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Moving beyond individualism in pastoral care and counselling : reflections on theory, theology and practice /
"Despite astute critiques and available resources for alternative modes of thinking and practicing, individualism continues to be dominating and constraining ideology in the fields of pastoral psychotherapy and counseling. Philip Rieff was one of the first to highlight the negative implications...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Lutterworth Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Despite astute critiques and available resources for alternative modes of thinking and practicing, individualism continues to be dominating and constraining ideology in the fields of pastoral psychotherapy and counseling. Philip Rieff was one of the first to highlight the negative implications of individualism in psychotherapeutic theories and practices. As heirs and often enthusiasts of the Freudian tadition of which Rieff and others are critical, pastoral theologians have felt the sting of his charge, and yet the empirical research that McClure presents shows that pastoral-counseling practitioners resist change. Their attempts to overcome an individualistic perspective have been limited and ineffective because individualism is embedded in the field's dominant theological and theoretical resoureces, practices and organizational arrangements. Only a radical reappraisal of these will make possible pastoral counseling practices in a post-individual mode. McClure proposes several critical transformations: broadening and deepening the operative theologies used to guide the healing practices, expanding the role of the pastoral counsellor, reimaging the operative anthropology, reclaiming sin and judgement, nuancing the particular against the individual, rethinking the ideal outcome of the practices, and reimaging the organizational structures that support the practices. Only this level of revisioning will enable this ministry of the church to move beyond its individualistic limitations and offer healing in more complex, effective, and socially adequate ways."--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, ©2010. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780718842994 0718842995 |