The Guide to Pastoral Counseling and Care

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Summary: Enhanced with both a Name index and a Subject index
Review: In The Guide To Pastoral Counseling, Gary Ahlskog (Director of the Pastoral Counseling Training Program at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York) and Harry Sands (Training Analyst and Senior Supervisor at the Psychoanalytic Institute of the Post Graduate Center for Mental Health, New York) effectively collaborate to present an essential and seminal "hands-on" guide to a range of issues facing pastors, seminarians, therapists, chaplains, and teachers within the framework of the religious communities of today. The diverse contributors are all expert, experienced and bring a keen analytical skill to their writings which are arranged within the general categories of Clinical Principles (Essential Theory and Technique; Religion and Psychodynamics; Pastoral Care in the Congregational Setting); Issues & Problems (The Assessment Interview; In the Hospital; Sexual Temptation and the Pastoral Counselor); Special Types of Pastoral Counseling (Working with Groups, Families, and Couples; Special Issues; Sexual Concerns in Congregational Life); Spiritual & Clinical Resources (Using Religious Resources in Clinical Ministry; Making Referral). The Guide To Pastoral Counseling concludes with an "Epilogue" by Ann B. Ulanov. This critically important and strongly recommended contribution to the field of pastoral counseling is enhanced with both a Name index and a Subject index.

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Summary: A must-read for anyone in the counseling field
Review: This informative and enlightening book is well written in clear and understandable language. I recommend it to any counsellors or pastors looking to improve their skills.