros and cons of physician-assisted suicide and offers biblical and theological critiques of the perspectives and practices. Concludes that it is easier to embrace an idea in theory than to put it into practice but that, despite all the complications implicit in and resulting from physician-assisted suicide, the practice needs to be legalized and become part of the growing need to manage death in this technological age.
A Liturgical Journey at Wesley Woods: Worship Experiences within an Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatric Unit
Authors: Clark Peter Yuichi
Published: May 2015

Provides guidance to caregivers who hope to assist mentally ill elderly people in their spiritual development. Describes a particular therapeutic milieu, a theological rationale, and a worship program intended to meet the liturgical needs of aging people admitted as psychiatric inpatients. Includes clinical vignettes to illustrate what was learned in the implementation of this particular worship program.
Deliberate Activity as an Art for (Almost) Everyone: Friedrich Schleiermacher on Practical Theology
Authors: Woggon Frank Milstead
Published: May 2015

Examines Friedrich Schleiermacher's approach to practical theology, and, after listening critically to this historical voice, draws some conclusions for a contemporary understanding of pastoral theology as a discipline.
Survivor Guilt in Cancer Patients: A Pastoral Perspective
Authors: Maxwell Travis , Aldredge-Clanton Jann
Published: May 2015

Defines survivor guilt and relates it to cancer patients' issues of meaning-making, feelings of responsibility, and need for restitution. Notes the spiritual dimension of survivor guilt and indicates ways in which pastoral caregivers might serve as both learners and as spiritual guides in meeting these existential factors implicit in survivor guilt phenomena.
From the Valley of the Shadow of Death: A Group Model for Borderline Patients
Authors: Gallagher Richard E. , Manierre Amy , Castelli Carolyn
Published: May 2015

Describes a pastoral group for patients with borderline personality disorder. Offers a theoretical justification for providing such troubled individuals with access to spiritual as well as to traditional biopsychosocial treatment resources.
The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Consultation Experience: Feedback from Basic and Advanced Students
Authors: VandeCreek Larry , Sexton Michael R.
Published: May 2015

Reports the results from a survey which invited responses from persons who sought consultation regarding completion of Basic and/or Advanced Clinical Pastoral Education status. Describes both quantitative and qualitative data and, based on these data, suggest steps which might be taken by candidates, their supervisors, and consultation committees to improve the process of consultation.
Pastoral Counseling in a Hospice: Have you Considered it?
Authors: Thomson Judith E.
Published: May 2015

Claims that hospices provide a challenging setting for pastoral counselors but one in which they do not appear to be practicing. Offers some personal experiences of working in a hospice and urges counselors to become more involved in this form of specialized ministry.
Perceptions and Practices of Registered Nurses Regarding Pastoral Care and the Spiritual Need of Hospital Patients
Authors: Scott Marshall S. , Grzybowski Marisue , Webb Sue
Published: May 2015

Reports the findings of a questionnaire survey designed to examine the impact of pastoral care on patient care and job satisfaction of registered nurses (N-280) employed in a metropolitan hospital. Suggests that educational strategies be explored as a way of broadening the perspectives of nurses regarding reasons for consulting pastoral care departments.
Another Look at Physician-Assisted Suicide
Authors: Stempsey William E.
Published: May 2015

Responds to a previously published article on the topic of physician-assisted suicide and argues against it from a bioethical standpoint. Suggests guidelines for pastoral caregivers in providing help to patients who may feel compelled to consider physician-assisted suicide.
The Perceived Effect of the Therapeutic Experience of Pastoral Counselors on Spiritual Formation
Authors: Melton C. Alan
Published: May 2015

Reports the results of a survey designed to determine the perceived impact personal therapy had on the spiritual lives of a sample of Virginia pastoral counselors. Concludes that the pastoral counselors viewed their personal therapy as part of their ongoing spiritual formation. Offers an autobiographical testimony in concord with survey results; and suggests that process theology may be an especially helpful way of understanding the psychology/religion interface.
Lessons from Feminist Therapy for Ministerial Ethics
Authors: Clarke Katherine M.
Published: May 2015

