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GUIDANCE COUNSELING

Care of Persons, Care of Worlds: A Psychosystems Approach to Pastoral Care and Counseling
Larry Kent Graham

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Format: Paperback, 266pp.
ISBN: 0687046750
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Pub. Date: October  1997

 
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Care of Persons, Care of Worlds constructs a comprehensive social and systemic foundation for pastoral caretaking, which will be an invaluable guide for the activities of parish ministers and counseling practitioners. Graham's model better interprets and responds to the interplay between individuals and the larger cultural and environmental realities which contribute to their distress and its transformation.

Table of Contents

Preface 9
Introduction 11
Pt. I Theoretical Foundations
Ch. 1 Transforming Care: Linking Psyches and Systems 29
Ch. 2 A Psychosystemic View of the World 49
Ch. 3 The Individual in Care: A Psychosystemic Profile of Personhood 70
Ch. 4 Symptoms, Crises, and Change: Psychosystemic Care as Strategic Love and Redemptive Justice 91
Pt. II Pastoral Analysis and Response
Ch. 5 Opening Ears to Hear: Resolving Transactional Impasses Through the Ministry of Care 115
Ch. 6 Dethroning the Demonic: Rearranging Power Through the Ministry of Care 138
Ch. 7 Luring to Shalom: Harmonizing Contention Through the Ministry of Care 159
Ch. 8 Releasing the Captive: Liberating Creativity Through the Ministry of Care 180
Ch. 9 Rebuilding the Covenantal Frame: Changing Structure Through the Ministry of Care 203
Ch. 10 Restorative and Liberating Care: Healing a Congregation 224
Appendix 241
Notes 243
Glossary 259
Index 265