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

by Larry Kent Graham

Overview

A comprehensive social and systemic foundation for pastoral and caretaking that 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780687046751
Publisher:	Abingdon Press
Publication date:	09/01/1992
Pages:	268
Sales rank:	1,091,249
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.22(h) x 0.69(d)

Table of Contents

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