Suggests a parallel between the situation that provoked a code of ethics for feminist therapy and the current situation in pastoral ministry. Notes that both professions have critiqued others' professional ethics and have tended to consider themselves, by definition, ethical. Observes that both professions possess diverse theoretical perspectives and often propose practices which raise ethical dilemmas not governed by traditional codes of ethics. Opines that boundary maintenance in small communities and the notion of overlapping relationships may carry solutions from some feminist therapy to the solving of problems of ministerial ethics. Claims that making self-care a part of ethics is essential.
Conceptual Learning in Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisory Training: A Focus-Group Research Project with Recommendations
Authors: Greiner Lyle B. , Bendiksen Robert
Published: May 2015

Reports on focus group research designed to determine how conceptual skills are developed and integrated into the learning experience of supervisory training in Clinical Pastoral Education. Records actual participants' responses to five basic questions and identifies major underlying ideas gleaned via content analysis. Notes both limitations and strengths of the focus group method of qualitative research and offers recommendations designed to encourage and extend research focused on ways in which conceptual learning in Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisory Training may be achieved.
Cancer Nurses' Perspectives on Spiritual Care: Implications for Pastoral Care
Authors: Taylor Elizabeth Johnston , Amenta Madalon
Published: May 2015

Explores nurses' perspectives regarding collaboration with chaplains and clergy in the provision of spiritual care to persons with cancer. Reports results of a survey via questionnaire of a random sample of Oncology Nursing Society members. Concludes that although a majority of the respondents report referring patients in spiritual need to clergy and chaplains, a significant minority did not do so. Notes that results secured from these respondents bring to surface several aspects of the collaborative relationship between nurses and chaplains and clergy.
Will the Real Pro-Family Contestant Please Stand up? Another Look at Families and Pastoral Care
Authors: Miller-McLemore Bonnie J.
Published: May 2015

Claims that the contemporary emphasis on the family—often heralded as an exclusive concern of the political and religious right—must not be allowed ownership by any one actor or segment involved in the current culture war dealing with family values. Proposes that at the heart of the family values project is not, as it is often framed, the issues of individualism, divorce, single-mothers, pregnant teens, neglected or problem children, but rather the truly difficult problem of establishing and maintaining genuinely democratic family forms and dynamics. Argues that pastoral caregivers need to reclaim an appropriate space in this contested terrain of THE FAMILY with the pastoral care, counseling, and education's usual commitment to a systemic and compassionate understanding of such complex issues.
Chaplaincy in Europe
Authors: Pangrazzi Fr. Arnaldo
Published: May 2015

Provides an overview of chaplaincy programs and concerns in Europe, along with descriptions of chaplaincy associations in Finland, Holland, and Italy.
Patient Rights Issues and their Implications for Pastoral Caregivers
Authors: Austin Larry J.
Published: May 2015

Reports on actual results of operationalizing the “spiritual concerns” dimension of the Patient Self-Determination Act in one hospital setting. Opines a variety of implications for hospital chaplains and for Clinical Pastoral Education.
A Twist on Tarasoff: Is there a Duty to Warn One's Client?
Authors: Thomson Judith E.
Published: May 2015

Describes a famous legal case in which the court's decision obligates a therapist to protect potential victims from harm that may be done to them by the therapist's client and relates it to the issue of confidentiality as frequently understood by pastoral counseling specialists.
New Insights on the Emotional Response of Cancer Patients and their Spouses: Where do they Find Help?
Authors: Humphrey Loren J.
Published: May 2015

Reports the results of a questionnaire survey designed to discover relationships of the emotional responses of cancer patients and their spouses to variables of age, gender, and church attendance. Claims that contemporary high-tech health care developments tend toward a process of despiritualization, and that one-on-one spiritual relationships seldom occur with physicians, nurses, or pastors. Notes that pastors need to assume a greater role as spiritual leaders, encouraging all members of the health care team to contribute to healing the whole person.
The Relevance of James Loder's Grammar of Transformation for Pastoral Care and Counseling
Authors: Barker Patrick M.
Published: May 2015

