Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions

by Koenig; Harold G

• ISBN13: 9780789018489
• ISBN10: 0789018489
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-06-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions is a practical handbook for the helping professional who wants to tap into the healing powers of greater spiritual consciousness. Examining intriguing topics such as human spiritual needs, goals of spiritual helping, community interspirituality, social justice, and ethnic sources of religious practices, this book will open your eyes to the subtle ways that the sacred is present in everyday life. Each chapter includes penetrating reflection questions to help you better understand your own spiritual perspective and a list of suggested sources to help you learn more. A step-by-step guide to increasing awareness of the divine within everyone, no matter his or her religion, Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professionsis a resource you'll refer to again and again. To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.

Author Biography

Charles J. Topper is Associate Professor of Counseling at St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Spirituality: A Growing Focus for Professional Caregivers	p. 1
What Is Spirituality?	p. 1
Spirituality and Healthy Religion	p. 8
Core Human Spiritual Needs	p. 11
Case Studies	p. 15
Spiritual Needs in Regard to Psychological and Religious Needs	p. 18
Expanding the Language of Spiritual Needs	p. 20
Naming Spiritual Needs	p. 22
Spiritual Well-Being and Health	p. 24
Spiritual Distress and Religious or Spiritual Problems	p. 26
Conclusion	p. 27
Spiritual Assessment	p. 29
Foundations	p. 29
Spiritual Assessment and the Psychological Helping Professional	p. 30
Spiritual Assessment and the Religious Helping Professional	p. 31
The Basic Process of Spiritual Assessment	p. 33
A Beginning Model of Spiritual Assessment	p. 39
The Process of Spiritual Care	p. 47
Address the Focus of Care Needed	p. 48
Assess Spiritual Needs	p. 49
Determine the Goals of Spiritual Care	p. 49
Relate Spiritual Care to the Helpee's Religion/Beliefs	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 65
Tools for Spiritual Assessment: Spiritual Care As a Clinical Science	p. 67
The Need for Spiritual Assessment Instruments	p. 67
Stumbling Blocks to Spiritual Assessment	p. 69
Clinical Instruments of Spiritual Assessment	p. 70
Developmental Models of Spiritual Assessment	p. 76
Semistructured Interview and Surveys	p. 83
Developing Your Own Survey Questions	p. 85
Guidelines for the Development of Spiritual Assessment Surveys	p. 87
Basic Aptitudes and Skills of Spiritual Care	p. 91
Ability to Develop a Caring and Healing Helping Relationship	p. 92
Ability to Bring Spiritual Awareness into the Helping Relationship	p. 101
Knowledge and Acceptance of Your Identity As a Spiritual Caregiver	p. 103
Broader Skills of Spiritual Care	p. 109
Ability to Respond to the Ethnic Heritage of Helpees' Spirituality	p. 109
Ability to Work with Helpees' Pain, Loss, and Grief	p. 114
Ability to Utilize Helpees' Beliefs	p. 119
Ability to Use Religious Resources	p. 127
A Community Model of Spiritual Care	p. 133
Ability to Develop a Socially Responsible Focus in Spiritual Care	p. 133
A Community Model of Spiritual Care	p. 136
Spiritual Care Competencies of Professional Organizations	p. 137
Organizational Standards of Spiritual Care	p. 140
References	p. 149
Recommended Reading	p. 157
Index	p. 159
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