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“Teach US to Pray”: Pastoral Care of the New Nursing Home Resident
Authors: Simmons Henry C.
Published: May 2015

Discusses the many traumatic factors associated with leaving and entering a nursing home. Points to the significance of personal prayer in making such transitions, and offers specific guidelines for pastoral caregivers as they seek to meet the special needs of nursing home residents.
Place, Feminism, and Healing: An Ecology of Pastoral Counseling
Authors: Filippi Linda
Published: May 2015

Discusses the unique role pastoral counseling has to play in addressing the relationships among personal, social, and ecological brokenness. Presents transformative feminism as a foundation for the development of an ecological theory and practice of pastoral counseling. Stresses the importance of place to human identity, well-being, and authentic community.
A Ministry of Empowerment: A Holistic Model for Pastoral Counseling in the African American Community
Authors: Wiley Christine Y.
Published: May 2015

Opines that in order for specialized pastoral counseling to effectively address the broad and complex diversity of the African American community, it must re-examine the pastoral counseling movement's Eurocentric approach and look realistically at the characteristics of the Black Church and the black community. Illustrates ways in which one institution—the Center for Holistic Ministry—attempts to meet the challenge implicit in the African American community. Explicates several facets of the relationship between the African American pastoral counseling movement and the pastoral counseling movement at large.
Ministry without a Future: A Pastoral Care Approach to Patients with Senile Dementia
Authors: O'Connor Thomas St. James
Published: May 2015

Describes the nature of senile dementia and discusses how different ways of thinking, relating, and using traditional religious symbols are needed by the pastoral caregiver in order to offer effective pastoral care to these patients. Focuses on two specific cases to illustrate the author's clinical experiences with senile dementia patients.
Theological Reflections on the Ethics of Pain Control among the Terminally III
Authors: Purdy William
Published: May 2015

Explores the reality of pain thru explications of the theological notions of “justification by pain,” “justification by death,” and “justification by faith.” Notes particularly the facilitating role of the hospital chaplain in the understanding of pain and its possible Christian meanings.
What do you say to those in the Spotlight of the News Media?
Authors: McBride Donald L
Published: May 2015

Notes differences between a “public person” and a “limited public person” and how the differences impact media treatment. Offers specific advice to pastoral caregivers who may be called upon to provide support to those limited public persons who may find themselves in the media spotlight.
Change, Ritual, and Grief: Continuity and Discontinuity of Pastoral Theology in Ghana
Authors: Berinyuu Abraham Adu
Published: May 2015

Uses a life segment from a Westernized Ghanaian man going through grief over the death of his father to illustrate the conflicts implicit when Ghanaian culture and religious values interact with Western civilization and Christianity. Develops the thesis that a pastoral theology of ritual may provide a religious understanding in which Western Christian notions and practices and the original understandings of Ghanaians can be bridged. Notes especially the role of the cross in providing a symbol capable of creatively relating original cultic meanings witn an enlightened Christian understanding of death and grief.
A Dying Person is a Living Person: A Pastoral Theology for Ministry to the Dying
Authors: Reisz H. Frederick
Published: May 2015

Reflects theologically on death and grief by correlating Kübler-Ross's stages of death with Paul Tillich's principles of the new being. Describes the place of awareness, freedom, relatedness, and transcendence and notes the practical implications of each for the pastoral caregiver.
The Task of Prison Chaplaincy: An Inmate's View
Authors: Duncombe David C.
Published: May 2015

Details and discusses the spiritual ethos of prison life from the perspective of an inmate. Identifies and describes eight troublesome aspects in need of chaplaincy intervention and recommends solutions to these conditions, including a proposal for an inmate Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program.
Who Sees a Pastoral Counselor? An Empirical Study of Client Characteristics
Authors: Henderson Daniel C. , Gartner John D. , Greer Joanne Marie G. , Estadt Barry K.
Published: May 2015

Uses a mail survey to examine the factors affecting the selection of a pastoral counselor rather than a comparable secular mental health professional. Clients (N = 60) of pastoral counselors and clients (N=40) of social workers ranked eight factors accounting for their selection of a therapist. Identifies and discusses differences between the two groups, including referral sources and diagnostic categories of those referred.
Empathy and Archetype: The Structure of Healing
Authors: Denton Donald D.
Published: May 2015

Presents a theoretical synthesis of object relations theory and Jungian psychology. Utilizes clinical vignettes, the writings of major theorists, and biblical material to illustrate ways in which the dynamics of transference, countertransference, and ESP-like experiences may be indications of the synthetic process at work within both therapist and client.
Multiple Personality Disorder: An Introduction for Pastoral Counselors
Authors: Rosik Christopher H.
Published: May 2015

Presents an overview of multiple personality disorder (MPD) with specific reference to its significance for pastoral counselors. Discusses the history, prevalence, and etiology of MPD and identifies the clinical symptoms and indicators of the disorder. Suggests that pastoral counselors have an indispensable role to play in the identification and care of persons with multiplicity.
The Pastoral Counselor as Mental Health Professional: A Comparison of the Training of AAPC Fellow Pastoral Counselors and Licensed Clinical Social Workers
Authors: Danylchuk Lynette Schwarz
Published: May 2015

