Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-09DOI: 10.1177/15423050221117760
Vincent H K Poon
Reflecting on his long career that integrated medicine, therapy, and Christian theology, the author shares his insight to help future students to have a simple framework of doing counseling, family therapy, and relating to the Christian faith. This article offers his personal views on how to do therapy, and proposes a way of looking at a Christian theory of personality, and towards a Christian theory of marriage and family therapy.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1177/15423050221128949
Florence Gelo
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-09DOI: 10.1177/15423050221118027
Consolato M Sergi, Tomy Mullur
Perinatal loss may remain unexplained, despite current technology, modern preventive care measures, and advanced diagnostic procedures. Culturally sensitive and competent discussions should be prioritized in medicine, but religious and spiritual feelings are often marginalized. Here we highlight our reflections on the importance of the spiritual and theological responses to parents grieving stillbirth. Chaplains are critical for the wellbeing of both families and physicians.
{"title":"Life and Death Sometimes Coincide, and Pastoral Response is Crucial to the Brokenhearted.","authors":"Consolato M Sergi, Tomy Mullur","doi":"10.1177/15423050221118027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15423050221118027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Perinatal loss may remain unexplained, despite current technology, modern preventive care measures, and advanced diagnostic procedures. Culturally sensitive and competent discussions should be prioritized in medicine, but religious and spiritual feelings are often marginalized. Here we highlight our reflections on the importance of the spiritual and theological responses to parents grieving stillbirth. Chaplains are critical for the wellbeing of both families and physicians.</p>","PeriodicalId":44361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling","volume":" ","pages":"281-284"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40599930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-05DOI: 10.1177/15423050221116542
Mentanna Campbell
Unaddressed religious and spiritual struggles can lead to poor mental health, making identifying the pathways individuals take towards growth of great importance. This hermeneutical phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of individuals who sought counseling to address their religious and spiritual struggles, focusing on how the therapeutic relationship and the counselor's way of being influenced growth pathways, as these factors are most predictive of positive outcome. The researcher highlights key findings and elaborates on clinical implications.
{"title":"When Faith Hurts: Clients' Experience of the Therapeutic Relationship and a Counselor's way of Being on the Resolution of Religious and Spiritual Struggles.","authors":"Mentanna Campbell","doi":"10.1177/15423050221116542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15423050221116542","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Unaddressed religious and spiritual struggles can lead to poor mental health, making identifying the pathways individuals take towards growth of great importance. This hermeneutical phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of individuals who sought counseling to address their religious and spiritual struggles, focusing on how the therapeutic relationship and the counselor's way of being influenced growth pathways, as these factors are most predictive of positive outcome. The researcher highlights key findings and elaborates on clinical implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":44361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling","volume":" ","pages":"234-244"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40672312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-09DOI: 10.1177/15423050221116775
Nazila Isgandarova
This article addresses common interpretations of jinn possession among health care professionals. The author addresses the following questions: How do mental health providers interpret jinn possession? How do they view traditional healing practices, such as prophetic medicine, and folk medicine, to explain the phenomenon of jinn possession? The aim of this paper is to contribute to theoretical knowledge of existing research in this area and explore the possibility of improvement of the clinical practice with clients who claim to be possessed by jinn.
{"title":"Clinical Interpretation of Jinn Possession and Cultural Formulation of Mental Illness.","authors":"Nazila Isgandarova","doi":"10.1177/15423050221116775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15423050221116775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article addresses common interpretations of jinn possession among health care professionals. The author addresses the following questions: How do mental health providers interpret jinn possession? How do they view traditional healing practices, such as prophetic medicine, and folk medicine, to explain the phenomenon of jinn possession? The aim of this paper is to contribute to theoretical knowledge of existing research in this area and explore the possibility of improvement of the clinical practice with clients who claim to be possessed by jinn.</p>","PeriodicalId":44361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling","volume":" ","pages":"245-253"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40695053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1177/15423050221134681
Terry R Bard
{"title":"Facing Storms.","authors":"Terry R Bard","doi":"10.1177/15423050221134681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15423050221134681","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling","volume":"76 4","pages":"233"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10369565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-08-05DOI: 10.1177/15423050221117465
Samta P Pandya
This article reports a study on the impact of two continuing education programs for pastors working in prisons and correctional settings. Pastors who did the spirituality refresher training sessions reported greater resilience and social entrepreneurship inclinations posttest compared to those who did the expressive writing sessions. Male pastors, with a postgraduate degree and chaplaincy-focused training, prison pastors, ever-singles, pastors living in religious institutions/seminaries, and with higher intervention compliance, reported higher benefits from spirituality refresher training.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-10-11DOI: 10.1177/15423050221122029
Beth L Muehlhausen, Cate Michelle Desjardins, Christa Chappelle, Gabrielle Schwartzman, Beba Tata-Mbeng, George Fitchett
This qualitative study reports how 20 spiritual care leaders provided leadership in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The patterns and themes that emerged centered around the changing world of chaplaincy, the administrative role of the leader, and the personal story of the leader. Spiritual care leaders demonstrated creativity with the potential to shape chaplaincy in positive ways, expanding the reach of spiritual care.