Elaborates and illustrates James Loder's steps in the logic or grammar of transformation — conflict, interlude for scanning, insight, release and transcendence, and interpretation — and claims them as especially appropriate in facilitating both the psychosocial and existential-spiritual issues often brought to the congregational pastor.
The Quagmire of HIV/AIDS Related Issues which Haunt the Church
Authors: Ayers James R.
Published: May 2015

Identifies and explores the extreme difficulties of HIV/AIDS realities for the evangelical Christian churches and which tend to stymie effective ministry. Discusses the issues of morality, morbidity, mortality, reality, responsibility; and concludes that the church has fallen short in its mission to HIV/AIDS persons. Claims that this shortfall has created an integrity question in the minds of those whose lives have been touched by this contemporary health crisis.
Evangelism: A Pastoral Theological Perspective
Authors: Vaughn J. Patrick
Published: May 2015

Proposes that when evangelism is theologically grounded in the suffering love of the triune God, the image of evangelist can shape and inform the ministry of pastoral care and counseling. Explores this Christian understanding of evangelism through the metaphors of obligation and the cross.
Animal-Assisted Therapy with Adolescents in a Psychiatric Facility
Authors: Banman Jacquelyn K.
Published: May 2015

Reports personal experiences and research findings which suggest that pets may serve various therapeutic functions in working with children and adolescents in a psychiatric environment. Outlines research data on animal-assisted therapy and urges caregivers to include it in their armamentarium of therapeutic aids.
Pastoral Care and Counseling in a Cross-Cultural Context: The Issue of Authority
Authors: Bryant Cullene
Published: May 2015

Reflects on a personal teaching experience in the Philippines and notes some of the perspectival differences in assumptions undergirding pastoral care practice, particularly regarding issues of authority.
Diversity in the Pastoral Relationship: An Evaluation of the Helping Styles Inventory
Authors: O'Connor Thomas St. James , Meakes Elizabeth , Bourdeau Marlene , McCarroll-Butler Pamela , Papp Maria
Published: May 2015

Presents an ethnographic study of practitioners' experiences of the Helping Styles Inventory (HSI). Analyzes the data from twenty-one interviews, noting helpful and limiting aspects of the HSI. Discusses implications of the research for the HSI and for ministry in general.
The Helping Styles Inventory: An Update
Authors: VanKatwyk Peter L.
Published: May 2015

Updates the Helping Styles Inventory with a revision of the HSI Map. Comments and elaborates on the research article, “Diversity in the Pastoral Relationship: An Evaluation of the Helping Styles Inventory,” by O'Connor et al. Describes the HSI as a contextual approach to supervised pastoral education and summarizes its potential applications as a conceptual teaching model and as a supervision tool.
Prison Pastoral Care: How Chaplains See their Role
Authors: Romeril Jeannine D. , Tribe Roy M.
Published: May 2015

Asks how correctional chaplains see the effectiveness of their ministry. Examines whether similarities or differences across federal institutions and state systems can be measured, and how significant these are. Reflects on how such similarities demonstrate a commonality in roles and/or tasks which may provide greater insight into the ways chaplains provide pastoral care.
Displacement and the Yearning for Holding Environments: Visions in Feminist Pastoral Psychology and Theology
Authors: Pfafflin Ursula
Published: May 2015

Explores the notion that many contemporary problems and tensions around gender, race, and religious relationships are closely linked to shifts in the power structures of society and economics as these become visible in the arrangements of place and space. Draws implications of this notion for psychotherapy and theology.
The Integration of Clinical Pastoral Education with Seminary Learning: Fostering the Student's Ministry Formation
Authors: Anderson Robert G.
Published: May 2015

Describes and analyzes a colloquium designed to focus on the impact of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) on the theological curriculum and on ministerial formation. Claims that a seminary's goals are more fully achieved when the school provides forums for students to integrate their learning from congregations and world contexts with the academic/teaching enterprise. Concludes that a colloquium, similar to the one described and evaluated in this article, achieves this kind of desired integration.
Prayer Reveals Belief: Images of God from Hospital Prayers
Authors: Grossoehme Daniel H.
Published: May 2015

