Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care

by Roberts, Stephen B.

• ISBN13: 9781594733123
• ISBN10: 1594733120
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-30
• Publisher: Skylight Paths Pub

Summary

This is the first comprehensive resource for pastoral and spiritual care¿a vital resource for clergy, seminarians, pastoral counselors and caregivers of all faith traditions. It integrates the classic foundations of pastoral care with the latest approaches on spiritual care. It is specifically intended for professionals who work in acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, rehabilitation centers and long-term care facilities. Offering the latest theological perspectives and tools, along with basic theory and skills from the best pastoral and spiritual care texts, research and concepts, the contributors to this resource are innovators in their fields and represent Christianity, Judaism, Islam and more. Topics include: The Theology of Pastoral and Spiritual Care¿What is it and how is different than pastoral counseling? How do you create a theology to do pastoral/spiritual care? The Process of Pastoral and Spiritual Care¿The general theory behind pastoral/spiritual care; conducting spiritual assessments; creating and implementing a pastoral plan; ethics; working with staff and their grief. Pastoral/Spiritual Care with Special Populations and Their Needs¿International cultures and immigrants, pediatrics, mental health, LGBT, disabled, palliative care with chronic illness, palliative care with end of life, arrested and complicated grief. The Infrastructure of Pastoral and Spiritual Care¿How to begin strategic planning, standards of care for all professional chaplains, quality assurance, quality improvement designing sacred spaces, cultural competencies.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Theology Of Spiritual/Pastoral Care
Creating a Personal Theology to Do Spiritual / Pastoral Care	p. 3
Creating a Personal Theology to Do Spiritual / Pastoral Care	p. 12
The Process of Spiritual /Pastoral Care
The Process of Spiritual / Pastoral Care: A General Theory for Providing Spiritual / Pastoral Care Using Palliative Care as a Paradigm	p. 21
Assessments	p. 42
Creating and Implementing a Spiritual / Pastoral Care Plan	p. 61
Chaplains and Charting	p. 81
Foundational Listening and Responding Skills	p. 92
Prayer and Ritual	p. 106
Counseling and Interventions	p. 119
Inspiring Hope: Confronting Fear, Guilt, and Shame in Spiritual / Pastoral Care	p. 132
Life Review	p. 149
End-of-Life Chaplaincy Care	p. 162
Ethics and the Care of the Sick: An Overview for Professional Chaplains and Other Spiritual / Pastoral Care Providers	p. 178
Spirituality Groups	p. 193
Spiritual Care of Staff	p. 209
Gender Issues in Pastoral Care	p. 219
Working with Community Religious Resources	p. 233
Transdisciplinary Relationships	p. 240
Spiritual / Pastoral Care with Special Populations
Spiritual / Pastoral Care in Worlds Beyond: Ministry to International and Immigrant Patients	p. 251
Pediatric Chaplaincy	p. 259
Behavioral Health	p. 267
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered (GLBT) People	p. 282
Spiritual / Pastoral Care with People with Disabilities and Their Families	p. 291
Chronic Illness	p. 303
Complicated Grief: Exploring Arresting Grief and Survival Grief in Spiritual / Pastoral Care	p. 312
The Infrastructure of Spiritual / Pastoral Care
Strategic Planning: A Basis for All Infrastructure Development and Growth within Spiritual / Pastoral Care	p. 329
Outcome Oriented Chaplaincy: Intentional Caring	p. 342
Referral Plans: Developing and Implementing Tactical Plans Regarding Who Chaplains Should Visit	p. 362
Quality Improvement: A Chaplaincy Priority	p. 372
Health Care Chaplaincy as a Research-Informed Profession	p. 387
Cultural Competencies	p. 407
Sacred Space	p. 421
Blessings of a Mixed Population: Institutional Prayer in Multifaith Communities	p. 434
Index	p. 452
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