Compares the academic and clinical training requirements for Fellow level members of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC) with those of Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs). Concludes from the empirical findings that AAPC Fellows receive more education, clinical training, and continued supervision than do Licensed Clinical Social Workers. Notes a need for additional and similar types research comparing education and clinical requirements of pastoral counselors with those of other mental health professionals.
Integrating the Pastoral Dimension into Pastoral Counselor Training Programs
Authors: Gardner Marv
Published: May 2015

Reports on formative evaluation research designed to answer the following questions: “What is the pastoral dimension of pastoral counselor training?,” “What methods are in use to integrate the pastoral dimension into counselor training programs?,” and “What are the satisfaction levels of program participants with regard to this integration process?” Summarizes data gathered from 609 participants representing 26 training programs approved by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Analyzes and interprets the data on counselor attitudes, identity values, training content and training processes. Discusses the implications of the findings for training programs.
Pastoral Social Ministry in the Ecosystem of the Poor: Breaking through the Illusions
Authors: Voss Richard W.
Published: May 2015

Identifies a variety of new ways of viewing pastoral care and counseling when a truly systemic approach is employed by pastoral caregivers working with the poor. Provides a conceptual framework for understanding the complex ecosystem of the poor and challenges pastoral caregivers to consider alternative assumptions as they attempt to be present and helpful in working with the economically poor, the marginalized, the weak, and the otherwise dependent people in our society.
The Congress on Ministry in Specialized Settings (COMISS): Quo Vadis?
Authors: Gleason John J.
Published: May 2015

Reports the findings of research designed to test several hypotheses regarding credibility and polarization issues in The Congress on Ministry in Specialized Settings (COMISS). Explicates and discusses results of the study and offers specific recommendations based on the empirical findings.
The Promise and Challenge of Resistance
Authors: Rock Stanley A.
Published: May 2015

Explicates, illustrates, and interprets the nuances of resistance as understood in family emotional processes and in Ericksonian theory and praxis. Notes the power of therapeutic metaphors in breaking through resistance and demonstrates such processes with references to case materials and to scriptural stories.
The Child and the Chaplain in the Mental Health Hospital: A Clinical Impression
Authors: Walker Alvin V.
Published: May 2015

Describes some characteristics of certain learning disabilities in children and how a chaplain can provide effective pastoral care to the dysfunctional child. Notes through clinical vignettes how a chaplain can communicate God's love and faithfulness to children who suffer from attention deficits and hyperactivity disorders.
The Impact of Male God Imagery on Female Identity Meaning
Authors: Stucky-Abbott Leona
Published: May 2015

Asks the question, If traditional male God imagery can impair female identity meaning, why is it that so many women continue religious practices? Contends that diety image and definitions of maleness are derived from mothering. Explores–utilizing an object relations perspective–how the transfer of mothering characteristics into the image of maleness affect female identity meanings, and offers hints about dealing with this transfer process in both therapeutic and theological contexts.
Sex in the Parish: Social-Scientific Explanations for why it Occurs
Authors: Capps Donald
Published: May 2015

Places Karen Lebacqz and Ronald Barton's ethical perspectives on sexual relations between pastors and their parishioners in the context of congregational processes and dynamics, and advocates the use of social-scientific theories to explain these processes and dynamics. Criticizes recent practical theological works which advocate “thick description” of congregations, contending that “thick description” has failed to unearth the underlying causes of the “sex in the parish” phenomenon. Presents Erving Goffman's theory of total institutions and Rene Girard's theory of scapegoating as useful theories to explain why pastors have sexual relations with their own parishioners.
The Pain of being Adopted: One Adoptee's Journey
Authors: Higgs Sandra J.
Published: May 2015

Notes that although adoption itself may not bring a client to counseling, adopted persons may experience emotional problems, including depression, eating disorders, identity problems, and relationship difficulties, which are dynamically tied to the reality of adoption. Reports on one adoptee's experience of separation from her biological family, her search for her first family, and the resulting experience of separation.
An Adoption Ceremony
Authors: Close Henry T.
Published: May 2015

Describes in detail a ceremony of adoption designed to embrace the notion that the entire family needs to be involved in the adoption of a child. Explicates a rationale for the ceremony, emphasizing that such a ceremony addresses the family as a unit and as individuals.
Shifting Paradigms–Care 2000: A Chaplain's Perspective
Authors: Gable-Rodriguez Josie
Published: May 2015

Sketches a caregiving project designed to be patient-focused by educating and training a cadre of multi-skilled health care workers called Clinical Partners, Technical Partners, Service Partners, and Administrative Partners. Observes that this new paradigm expands the role of the chaplain and involves him or her in a variety of services necessary in the attempt to focus on patient needs.
Are Religiously Integrated Therapists More Empathic?
Authors: Muse J. Stephen , Estadt Barry K. , Greer JoAnne M. , Cheston Sharon
Published: May 2015