Observes that prayers are the words of God's people spoken to God. They are also words which people speak about God. Examines a sample of prayers written by patients or family members in an open format book in a hospital chapel for what is revealed about the writers' beliefs about God.
Seminary Norms for the MMPI-2
Authors: Cardwell Sue Webb
Published: May 2015

Attempts to determine whether special seminary norms are needed for the MMPI-2 by examining the scores of 140 entering theological students from 1989 to 1993. Concludes that resulting profiles were closer to the standardization population norms than to seminary norms for the MMPI, but that differences of half a standard deviation or more were found for several scales, necessitating consideration of these in order to avoid misinterpretation.
Homosexuality Reconsidered
Authors: Dayringer Richard
Published: May 2015

Reviews a brief history of homosexuality as recorded in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian scriptures, and some of the writings of the church fathers. Notes a sample of current psychological and theological perspectives regarding homosexuality. Offers a personal view regarding homosexuality and suggests that the same ethical norms should be applied to homosexuals to heterosexual behavior.
What Pastoral Psychotherapists Need to Know about Lesbians and Gay Men in the 1990s
Authors: Hochstein Lorna M.
Published: May 2015

Alerts pastoral counselors and psychotherapists to the need for a new vision, new knowledge, and new skills if they are to work effectively with lesbians and gay men. Pays particular attention to providing pastoral counseling to HIV Infection/AIDS clients as well as to those lesbians who choose to have children. Acknowledges that not all therapists are able to work well with these populations and in such instances ought to make good referrals.
Brain Processes and Pastoral Counseling
Authors: Ashbrook James B.
Published: May 2015

Suggests biblical and psychological parallels to neurocognitive processes which ought to inform pastoral counseling; namely, oxygen and a holding environment; survival and mechanisms of defense; memory and soul-making; the basic rest-activity cycle and sabbathing; right and left hemisphere styles of brain processing and belief patterns; sex and gender differences and species being created in the image of God; and the Pentecost paradigm and cultural and ethnic unity-in-diversity.
Kerygma and Conversation
Authors: Boyd Glenn E.
Published: May 2015

Argues that thinking of pastoral care and counseling in terms of pastoral conversation makes sense within a hermeneutic framework, particularly if that framework includes a dialogue with the Collaborative Language Systems Approach developed by Harold Goolishian and Harlene Anderson. Sees such an intellectual exercise as supporting a much needed reappreciation of pastoral conversation as therapeutic while at the same time providing imaginative openings for a postmodern pastoral theology.
Pediatric Pastoral Care: A Case Study
Authors: Purvis-Smith Terry A.
Published: May 2015

Uses the case of a four-year-old boy to illustrate ways in which psychosocial, religious, and spiritual concepts and notions are translated into actual acts of pastoral and clinical care carried out by a chaplain.
From Yale to Jail: A Journey in Ministry
Authors: Duncombe David C.
Published: May 2015

Tells the story of an unlikely ministry combining pastoral and prophetic tasks, including the effects on prison inmates of the minister's lengthy jail fast.
A Theology of Psychotherapy
Authors: Rutland-Wallis John
Published: May 2015

Addresses the relationships between psychotherapy and the notion of pastoral psychotherapy from the theological perspective of Paul Tillich's doctrine of the Holy Spirit and a contemporary understanding of psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Soul-Dye and Salt: Integrating Spiritual and Medical Understandings of Depression
Authors: Bringle Mary Louise
Published: May 2015

Speculates on the many strands of depression, drawing particularly on insights gained from Hebraic literature. Suggests ways in which spiritual and medical notions of depression can be integrated and made manifest and helpful in the work of pastoral caregivers.
Formal Pastoral Counseling in Rural Northern Plains Churches
Authors: Ziegler William M. , Goreham Gary A.
Published: May 2015

Reports the findings of a survey of 491 United Church of Christ, Southern Baptist Convention, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Roman Catholic rural clergy from seven Northern Plains states. Offers implications for seminary and post-seminary training, placement of clergy in churches, pastoral counseling in rural congregations, and contextualized theory and ministry.