Minding the Soul
Pastoral Counseling as Remembering
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Minding the Soul: Pastoral Counseling as Remembering
Ministers, priests, rabbis, physicians, and therapists faced with
their awesome role will appreciate Ashbrook's clear way of
integrating medicine, psychology, and theology into a consistent
framework for therapeutic practice.
Part One unfolds the dimensions of being human—physiological, depth-psychological, interpersonal—to show how patterns of mere survival can be changed to patterns of growth. Part Two describes how to engage the souls of people in pain. It offers specific, step-by- step techniques to enable people psychically to turn again to life. Part Three presents the fuller picture of meaning-making activity—soul-making—that is the heart of human life, beginning with the counselor's own.
Part One unfolds the dimensions of being human—physiological, depth-psychological, interpersonal—to show how patterns of mere survival can be changed to patterns of growth. Part Two describes how to engage the souls of people in pain. It offers specific, step-by- step techniques to enable people psychically to turn again to life. Part Three presents the fuller picture of meaning-making activity—soul-making—that is the heart of human life, beginning with the counselor's own.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800626730
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Pages 300
- Publication Date December 1, 1995
Endorsements
"This book is an excellent and richly meaningful resource for the practice, learning, and teaching of pastoral counseling. Experientially focused, it joins theological and psychological theory and practice with the fruits of brain research in a compelling challenge to personal and professional integration and depth."
— Bonnie Niswander, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois
"James Ashbrook has collated forty years of experience and wisdom into a highly practical exposition of pastoral care. His book is full of ripe examples that illuminate coherent principles to guide the novice and gratify the expert professional."
— Robert Lyman Potter, M.D
— Bonnie Niswander, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois
"James Ashbrook has collated forty years of experience and wisdom into a highly practical exposition of pastoral care. His book is full of ripe examples that illuminate coherent principles to guide the novice and gratify the expert professional."
— Robert Lyman Potter, M.D
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Appendix: Figures
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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PART ONE: ROCK-A THE SOUL: A MAP FOR MINDING SOULS
- The Rock That Gives Birth: A Metaphor for Minding the Soul
- Struggles of the Soul: Rockiness and Neurocognitive Activity
- Stabilizing the Soul: A Clinical Case Study
- Empowering Souls: Transforming Rockiness into Rocklikeness
PART TWO: ENGAGING THE SOUL: FOCUSING ON THE TASK
- Oxygen and the Breath of Life: Creating a Context
- Surviving and Being Known: Connecting
- Hurting and Hoping: Responding
- Growing and Exploring: Discovering
- A New Engaging of Experience: Acting
- What Awakens Hope? Inquiries and Reflections
PART THREE: MAKING SENSE OF SOUL: BEGINNING WITH ONESELF
- Stories: Learning Who We Are
- Soul: Meaningful Memory
- Sabbathing: Integrating Experience
- Soul and Role: Being a Counselor and Being a Person
Appendix: Figures
Bibliography
Index