Please don't tell
Subtitle: what to do with the secrets people share
By: Emma J. Justes
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781426772016
Subjects: Secrecy; Self-disclosure; Confession; Pastoral counseling; Christianity; Listening; Psychological aspects; Trust
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Hearing confessions : how to help people tell you what they need to tell; title: Listening is not trading secrets : keeping confidentiality and maintaining ethical boundaries; title: The pastor as the bearer of secrets; title: Is what you hear the truth? : the role of lying in secret keeping; title: Can shame release the truth?; title: How memory helps, defends, and distorts; title: From generation to generation : the power of secrets in the church; title: Hearing secrets as a means of grace; title: Secrecy in our midst : Bible study (Mark 5:24b-34); title: What do you want to avoid?; title: Preparing for after-care for those who reveal secrets; title: Alternative 1 : responding to Denise. Alternative 2 : secrets and lies.