The Minister as Crisis Counselor Revised Edition

by David K Switzer

Overview

Long recognized as the definitive crisis-counseling volume for the active minister, The Minister as Crisis Counselor is now thoroughly modernized to incorporate recent contributions to the field. David K. Switzer offers a comprehensive examination of both the theory and the method of crisis counseling as it relates specifically to active working pastors. Chapter titles include: The Minister, the Congregation, and Community Crisis Services; Intervening in the Suicidal Crisis; The Minister and Divorce Crises; Intervening in a Pathological Grief Reaction: A Case Study; The Minister's Role and Functioning in the Crisis of Grief; Intervening in Family Crises; Intervention Procedures; Methods of Crisis Counseling; Crisis Theory: Definition, Description, Dynamics; The Minister as Crisis Counselor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780687269549
Publisher:	Abingdon Press
Publication date:	01/01/1986
Edition description:	Rev and Enl ed.
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.52(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

David K. Switzer is professor of pastoral theology at Perkins School of Thelogy, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. A member of the Dallas Council on Alcoholism and of the Clinical Advisory Board of the Suicide and Crisis Center of Dallas, Dr. Switzer has been active in crisis counseling for a number of years.