What Do I Say? Talking with Patients about Spirituality

Name: What Do I Say? Talking with Patients about Spirituality
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ISBN: 9781599471204

ISBN-10: 1599471205

ISBN-13: 9781599471204

Edition: 2007

Authors: Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, Christina M. Puchalski

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Health care professionals clergy chaplains social workers and others who counsel people in medical crisis often find themselves faced with deeply painful questions Why is this happening to me Am I dying Why should I live Im just a burden to others.The author an internationally recognized expert in spiritual care giving points out that wanting to help is one motivation for learning these skills but there are also evidencebased reasons helping patients express their innermost feelings promotes spiritual healing; spiritual health is related to physical and emotional health; spiritual coping helps patients accept and deal with their illness; and patients tend to want their health care…

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Templeton Press
Publication date: 5/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.682



Foreword


Acknowledgments



Let's Begin!


Why should I learn this skill?


About this workbook


Assumptions



Preparing the Healer


What are my spiritual pains?


How do my spiritual pains affect my responses to patients?


But if I'm always being wounded, won't I die?


Why do I disengage from patients' feelings?


Assumptions that silence


What is a wounded healer like?


Tips for how to survive in the clinical setting as a wounded healer



Listening: Beginning the Healing Response


Dimensions of listening


What to listen for


Tips for how to listen



Making Sense of What You Hear


What are spiritual needs?


What does spirituality look and sound like?


Tips for making sense of what you hear



Verbal Responses to Spiritual Pain: Micro-skills


Micro-skills: Goals and guidelines



Building rapport



Restatements



Open questions



Reflecting feelings and advanced empathy



Self-disclosure



Verbal Responses to Spiritual Pain: Macro-skills



Story listening



Body listening



Nurturing resilience and reframing



Religious practices



FAQs



Putting It All Together


Lets practice!


An encouraging word


Answers for Exercises


Notes