{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Spiritual direction and the gay person \/ James L. Empereur.","author":"Empereur, James L.","isbn":"082641107X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Continuum"},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references and index.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: xii, 180 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Spiritual therapy : how the physician, psychiatrist, and minister collaborate in healing \/ Richard K. Young and Albert L. Meiburg.","author":"Young, Richard K.; Meiburg, Albert L.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Brothers"},"datePublished":"1960","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 184 pages","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Starting right : thinking theologically about youth ministry \/ [editedby] Kenda Creasy Dean, Chap Clark, David Rahn","author":"Clark, C; Kenda Creasy D.","isbn":"0310234069","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"YOUTH SPECIALIZED,ZONDERVAN PUB HOUSE"},"datePublished":"2001","inLanguage":"English","description":"Theological rocks : first things first \/ Kenda Creasy Dean -- Fessing up : owning our theological commitments \/ Kenda Creasy Dean -- The changing face of adolescence : a theological view of human development \/ Chap Clark -- Growing up postmodern : theological uses of culture \/ Don C. Richter -- Youth ministry's historical context : the education and evangelism of young people \/ Mark W. Cannister -- Reflections on youth ministry in a global context : taking seriously the least of these \/ Tony Campolo -- The myth of the perfect youth ministry model \/ Chap Clark -- Focusing youth ministry through evangelism \/ Terry McGonigal -- Focusing youth ministry through the family \/ Mark DeVries -- Focusing youth ministry through Christian practices \/ Mark Yaconelli -- Focusing youth ministry through student leadership \/ Dave Rahn -- Focusing youth ministry through critical consciousness \/ David F. White -- Focusing youth ministry through community \/ Kara Eckmann Powell -- Focusing youth ministry through innovation \/ Soren Oestergaard & Simon Hall -- Theological framework for youth ministry : repentance \/ Robin Maas -- Theological framework for youth ministry : grace \/ Rodger Nishioka -- Theological framework for youth ministry : redemption \/ Darrell W. Johnson -- Theological framework for youth ministry : hope \/ Evelyn Parker -- Seeing clearly : community context \/ Steve Gerali -- Seeing clearly : organizational context \/ Dave Rahn -- Seeing clearly : social context \/ Patricia Davis -- Thinking creatively : beyond a marketing approach to networks \/ Mark Dodrill -- Thinking creatively : beyond a warehouse mentality of resources \/ Ed Trimmer -- Thinking creatively : beyond schooling perspectives in curriculum \/ Duffy Robbins -- Acting wisely : programs, routines, and disciplines \/ Charles N. Neder -- Acting wisely : retreats, trips, and events \/ Karen Jones -- Acting wisely : counseling and crises \/ Marv Penner -- Assessing honestly : continuous improvement \/ Dave Rahn -- Assessing honestly : spiritual readiness \/ Chap Clark -- Thinking theologically as a right start \/ Dave Rahn.\r\n \tAbstract\tThis is among the very few academic textbooks on youth ministry that blends solid research with real-life experience. It is an excellent resource for undergraduate or graduate courses in youth ministry or for youth workers who want to ground their ministry in solid theology.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 398 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Strategic pastoral counseling : a short-term structured model \/ David G. Benner.","author":"Benner, D. G","isbn":"0801026318","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Academic"},"datePublished":"2003","inLanguage":"English","description":"Therapeutic counseling in a Christian context can be highly effective when it maintains narrowly focused goals in a time-limited setting. The details of this proven model of pastoral counseling are described in this practical guide. This second edition of Strategic Pastoral Counseling has been thoroughly revised and includes two new chapters. Benner includes helpful case studies, a new appendix on contemporary ethical issues, and updated chapter bibliographies. His study will continue to serve clergy and students well as a valued practical handbook on pastoral care and counseling.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 153 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Strategic pastoral counseling : a short-term structured model \/ David G. Benner.","author":"Benner, D.G.","isbn":"0801010276","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"1992","inLanguage":"English","description":"1. The context of pastoral counseling -- Counseling that is pastoral -- Pastoral help that is counseling -- 2. The uniqueness of pastoral -- The training of the pastoral counselor -- The role of the pastoral counseling -- The context of pastoral counseling -- The goals of pastoral counseling -- The resources of pastoral counseling -- A definition of pastoral counseling -- Advantages and limitations of pastoral counseling -- 3. The strategic pastoral counseling model -- Brief and time-limited counseling -- Bibliotherapeutic counseling -- Wholistic counseling -- Structured counseling -- Spiritually focused counseling -- Explicitly Christian counseling -- 4. The stages and tasks of strategic pastoral counseling -- The encounter stage -- The engagement stage -- The disengagement stage -- 5. A case study of strategic pastoral counseling -- First -- fifth session.