Reports on research designed to answer the following questions: “Is religious integration of therapists positively related to their capacity for empathy?” and “Does pastoral counseling training facilitate greater increases in religious integration and/or capacity for empathy of its students than those in counseling and clinical psychology programs?” Concludes, after analyzing the data secured from students (N = 167) from several programs, that religious integration of therapists is an important contributing factor to their capacity for empathy but raises questions about whether training is effective in increasing such integration.
The Pastoral Care of Sin: The Enneagram in Pastoral Care and Counseling
Authors: Stalfa Frank J.
Published: May 2015

Describes the Enneagram as a useful personality typology for pastoral care, especially when dealing with the shadow dimensions of life usually associated with the concept of sin. Explores how the Enneagram contributes uniquely to pastoral counseling and spiritual direction by inviting individuals to dialogue with their distortions and brokenness in ways that do not invalidate the self or separate them from God.
A Model for Theological Reflection in Clinical Pastoral Education
Authors: Gross Joe
Published: May 2015

Describes how a Clinical Pastoral Education group carried out a project focusing on theological reflection with a key goal of having some fun in the process. Concludes from the experience that such a group can achieve heightened sensitivity to theological and faith issues in other pastoral encounters, the discovery of options for future pastoral care situations or persons, assisting in integrating theological reflection into personal spiritual development, and encouraging development of a range of self-supervision possibilities.
Theodicy in the Face of Children's Suffering and Death
Authors: Perkins-Buzo J. Reid
Published: May 2015

Discusses the complex issues of Christianity's perspectives and theologies regarding the death of children and illustrates how such contemplations get expressed in particular pastoral responses.
The Failed Intern/Supervisor Relationship
Authors: Avery William O. , Wood Norma S.
Published: May 2015

Identifies factors which define a failed relationship between a pastoral intern and his or her supervisor and analyzes possible causes, particularly in regard to issues of power and intimacy. Provides three recommendations designed to form an appropriate intern-supervisor affiliation which might avoid the identified failures and maximize an intern's learning.
Trying to Live Forever: Correlates to the Belief in Life after Death
Authors: VandeCreek Larry , Nye Christina
Published: May 2015

Describes the work of R.J. Lifton, who identified five modes by which persons seek immortality ( i.e., to not be forgotten after death) and the adaptation of these modes in the Death Transcendence Scale. Suggests, after reporting results for the religious, mystical, creative, bio/social, and nature subscales which represent these modes, that all efforts to live on after death express a spiritual quest—even though they do not pertain to life after death—and are the appropriate foci of pastoral care and counseling.
Tapping Deeper Roots: Integrating the Spiritual Dimension into Professional Practice with Lesbian and Gay Clients
Authors: McNeill John J.
Published: May 2015

Endeavors to answer how psychotherapists and counselors can help lesbian and gay clients tap into their own spiritual depths and how therapists and counselors can make their own spiritual life available as a healing resource for clients. Sketches the history of gays and lesbians and notes their contributions in the area of spiritual leadership. Identifies some of the difficult theological and ecclesiological forces which frequently stand in the way of authentic expressions of gay and lesbian growth in spiritual matters, and indicates ways in which the spiritual life of a counselor may represent a key factor in allowing the spirit to grow in the lives of gay and lesbians persons.
Martin Buber's “Healing Dialogue” in Marital Therapy: A Case Study
Authors: Potts Kenneth
Published: May 2015

Uses Martin Buber's dialogical principles as the lens through which to explore the experiences of one couple in marital therapy. Provides details of both process and interpretation and concludes that it is the ability to engage in the basic L-Thou relationship which ultimately determines therapy's efficacy.
Confessing Dying Within
Authors: Hutch Richard A.
Published: May 2015

Draws on the speculations of Freud and Jung to address the topics of confession, sin, narcissism, and shame, particularly as they relate to certain theological themes. Concludes from both theoretical data and personal experience that the spiritual practice of sacrifice remains an antidote to guilt, an idiom of self-reliance counteracting shame.
Seeing is Believing
Authors: Foskett Canon John
Published: May 2015

Argues that the effect which current crises in the racial, political, and economic arenas have had upon social, health, and educational services demands a fundamental response, one which addresses beliefs and values, as well as problems and their solutions. Notes that as those in power look toward religious leaders for help and moral reinforcement, theology has a unique opportunity to contribute its treasures. Claims, however, that theology is locked into religious and academic environments and is poorly prepared to meet the challenge. Opines that the passions of the crises themselves need to bring about the rebirth of theology. Reports on the experiences of one group of professional as a parable of how this rebirth might begin.
Vocation as Autobiography: Family of Origin Influences on the Caregiving Role in Ministry
Authors: Stalfa Frank J.
Published: May 2015

Presents an overview of transgenerational family systems theory with primary emphasis on the dynamics of family life which are understood to influence the decision to enter a helping profession. Evaluates the role of caregiver as an aspect of ministerial identity and function in order to ascertain those factors which enhance or undermine professional development. Illustrates these influences with case vignettes and suggests education and therapeutic applications.
Starting an Alcoholic Treatment Program: Ethical Considerations
Authors: Bremmer Robert D.
Published: May 2015

