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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Sources of Authority in Pastoral Care | |
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A Cross-Disciplinary Contextual Approach | |
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The Shape of This Book | |
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Basic Ingredients of Caregiving Relationships | |
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A Pastoral Care Conversation | |
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Empathy and Relational Boundaries | |
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Power Dynamics | |
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Power Dynamics and Maps of Creation | |
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The Caregiver's Life Experience as a Source of Authority | |
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Sam Lee's Transformative Experience | |
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Sam's Story as a Resource in His Care of Mrs. Wood | |
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Writing a Verbatim | |
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Self-Reflection | |
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Listening | |
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Responsive Communication | |
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Paraphrasing for Clarification | |
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Asking Clarifying Questions | |
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Interpreting the Careseeker's Emotional State | |
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Appropriate Self-Disclosure | |
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Body Language and Use of Space | |
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Example 1 | |
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Example 2 | |
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Physical Contact | |
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Privacy of Space | |
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Reflecting on Listening Skills | |
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Establishing a Caregiving Relationship | |
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Limits of Confidentiality | |
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Example | |
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Sexual Misconduct | |
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Dual Roles | |
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Recognizing the Limits of Expertise | |
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Availability | |
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Establishing the Contract of Care | |
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Psychological Assessment: The Careseeker's Story in Terms of Loss, Violence, and Compulsive Ways of Coping | |
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Loss | |
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The Phases of Grief | |
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Types of Loss | |
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Violence | |
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Substance Abuse, Addiction, Compulsive Ways of Coping | |
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Assessing Loss, Violence, and Coping | |
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Systemic Assessment: The Careseeker's Culture, Communities, and Family | |
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Case Study | |
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Assessing a Careseeker's Culture and Social Identity | |
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Assessing Local Community/Organizational Systems | |
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Assessing Family of Origin and/or Present Family | |
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Assessing Intimate Partnerships and Friendships | |
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Assessing Culture, Community/Organizational, Family, and Marriage | |
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Theological Reflection | |
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Embedded vs. Deliberative Theology | |
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A Theology of Broken Symbols | |
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Case Study | |
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Poling's Theology of Evil | |
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Theological Reflection | |
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Plans of Care: Seeking Healing and Justice | |
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Attend to the Careseeker's Safety and Build Trust | |
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Mourn Losses | |
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Reconnect with the Ordinariness of Life | |
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Planning Care | |
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Affliction: A Case Study | |
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Assessing Immediate Risks | |
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Assessing Losses | |
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Assessing Violence | |
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Assessing Alcoholism | |
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Assessing Social Identity | |
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Theological Reflection | |
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Interpreting Symbols | |
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Assessing the Consequences of Wade's Symbols | |
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Assessing the State of Wade's Soul | |
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Wade's Symbol System as Part of a Web of Violence, Not Life | |
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Making Faith Claims | |
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Plan of Care | |
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Attending to Safety and Building Trust | |
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Mourning Losses | |
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Reconnecting with the Ordinariness of Life | |
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Conclusion | |
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Narrative Pastoral Theology | |
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Contextual Pastoral Theology | |
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Cross-Disciplinary Pastoral Theology | |
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Pragmatic Pastoral Theology | |
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References | |
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Index of Names and Subjects | |