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 138 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The care and counseling of youth in the Church \/ Paul B. Irwin.","author":"Irwin, Paul B.","isbn":"0800605527","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Fortress Press"},"datePublished":"1975","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: Personal ministry -- Journey into maturity -- Youth culture as covenant-caring community -- The ministry of interpersonal communication -- The ministry of individual counseling -- Shaping a vision of life -- The call forward.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: xv, 80 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The Christian counselors's manual : the practice of nouthetic counseling \/ Jay E. Adams.","author":"Adams, J. E.","isbn":"031051150X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Zondervan Pub. House"},"datePublished":"1973","inLanguage":"English","description":"The Christian Counselor's Manual is a companion and sequel to the author's influential Competent to Counsel. It takes the approach of nouthetic counseling introduced in the earlier volume and applies it to a wide range of issues, topics, and techniques in counseling: Who is qualified to be a counselor? How can counselees change? How does the Holy Spirit work? What role does hope play? What is the function of language? How do we ask the right questions? What often lies behind depression? How do we deal with anger? What is schizophrenia? These and hundreds more questions are answered in this comprehensive resource for the Christian counselor. A full set of indexes, a detailed table of contents, and a full complement of diagrams and forms make this an outstanding reference book for Christian counselors. - Jacket\r\n\t\"Ministry resources library.\"\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich\n\nPhysical description: xiii, 476 pages ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The Christian shepherd : some aspects of pastoral care \/ Seward Hiltner.","author":"Hiltner, Seward","isbn":"0687076250","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1980","inLanguage":"English","description":"Other Notes : Includes index.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 190 pages ; 20 cm.","bookEdition":"Abingdon Reprint Library ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The Handbook of marriage and marital therapy \/ edited by G. Pirooz Sholevar.","author":"Sholevar, G. Pirooz","isbn":"0893351202","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Spectrum Publications"},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents : Part I. Psychodynamic theories in marital therapy -- A model of marital interaction \/ Ellen Berman, Harold Lief, Ann Marie Williams -- Marital contracts \/ Clifford J. Sager -- Self-object considerations in marriage and marital therapy \/ John C. Sonne and Deborah Swirsky -- Transference considerations in marriage and marital therapy \/ John C. Sonne -- Marriage is a family affair : an intergenerational approach to marital therapy \/ Geraldine M. Spark -- Bowen theory and therapy \/ Michael E. Kerr -- Discussion of psychodynamic theories of marital therapy \/ Otto Pollack -- Part II. Theory and technique in marital therapy -- Existential marital therapy : a synthesis : a subsystem of existential family therapy \/ Carl A. Whitaker, Alice Greenberg, Milton L. Greenberg -- Behavioral approaches to the treatment of marital discord \/ Norman Epstein and Ann Marie Williams -- Assertiveness training in marital treatment \/ Norman Epstein -- Marital therapy from a structural\/strategic viewpoint \/ M. Duncan Stanton -- Transactional analysis in marital therapy \/ Betty Magran -- Couples group therapy : rationale, dynamics and process \/ Florence Kaslow and E. James Lieberman -- Couples communication and marital enhancement : a didactic approach \/ Mirta T. Mulhare -- Part III. Special issues and techniques -- Evaluation and research on marital therapy \/ Ann Marie Williams and William R. Miller -- Overview of sex therapy \/ Stephen B. Levine -- Blue collar-white collar : sexual myths and realities \/ Ilda \"V. Ficher and Sandra B. Coleman -- The legal factors facing a family in custody proceedings and separation \/ Arnold H. Winicov -- The emotional impact of family disruption on children \/ G. Pirooz Sholevar -- The contextual approach to child-custody decisions \/ Margaret Cotroneo, Barbara R. Krasner, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy -- Neurotic problems in marriage \/ Abraham Freedman -- Spouse abuse \/ Susan V. McLeer -- The co-professional marriage \/ Lana P. Fishkin and Ralph E. Fishkin.\r\n\r\nOther Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The journal of pastoral care.","author":"COPERATE ARTHUR","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Institute of Pastoral Care."},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"1998-2001 mit dem Titelzusatz \"a professional publication in pastoral care, counseling and education\"\n\nPhysical description: 320P","bookEdition":"VOL 52","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}