Provides guidelines for the establishment of ethical programs in alcohol treatment based on the concepts of beneficence, limited autonomy, nonmaleficense, justice, and fidelity.
Assessment of Religious Experience: A Jewish Approach
Authors: Shulevitz Marion , Springer Mychal
Published: May 2015

Outlines a religious assessment approach from a Jewish perspective and provides a theological framework for approaching a Jewish assessment project. Gives a brief clinical illustration.
Psychopharmacology and Pastoral Counseling: Medication and Meaning
Authors: Ashbrook James B.
Published: May 2015

Claims that emerging therapeutic approaches of psychiatrists and pastoral therapists need to combine medication for biochemical processes and meaning for framing experience. Observes that a pastoral therapist who finds a client resisting and/or rejecting referral for appropriate drug intervention can nevertheless use medication or soma as an explanatory scheme for soul-oriented treatment. Notes that treatment ought to focus on early detection of survival reactions and that drugs take the edge off unnecessary arousal, although dialogue remains necessary to reestablish a trusting relationship in an ambiguous world.
Theology as a Diagnostic Tool in the Assessment of Spiritual Health
Authors: Brakeman Lyn G.
Published: May 2015

Offers clinical case composites in imaginative story form to illustrate the possible impact of unconsciously held theologies on spiritual health and functionality. Claims that a method of doing conscious theology is useful with clients who seek a pastoral focus in their counseling and is also effective for clients in twelve-step recovery programs.
Regression and Redemption in Religious Experience
Authors: Fauteux Kevin
Published: May 2015

Explicates the psychological notion of regression as it relates to religious experience. Claims that a return to unconscious processes does not necessarily result in a pathological or infantile utopia but may in fact prove to be a healthy development leading to genuine psychic repair.
Teaching Pastoral Care and Counseling in an African Context: A Problem of Contextual Relevancy
Authors: de Jongh van Arkel Jan T
Published: May 2015

Summarizes the current status of pastoral care and counseling in South Africa and notes the variety of implications resulting from the uncritical acceptance of the Western Europe and North American styles of pastoral care and counseling. Outlines and details the necessary project of contextualizing which now faces pastoral caregivers in South Africa as it attempts to integrate its unique cultural and religious heritages into developing a relevant pastoral theology that will serve pastoral practice and pedagogical necessity.
Variables that Predict Interest in and the Completion of Living Wills
Authors: VandeCreek Larry , Frankowski Deborah , Johnson Mary
Published: May 2015

Observes that although chaplains and congregational pastors frequently advocate the completion of advance directives, including living wills, the research reports that only 5 to 15% of the general population have completed the instrument. Asks, Why have so few completed it? Reports on research which suggests that age is the only statistical predictor of whether a person possesses a completed living will when measured against social and personality variables, including levels of social support, fear of dying, religiosity, self-esteem, and trust in physicians. Concludes that it is likely that age is a proxy variable which represents changes in attitudes, beliefs, and thoughts which tend to occur as persons grow older.
Worldframes and God-talk in Trauma and Suffering
Authors: Sutherland Anne V.
Published: May 2015

Offers the concept of worldframes as a way to understand God-talk used by people in grief, trauma, and suffering. Describes worldframes as individualized cognitive structures of knowledge and language that set boundaries within culture and theology, identifiable by four root metaphors that characterize different kinds of God-talk. Suggests ways to minister with comfort and hope, respecting the forms of God-talk used by people who seek to find meaning and purpose in times of trouble, while allowing ministers to maintain their own integrity of theology and beliefs.
Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil: Learning from our Work with Trauma-Related Disorders
Authors: Means J. Jeffrey
Published: May 2015

Suggests that a dissociative process operating at the socio/cultural level, as well as other forces, makes it difficult for pastoral counselors to respond clinically and prophetically to issues raised by traumatized patients. Presents a pastoral perspective in working with trauma-related disorders, a perspective which calls pastoral caregivers back to their faith resources.
Selection of a Hospital Based Director of Pastoral Care: Process and Stakeholders
Authors: Fleming Terese M. , Powell Judith , Murray David , Shillington Terry
Published: May 2015

Details the steps which were taken in the process of hiring a Director of Pastoral Care for a 274-bed acute care regional referral center in southern Alberta, Canada. Stresses the importance of anchoring the hiring process steps within a relevant context. Offers recommendations for hospitals and clergy faced with a similar project.
The Impact of Religious Faith and Practice on Patients Suffering from a Major Affective Disorder: A Cost Analysis
Authors: Berg Gary E. , Fonss Norman , Reed Arthur J. , VandeCreek Larry
Published: May 2015

