The Pastoral Care of Depression

A Guidebook

Harold G Koenig, Binford W Gilbert (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

136 Seiten

1997
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-0265-5 (ISBN)

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What is depression, and what are its many and varied types? Who becomes depressed, and how can it be recognized? How can depression be measured, and what are its suicidal potentialities? What are the therapeutic interventions the pastor can use in helping people who are undergoing the pain of depression? The Pastoral Care of Depression: A Guidebook answers these questions and many more. With a focus on the pastor as an instrument of healing in cooperation with families, physicians, and other mental health professionals, this book will help you understand some of the current research and procedures used in helping people suffering from depression. As the frontline mental health workers in many communities, pastors need confidence, competence, and skill in handling people with emotional problems. As Author Binford W. Gilbert explains, “Depression is among the most treatable of major illnesses. It enters the realm of the spiritual and demands the best of the pastoral leader to guide, assist, and enhance the struggle for peace and soundness of mind and body.” The Pastoral Care of Depression helps caregivers by overcoming the simplistic myths about depressive disorders and probing the real issues. This book covers:

a thorough description of clinical depression
predisposing factors that may lead to depression
the need for a multidisciplinary approach, and the role of the pastor on the treatment team
the importance of church and family involvement
diagnosis--the ability to distinguish between normal grief, ordinary blues, situational depression, and clinical depression
ministers’own emotional, physical, mental, and relational health
the pastor’s privileged role that gives him/her unique abilities and opportunitiesA valuable resource for pastors, chaplains, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, family members, and teachers of pastoral care, The Pastoral Care of Depression is meant to inspire action-oriented counseling; to establish cooperative relationships between ministers, families, and the medical community; to carry out responsible and innovative creative therapeutic interventions; and to treat the whole human being.

Binford Winston Gilbert

Contents
Introduction

The Pastor
The “Why” of the Book
Depression: How It Feels
The Roots of Depression
The Subconscious and Depression
Rage
Dependency
Pessimism
Summary
Making the Diagnosis
The Diagnosis
Cognitive Therapy
“Stinkin’ Thinkin’”
Dysfunctional Attitude Scale
Behavioral Treatment
The Energy Cycle
Problem Solving
Timing
Pleasant Events Reinforcement
The Pain-Pleasure Continuum
Positive Assertiveness Training
Relaxation Training
The Pastor: Unique Care Giver
A Theology of Pastoral Care
God View
God as Creator
Christ: Our Teacher, Example, and Redeemer
The Holy Spirit
Doctrine of the Incarnation
The Pastor as Counselor
The Minister’s Own Mental Health
False Goals
Ministers and Inappropriate Sexual Involvement
Humanistic Psychology
An Approach to Pastoral Wellness
Taking Charge of Your Life
Take Charge of Your Time
Take Charge of Your Health
Take Charge of Your Personal Relationships
The Spiritual Life
Getting Rid of Anxiety
Summary
Notes
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.9.1999
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 216 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	0-7890-0265-5 / 0789002655
ISBN-13	978-0-7890-0265-5 / 9780789002655
Zustand	Neuware