{"title":"Managing Spiritual Care Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Beth L Muehlhausen, Cate Michelle Desjardins, Christa Chappelle, Gabrielle Schwartzman, Beba Tata-Mbeng, George Fitchett","doi":"10.1177/15423050221122029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15423050221122029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This qualitative study reports how 20 spiritual care leaders provided leadership in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The patterns and themes that emerged centered around the changing world of chaplaincy, the administrative role of the leader, and the personal story of the leader. Spiritual care leaders demonstrated creativity with the potential to shape chaplaincy in positive ways, expanding the reach of spiritual care.</p>","PeriodicalId":44361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling","volume":" ","pages":"294-303"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9b/4d/10.1177_15423050221122029.PMC9551673.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33500000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01Epub Date: 2022-08-09DOI: 10.1177/15423050221119179
Rushil V Patel
This manuscript highlights potential barriers hospitalized Hindu patients and caregivers living in the United States encounter while accessing chaplaincy care. Community-based participatory research is suggested to foster partnerships between chaplains and the Hindu community in developing evidence-based, inclusive models of pastoral care.
{"title":"The Missing Voice: Incorporating the Hindu Community in Developing Inclusive Chaplaincy.","authors":"Rushil V Patel","doi":"10.1177/15423050221119179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15423050221119179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This manuscript highlights potential barriers hospitalized Hindu patients and caregivers living in the United States encounter while accessing chaplaincy care. Community-based participatory research is suggested to foster partnerships between chaplains and the Hindu community in developing evidence-based, inclusive models of pastoral care.</p>","PeriodicalId":44361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling","volume":" ","pages":"160-161"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40597152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.1177/15423050221120090
Terry R Bard
Today’s world is increasingly complex and, in many ways, has proven quite stressful for a large number of people. International and political climates are much more present in people’s lives via the news and social media, often creating or exacerbating distress. Pastoral and Spiritual care professionals often focus on identifying the whole picture as they care for others. Context, history, and present become important components in the care of those seeking help. In a recent Boston Globe article, Is the world really falling apart, or does it just feel that way? (13 July 2022), author Mark Fisher of The New York Times steps back from such experiences to consider increasing global trends. He concludes that current media’s focus on troubling events belies the fact that research reveals worldwide generational changes in war reduction, instances of famine, population education, and other shifts. The research finds that, globally, people now report greater optimism, hope, and economic stability than ever before. Fisher’s observations are not pollyannish; they simply provide a broader perspective that is frequently unnoticed or overlooked. Individuals seeking pastoral and spiritual care and support sometimes do not notice or overlook the broader, sometimes more positive, contexts of their lives. They are often focused narrowly on the specific concerns and struggles they face. For them, their world frequently feels as if it is “falling apart”, or, at least, in disarray, and it becomes difficult to find any relief from the consequent stress or pain. Pastoral and spiritual care providers frequently offer a wider conceptualization to the stressors in people’s lives, often helping them to glimpse at positive aspects of their lives and personal contexts, thereby helping them to reduce some of the stress they experience. Several articles in this issue describe aspects of the benefit of these broader contexts and offer ways to address and reduce stressors both for the pastoral/spiritual care providers as well as those for whom they care. Even amid feelings of disarray during these stressful times, for care providers as well as those that seek help and support, it is possible to find release. From that perspective, hope becomes possible. Recognizing positive personal and contextual dimensions even in the throws of suffering, pain, and feelings of anomie, can help allay some of the burdens imposed by unidentified stressors. Pastoral and spiritual care providers are trained to consider the broader holistic contexts of those in their care. Stepping back in order to look ahead can provide a pathway to relief and the potential for regenerating comfort and hope. Editorial
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