Presents empirical data showing the relationship between religious beliefs and practices and lengths of stay in the hospital for patients suffering from one form of mental illness. Includes a spiritual injury scale which measures guilt, anger or resentment, sadness/grief, lack of meaning, feeling God/life has treated one unfairly, religious doubt, and fear of death. Shows in statistical form the relationship between these spiritual injuries and length of stay in the hospital. Indicates that spiritual injury issues are positively associated with longer lengths of hospital stay and that an inverse relationship exists between religious faith as measured by church attendance and cost for health care.
When Dying is Living: Hospice Pastoral Care and Education
Authors: Rutland-Wallis Martha Ann
Published: May 2015

Explores the relevance of Robert Kegan's concepts to the practice of pastoral care in a hospice context and illustrates the explanatory power of the concepts through the use of case histories. Outlines the implications of Kegan's theory for supervision in Clinical Pastoral Education within a hospice environment.
Companions on a Gay Journey: Issues of Spiritual Counseling and Direction with Gay Men and Lesbian Women
Authors: Shallenberger David
Published: May 2015

Explores the spiritual lives of gay men and lesbians and raises a variety of issues relevant to those who accompany them on their journeys. Reports the results of a qualitative research project and discusses and interprets the results, particularly regarding the implications for spiritual directors and counselors.
An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Spirituality, Coping, and Emotional Distress in People Living with HIV Infection and AIDS
Authors: Somlai Anton M. , Kelly Jeffrey A. , Kalichman Seth C. , Mulry Gregg , Sikkema Kathleen J. , McAuliffe Timothy , Multhauf Ken , Davantes Bernadette
Published: May 2015

Evaluates levels of psychological distress, coping mechanisms, and their relationship with the religious beliefs and spiritual practices of people (N=65) living with HIV and AIDS. Results of the research indicate a strong relationship for spiritual dimensions with mental health, psychological adjustment, and coping. Concludes that a blending of spiritual traditions and mental health approaches are needed to facilitate the coping of people living with HIV and AIDS.
Keeping the Faith While Doing Research in Ministry
Authors: Myers William R.
Published: May 2015

Argues that although quantitative research is the primary form of research in the United States, it is necessary to examine critically the assumptions which generate such research constructions. Suggests that it is particularly desirable for researchers who are persons of faith to consider alternative approaches which will be in greater congruence with the realities and numinous qualities of religion, spirituality, and ministry.
Sojourn in South Africa: Pastoral Care as a Community Endeavor
Authors: Stone Howard W.
Published: May 2015

Shares impressions of pastoral care as observed and experienced while visiting South Africa, particularly in regard to pastoral care's thoroughly community-oriented nature.
An Overview of Psychoneuroimmunology: Implications for Pastoral Care
Authors: Hill E. Wayne , Mullen Paul M.
Published: May 2015

Presents an overview of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) and explores practical and theological implications for pastoral care.
An Inquiry into Pastoral Counseling Ministry Done by Women in the Parish Setting
Authors: Wood Norma Schweitzer
Published: May 2015

Summarizes and discusses the responses of a sample of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America women in ministry to a questionnaire inquiring about their understanding and experiences of pastoral counseling as practiced in the parish context.
Creative Theological Imagining: A Method for Pastoral Counseling
Authors: Townsend Loren L.
Published: May 2015

Presents a model for training pastoral counseling specialists in which practical and useable pastoral methods are utilized. Stresses the significance of a theological framework in formulating case material and in developing appropriate therapeutic interventions which take account of the whole person.
Organicity and Pastoral Care: Theological Interrelationships
Authors: Stevenson-Moessner Jeanne
Published: May 2015

Reconsiders the “clerical paradigm” attributed to Friedrich Schleiermacher, along with his discarded image of the organic unity of theological disciplines. Uses a case study from the writings of Helen Flanders Dunbar to illustrate this organic unity and potential for discourse from a feminist pastoral theological perspective.
The Contribution of Object Relations Theory in Pastoral Counseling
Authors: Kosek Robert B.
Published: May 2015

Argues for the integration of spirituality within the therapeutic process for holistic healing. Postulates a paradigm of integration of the spiritual with the psychological employing object relations theory which consists of three movements: 1) security, 2) confusion, and 3) new growth.
“Leaving Footprints”: The Practice and Benefits of Hospital Chaplains Documenting Pastoral Care Activity in Patients' Medical Records
Authors: Ruff Rob A.
Published: May 2015

Points out the importance of charting for chaplains delivering pastoral care in a hospital setting and provides specific illustrations of charting procedures.
Grafting Clinical Pastoral Education: Teaching Competencies for the New Spiritual Care Work
Authors: Hilsman Gordon J.
Published: May 2015

Proposes that preparing chaplains for integrated system spiritual care will involve acknowledging the need for new learnings and identifying competencies that will be useful in emerging health care structures. Provides a sketch designed to achieve these objectives and shares specific instruments to aid in facilitating movement toward appropriate competencies.
Shame and Guilt Mechanisms in East Asian Culture
Authors: You Young Gweon
Published: May 2015

