{"product_id":"transforming-self-and-community-revisioning-pastoral-counseling-and-spiritual-direction-paperback-1","title":"Transforming Self and Community: Revisioning Pastoral Counseling and Spiritual Direction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLen Sperry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatholic Press Association Award Winner!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth spiritual direction and pastoral counseling tend to be partially responsive to client needs and expectations. Many of the theories underlying the practice of spiritual direction and pastoral counseling are based more on psychology than spirituality. They minimize or exclude character and moral concerns and may even unintentionally foster individualism and spiritual narcissism. \u003ci\u003eTransforming Self and Community\u003c\/i\u003e offers an approach to spiritual direction and pastoral counseling that is holistic, that integrates spiritual and moral constructs with the psychological and emphasizes all aspects of transformation, including social transformation.\u003cp\u003eThe integrative approach in\u003ci\u003eTransforming Self and Community\u003c\/i\u003e provides psychological, spiritual, and moral perspectives for understanding and assisting individuals with their spiritual journey of development. It describes and illustrates clinically useful guidelines for the practice of spiritual direction and pastoral counseling. It includes case studies as well as figures, tables, and charts that highlight and summarize main text points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransforming Self and Community\u003c\/i\u003e is primarily for professionals who practice, teach, or are learning how to do spiritual direction or pastoral counseling. Nevertheless, spiritual seekers, clients, or prospective clients of spiritual direction or pastoral counseling will also find this book enlightening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book has eight chapters. Chapter 1 surveys and describes trends in the current practice of pastoral counseling and spiritual direction. Chapter 2 reviews four prominent theories underlying the practice of pastoral counseling and spiritual direction. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 provide detailed review of various constructs in the spiritual, psychological, and moral perspectives as they relate to the practice of pastoral counseling and spiritual direction. Chapter 6 presents a holistic model which integrates key constructs from the spiritual perspective, the moral perspective, and the perspective dimension in relationship to the outcome dimensions of transformation. Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 illustrate the integrative model in action. Finally, Chapter 9 summarizes the main points of the book and speculates on future developments regarding the theory and practice of spiritual direction and pastoral counseling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters are Spirituality, Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling: Recent Trends, \"Theoretical Bases of Pastoral Counseling and Spiritual Direction,\" \"Spiritual Perspective on Transformation,\" \"Moral Perspective on Transformation,\" \"Psychological Perspective on Transformation,\" \"An Integrative Model of Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling,\" \"An Integrative Approach to Spiritual Direction: A Case Study,\" \"An Integrative Approach to Pastoral Counseling: A Case Study,\" \"Spirituality, Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling: Some Future Prospects.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLen Sperry, MD, PhD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a professor at Barry University. He has practiced spiritually attuned psychotherapy, pastoral counseling, and spiritual direction for over 30 years and has written more than 30 books including \u003c\/i\u003eMinistry and Community\u003ci\u003e published by Liturgical Press.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.24 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42597168152672,"sku":"9780814628034","price":44.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/R3dQYXhQeVJBelVVTzMrMVJPaTJ0UT09.webp?v=1771714511","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/transforming-self-and-community-revisioning-pastoral-counseling-and-spiritual-direction-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}