Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Prologue -- References -- Share Understanding Pastoral Counseling -- Part I: An Introduction to Pastoral Counseling -- Chapter 1: Pastoral Counseling: A Discipline of Unity Amid Diversity -- What Makes Pastoral Counseling "Pastoral"? -- Pastoral Counselors and Other Allied Mental Health Professionals -- The Setting and Context of Pastoral Counseling -- The Discipline's Spiritual Assumptions -- Building Roads of Communication and Communion -- Reflection Questions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Pastoral Counseling's History -- Context: Judeo-Christian Care of the Soul -- Context: Care and Counseling in American Religious Life -- Care in Early American History -- Twentieth-Century Context -- Pastoral Counseling: A Clinical Ministry Specialty -- Development of a Profession -- Twenty-First Century -- Reflection Questions -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Being -- Chapter 3: Pastoral Counselors: Mental Health Professionals -- Professionals at the Crossroads -- Pastoral Counselors as Mental Health Professionals -- Integrated Professionals -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Part III: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Understanding -- Chapter 4: The Human Condition: Pastoral Perspectives -- Human Dignity and Depravity -- Story -- Relational Style -- Family -- Gender -- View of God -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 5: The Nature and Function of Suffering -- The Origins of Intrapersonal Processes and Suffering -- Interpersonal Processes and Suffering -- The Family and Suffering -- Culture's Influence on Pain and Suffering -- Pain and Suffering Beyond Attachment, Family, and Culture -- The Pastoral Counselor's Response to Those Who Suffer -- Summary and Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References.

Chapter 6: The Challenges of Being Bilingual: Methods of Integrating Psychological and Religious Studies -- Historical Background -- The Interdisciplinary Methods of Pastoral Counselors -- An Illustration -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose: Pastoral Counseling Distinctives in Conceptualizing and Engaging Human Distress -- The Modern Emergence of and Ambivalence About Pastoral Diagnosis -- Pastoral Diagnosis as a Diagnosis of Gnosis -- Moving Beyond Conceptualization to Engaging Experience -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 8: Religious and Spiritual Assessment in Pastoral Counseling -- An Integrated Interdisciplinary Framework -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 9: Responding to Explicit and Implicit Spiritual Content in Pastoral Counseling -- The Authors' Contexts and Assumptions -- Explicit Spiritual Content in Pastoral Counseling -- Implicit Spiritual Content in Pastoral Counseling -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 10: Cross-Cultural Counseling: The Importance of Encountering the Liminal Space -- Multicultural Competence and Social Justice in Pastoral Counseling -- The Encounter: A Case Study -- A Culturally Open Approach to Training in Pastoral Counseling -- Conclusions: The Mandate -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Part IV: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Intervening -- Chapter 11: Common Ground: Pastoral Counseling and Allied Professional Interventions -- Toward a Common Ground of Intervention -- Common-Ground Interventions -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 12: Set Apart: The Distinctiveness of Pastoral Counseling Interventions -- Defining Ourselves: Pastoral Counseling as a Profession -- Issues of Distinction: A Contemporary Dilemma Within Psychotherapeutic Communities.

What is a Pastoral Counseling Intervention? -- Pastoral Counseling: Goals and Objectives -- Distinctive Pastoral Counseling Interventions Emerge -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 13: Pastoral Counseling and Spiritual Direction -- The History of Care for the Soul in the West -- Distinguishing Clinical Counseling from Spiritual Direction -- An Integrated Model -- Happy, Healthy, and Holy: A Threefold Typology -- Breaking Down Distinctions -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Part V: Pastoral Counseling and Religious Diversity -- Chapter 14: Religious Location and Counseling: Engaging Diversity and Difference in Views of Religion -- Language Care -- Religious Location(s) and One Insurmountable Barrier -- Forms and Degrees of Religious Difference -- Challenges Related to Differences in Religious Location -- Self-Differentiation: The Significance of the Counselor's Religious Location -- Therapeutic Relationality: Connection Amid Religious Difference -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 15: Earning Closeness with Our Maker: A Torah-Based Approach to Counseling -- Torah Therapy: A Way of Understanding -- Torah Therapy: A Way of Being -- Torah Therapy: A Way of Intervening -- Torah Therapy and Pastoral Counseling -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 16: Reframing Pastoral Counseling: Toward Developing a Model of Pastoral Care Within Muslim Communities -- Who are American Muslims? -- Key Philosophical Beliefs and Implications -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 17: Kalamitra: A Buddhist Approach to Pastoral Counseling -- Buddhism -- Pastoral Counseling and the Buddhist Pastoral Counselor -- Training and Supervision -- Research -- Kalamitra -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 18: Hindu Approaches to Pastoral Counseling -- Diversity Among Hindus.

Culture Versus Religion -- Hinduism -- Problem Solving Among Hindus -- Acculturation -- Interventions with Hindu Clients -- Reflection Questions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 19: Native American Spiritualities and Pastoral Counseling -- Traditional Native American Spiritualities -- The Role and Influence of Christianity -- Pastoral Counseling with Native Americans -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 20: Pastoral Counseling and Queer Identities -- Sexual Orientation and Identity -- What is Queer? -- Theories of Sexual Identity -- Implications for Practice -- Implications for Practice -- Interlocking Systems of Oppression -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- Notes -- References -- Part VI: Special Issues in Pastoral Counseling -- Chapter 21: Referral, Consultation, and Collaboration -- Defining Referral, Consultation, and Collaboration -- Case Study -- Consultation -- Referral -- Collaboration -- Returning to the Case Study with Joelle and Samantha -- Reflection Questions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 22: Shepherding the Flock: Supervising Pastoral Counselors in Training -- Defining Supervision -- The Need for Supervisor Training -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 23: Understanding Pastoral Counseling Research -- What Do the Terms Religion and Spirituality Mean? -- Research Methods -- What Do Current Definitions of Religion and Spirituality Measure? -- Cultural Concerns in Measurement -- Summary and Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 24: Pastoral Counseling at a Distance -- What is Distance Counseling? -- A Brief History -- The Practice of Distance Counseling -- Best Practices in Distance Counseling -- Preparation for Distance Counseling Work -- Benefits of Distance Counseling -- Limitations and Concerns -- Special Considerations.

Implications for Pastoral Counseling -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Appendix: Definition of Terms -- Chapter 25: Childhood Studies and Pastoral Counseling -- Childhood Studies in the Social Sciences -- Childhood Studies in Religion -- Religion and Children -- Calling for a New Pastoral Care of Children -- Implications for Pastoral Counseling -- Reflection Questions -- Notes -- References -- Part VII: The Future of the Discipline -- Chapter 26: Futures of a Past: From Within a More Traditional Pastoral Counseling Model -- Is There a Traditional Pastoral Counseling Model? -- Formation in the AAPC -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 27: Integrative Psychotherapy Training Program: A Department of Spiritual Care and Education -- Context -- History and Context -- Current Model -- IPTP Faculty -- Program Structure and Process -- The Future of the Integrative Psychotherapy Training Program -- Replication of a Faith-Sensitive Psychotherapy Training Program in a Large Health Care System -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- References -- Chapter 28: Perspectives From Beyond the Field: Psychology and Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy -- A Mandate for Psychology -- From Research to Practice -- Psychologists' Perceptions of Pastoral Counseling -- Mindfulness-Based Approaches -- Service to a Diverse and Suffering Society -- Responding to Today's Religious and Spiritual Diversity -- Conclusions -- Reflection Questions -- Note -- References -- Epilogue -- Index.