Explores the concepts of shame and guilt and compares Western understanding of shame and guilt with Asian understandings. Claims that Asian culture is integrated more by shame than guilt. Presents a unique phenomenon in Korean culture which reflects the shame sanction. Draws attention to the need to value the feeling of shame in dealing with Asian populations when delivering pastoral care and counseling.
Anger and Personality Disorders
Authors: Jones Mark S.
Published: May 2015

Presents a model which correlates DSM-IV categories of personality disorders with how persons process anger in relationships. Describes the styles of anger, correlations with personality disorders, gives clinical examples, and suggests pastoral interventions.
The Letting Loose of Hope: Where Psychology of Religion and Pastoral Care Converge
Authors: Capps Donald
Published: May 2015

Argues that William James's pragmatic method of truth provides a bridge over which the fields of psychology of religion and pastoral care might together pass. Proposes that this method enables us to see that psychology of religion understands hope to be the core of genuine religious experience and that pastoral care is fundamentally about enabling individuals (singly or collectively) to have, and recognize that they have had, religious experiences of hope.
From the Walls of the City: Disabilities as Culture
Authors: Rixford Mary Ewing
Published: May 2015

Invites pastoral professionals to consider the disabled as a cross-cultural population who faces a crisis while searching for meaning in a larger culture that finds meaning in beauty, power, freedom from strife, and physical and emotional wholeness. Argues that the disabled merit the same informed and specific study as other persons who are “different.” Urges pastoral professionals to examine what they know about disabilities and discusses the unconscious, unchallenged myths about the disabled and treatment implications of considering disability as culture.
Quantitative and Qualitative Outcome Research on a Regional Basic Supervised SPE Program
Authors: O'Connor Thomas St. James , Meakes Elizabeth , Fox Karen-Anne , Empey Glenn , O'Neill Kathleen
Published: May 2015

Discusses issues in the evaluation of supervised pastoral education (SPE) programs. Explains four ways of applying triangulation in developing an accurate evaluation of SPE and presents a case study of an SPE program evaluated through triangulation. Offers suggestions about the use of triangulation in SPE program evaluation.
A Jewish Approach to Healing
Authors: Kestenbaum Rabbi Israel
Published: May 2015

Explicates a notion of well-being from a Jewish perspective based upon a creation paradigm. Notes implications of the understanding for hospital chaplains.
Adult Faith, Pastoral Counseling, and Spiritual Direction
Authors: Shea John J.
Published: May 2015

Argues that a thorough knowledge of adult faith is crucial to the ministries of both pastoral counseling and spiritual direction. Differentiates pastoral counseling and spiritual direction within a framework of adult faith dimensions.
A Theological Analysis of Codependency Theories
Authors: Carr Amy , Buchanan Daniel
Published: May 2015

Explores the variety of codependency theories and the origins of the notion. Offers a theological assessment and critique of such theoretical frameworks and suggests a sample of pastoral responses to codependency theories.
The Litany of Release
Authors: Smith Douglas C.
Published: May 2015

Provides a rationale for utilizing a litany in the context of ministering to a dying person. Offer an example of such a litany and suggests ways of evaluating its effectiveness.
Spirituality, Well-Being, and Ministry
Authors: Freeman Arthur
Published: May 2015

Explores the meaning of well-being, rather than being well. Well-being is linked to recognition of and alignment with the spiritual dimensions of life, a wholistic approach. Then one's life and struggles with life's limits are open to life's fullest possibilities. Reviews the growing recognition of the role of prayer and spirituality in healing and advocates that the community of caregivers take seriously what they do as vocation, particularly in the context of re-engineering and management of health care. Suggests paradigms for understanding life, persons, and the care of persons which give the spiritual dimensions of life their proper role and call for cooperation in healing.
Marital Intimacy and Spiritual Weil-Being
Authors: Bauman Philip J.
Published: May 2015

Notes that although marital intimacy has become a recent focus of empirical studies, its relationship to spirituality has remained virtually unexplored. Reports some preliminary findings of an empirical study examining the relationship between marital intimacy and spiritual well-being in a sample of ninety-three married men and women. Results demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between marital intimacy and spiritual well-being, making this a fertile field for further study.
My Grandfather and Sigmund Freud: An Intervention
Authors: Moss David M.
Published: May 2015

Sixty years ago my grandfather, a professor of medicine, made a house call on Sigmund Freud. Freud's cancer was quite advanced. At the same time Austria was deeply infected by the “social cancer” of Nazi anti-Semitism and the Freud family was extremely vulnerable to its demonic threat. Prudently, my grandfather took this opportunity to urge the reluctant Freud to leave Europe before Hitler annexed Austria. The other principle figures related to this intervention were Anna Freud and Max Schur, Freud's personal physician. During this consultation my grandfather also discovered that Freud's cherished collection of antiquities was a symbol of his metaphorical association of archaeology and psychoanalysis.
Compassionate Resistance: An Ethic for Pastoral Care and Counseling
Authors: Ramsay Nancy J.
Published: May 2015

