Hermeneutics, homiletics, pastoral care, and counseling all share a common foundation in the field of “interpretation.” With this book, pastors can learn to interpret people with the same expertise they use to interpret Scripture.
Evidence-Based Practices for Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy
Editors:Everett L. Worthington Jr., et al.
Publisher: IVP Academic, 2013
The essays gathered in this volume mine the relevant research and literature in order to explore the efficacy of evidence-based Christian treatments, practices and principles.
Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal
Author: Eric L. Johnson
Publisher: IVP Academic, 2007
Johnson presents a detailed overview and appreciative but critical evaluation of the reigning Christian counseling paradigms. Building on their respective strengths, he seeks to develop a more unified and robustly Christian understanding.
Couple Therapy: A New Hope-Focused Approach
Authors: Jennifer S. Ripley and Everett L. Worthington Jr.
Publisher: IVP Academic, 2014
This volume presents actual cases demonstrating the effectiveness of an empirically supported hope-focused approach to couple enrichment and counseling.
Sin and Grace in Christian Counseling: An Integrative Approach
Author: Mark R. McMinn
Editura: IVP Academic, 2008
McMinn aims to aid all those serving in the helping professions by showing how the full truth of the Christian gospel works itself out in the functional, structural and relational domains of an integrative model of psychotherapy.