The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach

Drawing on psychological, theological, and cultural studies on suffering, Carrie Doehring encourages counselors to view their ministry through trifocal lenses and include approaches that are premodern (apprehending God through religious rituals), modern (consulting rational and empirical sources), and postmodern (acknowledging the contextual nature of knowledge). Utilizing strategies from all three perspectives, Doehring describes the basic ingredients of a caregiving relationship, shows how to use the caregiver's life experience as a source of authority, and demonstrates how to develop the skill of listening and establish the actual relationship. She then explains the steps of psychological assessment, systemic assessment, and theological reflection, and finally she delineates the basic steps for plans of care: attending to the careseeker's safety, building trust, mourning losses, and reconnecting with the ordinariness of life.

Carrie Doehring is Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Iliff School of Theology in Colorado. She is a licensed psychologist and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). In addition to the first edition of The Practice of Pastoral Care, she is the author of Internal Traumatization and Taking Care: Monitoring Power Dynamics and Relational Boundaries in Pastoral Care and Counseling.