Develops an ethic for ministries of care and counseling grounded in a scriptural and theological perspective which stresses the empowering love of God and the real possibilities of human love for one another. Argues that such a scriptural and theological framework holds special power in the recovery from child sexual abuse. Proposes and explicates the notion of “compassionate resistance” and how it can serve as a dynamic witness for sexual abuse survivors.
Parental Loss and Marital Grief: A Pastoral and Narrative Perspective
Authors: VanKatwyk Peter L.
Published: May 2015

Explores marital grief as a shared and intimate experience rooted in the conjugal myth, concretized through a case study of parental loss of a child through death. Follows a developmental/narrative style of theological reflection on having and losing a child, and proposes a narrative systems approach in pastoral grief ministry.
Pastoral Care and the Market Economy: Time-limited Psychotherapy, Managed Care, and the Pastoral Counselor
Authors: Childs Brian H.
Published: May 2015

Discusses the development and popularity of short-term psychotherapy in relationship to the burgeoning field of managed health care. Views the role of pastoral counseling, pastoral counseling training, and the pastoral counselor in the context of the market economy of managed care. Claims that there is an incompatibility of pastoral counseling with managed behavioral health care, and calls for the return of pastoral counseling to the church.
Staying Solution-Focused in Brief Pastoral Counseling: A Conceptual Schema
Authors: Kollar Charles Allen
Published: May 2015

Outlines a solution-focused schema for pastoral counselors and provides specific guidelines and examples of how the model might work for the pastoral caregiver.
Pastoral Psychotherapy as a Practice of Psychodynamic Spirituality
Authors: Glandon Clyde
Published: May 2015

Offers a way of viewing pastoral counseling within a particular framework of spirituality. Draws upon the historical notion of the spirituality of unknowing and the healing dimension of a psychodynamic spirituality to claim what is authentically pastoral about pastoral psychotherapy.
Professional Chaplaincy: An Absent Profession?
Authors: VandeCreek Larry
Published: May 2015

A content analysis of 60 articles from six health care journal issues devoted to the topic of spirituality suggest that interdisciplinary health care authors neglect professional chaplaincy when they discuss spirituality. Notes that possible reasons for this neglect include the continuing negative fall-out from the historic religion-science conflicts, the perception that both religion and clergy are irrelevant, and the belief that interdisciplinary professionals themselves can improve their patient services by giving attention to spirituality without the involvement of chaplains. Discusses the results and possible implications for professional chaplaincy and for health care.
Attending to the Grief Associated with Involuntary Job Loss
Authors: Antczak Marianne
Published: May 2015

Identifies the financial, personal, social, and spiritual traumas associated with job loss and recommends pastoral and prophetic responses to this reality.
Names, Bodies and Identities
Authors: Pilcher Jane
Published: May 2015

In this article, I argue that the emerging field of the sociology of naming should recognize the fundamental importance of bodies in the range of social practices through which individuals come to have, and to be identified by, names. I introduce the concept of ‘embodied named identity’ to describe the outcome of identificatory practices of naming fundamentally orientated around and rooted in the body. I argue that the concept addresses the neglect of the body within the sociology of names and the neglect of naming within both the sociology of identity and in the sociology of the body. In my elaboration of the value of the concept of embodied named identity for enhancing sociological understanding, I focus on evidence on naming practices in relation to sexed and gendered bodies, racialized and ethnic bodies, bodies, nicknames and characterization, ‘nameless’ bodies and ‘body-less’ names.
Interactive Whiteboards and Digital Teaching Book to Secondary School Teachers and Contextual Affordances
Authors: Pacurar Ecaterina , Clad Nicolas
Published: May 2015

The objective of our study is to analyze the utility and the integration of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) and interactive textbook into the teaching skills. This project concerns middle and high school teachers with professional career guidance in France. The research had as objectives the appropriation in the use of IWB features and the analysis of potential affordances and used by teachers in teaching-learning situations. The five hypotheses were tested from the research design type mixed-method. The results related to our initial hypotheses show that the use of functionalities of an IWB and a digital teaching book depend on teaching disciplines. Thus, history–geography teachers and those in languages frequently use simple features of an IWB. Teachers in science and mathematics perceive and use the affordances in a more complex level of an IWB, which means they add items to the device to enrich the list of functions.
Modern information retrieval in Arabic – catering to standard and colloquial Arabic users
Authors: Azmi Aqil M. , Aljafari Eman A.
Published: May 2015

The widespread use of colloquial dialects among the younger generation of Arabs is depriving many of them the fruits of information freedom. Although most Arabs have no problem with reading text in formal Arabic, widely known as Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), the younger generation is more adept at colloquial Arabic, mainly owing to the widespread use of social media. The current search engines cater mostly to MSA. This means that materials written in colloquial are off-limits to those who use MSA, and similarly the MSA contents are off-limits for those who communicate in colloquial only. To achieve the full potential of an information-retrieval system, we need a successful scheme that interprets queries whether they are in MSA, colloquial Arabic or a combination of both. In this paper we design an information-retrieval system that addresses our concern against the backdrop of one of the local dialects in Saudi Arabia. Our system is based on modifying an MSA stemming technique and a set of colloquial ↔ MSA conversion rules that are lexicon based. We tested the system using 44 queries on a corpus of over 1400 documents (MSA, colloquial, mix). The average precision was 84.3%, while the average recall was 96.5%. In the second test we compared the precision of the retrieved documents by our system vs Google and Yahoo! search engines. The respective average precisions were 78.2, 51.9 and 56.2%.
The roles of Eurosceptic Members of the European Parliament and their implications for the EU
Authors: Brack Nathalie
Published: May 2015

