Crisis Counseling (Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling) (Creative Pastoral Care & Counseling) [Paperback]

Howard W. Stone (Author)

Book Description

Series: Creative Pastoral Care & Counseling | Publication Date: January 1, 2009

Crisis Counseling unites the historic skills of pastoral care and counseling with current methods of crisis intervention from the fields of psychology and psychotherapy. Like the original edition, the present book is written for ministers - both clergy and lay - who are called upon to care for those in crisis. Its concepts and methods will be of value to mental health professionals and crisis hot-line volunteers as well.

Crisis Counseling discusses the minister's role as a crisis intervener, incorporating the understanding of recent crisis intervention theory and exploring how the dynamics of crisis is vital for effective crisis management.

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About the Author

Howard W. Stone, Ph.D., is a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, a pastoral counselor, the author or editor of many books in the Fortress Press Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling series, and a professor emeritus at Texas Christian University. Two previous editions of Crisis Counseling have sold 45,000 copies in the United States and has been published in six other countries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Fortress Press; 3 edition (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800663527
• ISBN-13: 978-0800663520
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #914,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Howard W. Stone Ph.D., is a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, a pastoral counselor, the author or editor of many books in the Fortress Press Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling series, and a professor emeritus at Texas Christian University. Two previous editions of Crisis Counseling have sold 45,000 copies in the United States and has been published in six other countries. In addition, he has written approximately 60 published journal articles and book chapters and has served on four editorial boards of professional journals.In its first two editions, Howard Stone's Crisis Counseling has become a standard text for clergy and other pastoral caregivers and cemented the author's status as one of the leading figures in the field of pastoral counseling. This third edition builds on the strengths of the earlier editions--specifically, an easily grasped and adopted intervention model--and expands it to consider the needs of people facing crisis in a post-9/11, post-Katrina world. With a thoroughly updated bibliography, new case studies, and an expanded focus on suicide, intervention in volatile or hazardous situations, and the personal safety of the caregiver this new edition will continue this title's status as a standard-bearer in the field.