The 2014 European elections demonstrated the scale and success of the EU’s opponents. Radical and populist parties topped the polls in some countries while others gained parliamentary representation for the first time. At the same time, Euroscepticism has entered the mainstream, with an increase of anti-EU rhetoric among government parties and the European Conservative and Reformist group becoming the third largest party in the European Parliament. In this context, this article aims at analysing the strategies developed by Eurosceptics from the left, the right and the mainstream once elected to parliament but also at providing food for thought regarding the implications of an (increased) presence of Eurosceptic MEPs. It provides a typology of four roles played by Eurosceptics, showing the diversity of their strategies. It then argues that the presence of these dissenting voices might be an asset for the EU’s legitimacy.
Have we reached a tipping point? The mainstreaming of Euroscepticism in the UK
Authors: Startin Nicholas
Published: May 2015

Stephen George, the eminent scholar of the European Union, famously labelled the UK as the ‘awkward partner’ when analysing the country’s relationship with the EU. The ‘permissive consensus’ evident in most EU nation states, at least prior to Maastricht and more recently the Eurozone crisis, was never ‘clear-cut’ in the UK. However, recent developments have propelled the issue of UK membership to the centre stage of British politics. By analysing some of the key historic variables which have contributed to the UK’s ambivalence and hostility towards the EU as well as more recent factors such as Conservative Party splits over ‘Europe’ and the rise of UKIP, the article focuses on the role and influence of the tabloid press, and in particular the Daily Express, to demonstrate how the debate surrounding UK membership of the EU has completed its journey from the margins to the mainstream of British politics. It concludes that the lack of a ‘level playing-field’ in terms of EU coverage among the UK tabloid press has led to a situation where its citizens, in the context of an ‘in-out’ referendum, are unable to ‘weigh up’ the ‘costs’ and ‘benefits’ of EU membership in a rational and informed fashion.
From pathology to mainstream phenomenon: Reviewing the Euroscepticism debate in research and theory
Authors: Leconte Cécile
Published: May 2015

When taking stock of the now vast literature on Euroscepticism, one cannot but notice the often deeply normative character of much of the academic research on this topic. This article argues that it is as a result of the pro-integration bias in mainstream EC/EU studies that Euroscepticism has been conceptualized as a ‘phenomenon of the periphery’ – be it the periphery of party systems, the periphery of domestic societies or the geographical periphery of the EU, epitomized by the UK and the Nordic countries. However, since the early 2000s, the spread of Euroscepticism at public opinion and party levels across the EU has contributed to changing academic understandings of Euroscepticism, from a quasi-pathology to a mainstream and enduring phenomenon in European domestic societies and democracies. Considering the risk of conceptual overstretch ensuing from this ‘mainstreaming’, the article puts forward some theoretical and methodological proposals for future research on Euroscepticism, by drawing lessons from comparable academic debates on the notion of populism, and by recasting debates on Euroscepticism in the light of the current financial and Eurozone crises.
Introduction: Euroscepticism, from the margins to the mainstream
Authors: Brack Nathalie , Startin Nicholas
Published: May 2015

With the advent of the Eurozone crisis, Euroscepticism has become increasingly mainstreamed. This is discernible across Europe at the level of public opinion, among political parties and civil society groups, within the EU institutions themselves and in terms of changing and more challenging media discourses. Against the backdrop of the 2014 European elections and a potential referendum on UK membership of the EU, the purpose of this article is to introduce an evolving debate. It begins with discussion of the ‘state of the art’ with regard to the study of Euroscepticism, before focusing on the significance of the latest European elections themselves. It then provides an overview of the various articles in the collection, explaining their relevance in helping to unravel the complexity and diversity of opposition towards ‘Europe’ and the extent to which Euroscepticism has become part of the mainstream with regard to European political debate.
Extracorporeal life support for massive pulmonary embolism during pregnancy
Authors: Bataillard A , Hebrard A , Gaide-Chevronnay L , Casez M , Dessertaine G , Durand M , Chavanon O , Albaladejo P
Published: May 2015

Massive pulmonary embolism is a leading cause of death during pregnancy. While the prevention of thromboembolic disease during the peripartum period is codified, there is no consensus regarding its treatment. We report two cases of pregnant women who had massive pulmonary embolisms (PE) and shock treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal life support (ECLS) and heparin therapy.

Haemodynamic and oxygenation parameters were rapidly restored. The patients completely recovered and the pregnancies continued. The patients did not develop pulmonary hypertension. ECLS can be considered as a successful treatment option of massive pulmonary embolism during pregnancy.