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Sexual Misconduct in Counseling and Ministry (Contemporary Christian Counseling) (Paperback)

by Peter Mosgofian (Author), George Ohlschlager (Author)
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Combining their extensive counseling experience and legal expertise, the authors offer a well-written, practical book addressing the thorny issues of sexual exploitation by religious professionals. Prevention and response are both covered.

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  • Paperback: 350 pages
  • Publisher: W Publishing Group (January 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0849936764
  • ISBN-13: 978-0849936760
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #999,896 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Table of Contents, August 11, 2000
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PART I: THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND THE CHURCH Chapter 1: Challenging Forbidden Sex (Historical roots and controversies; Forbidden sex in therapy and ministries; The high cost of sexual misconduct) Chapter 2: Love, Sex, and Power: The Dangerous Triangle (Our love affair with love; Erotic love; Perverted sexuality; From lust to sexual addiction; Sexually charged helping relationships; Abusive power in Western social systems; Lessons from rape; Power and authority in counseling and ministry)

Chapter 3: Theological Issues in Preventing Forbidden Sex (The problem as human dilemma; Lessons from the Genesis story; Divided and disordered sexuality; The mystery of sexuality; Sex, power, and Biblical authority; Uses and misuses of Biblical authority; Changed behavior and changed hearts; Transformation; Caught between eros and agape) PART II: FORBIDDEN SEX BETWEEN ADULTS Chapter 4: The Dynamics of Adult Sexual Misconduct (Who are the victims? Who are the violators? The vulnerable helper; The predatory helper; Why forbidden boundaries are crossed; Steps into the forbidden zone) Chapter 5: Helping Adult Victims of Sexual Misconduct (Victims at risk; The harm suffered; Clinical assessment principles; Assessing serious disorders; Clinical treatment principles; Empowering women to guard sexual boundaries; Choosing the best treatment modality; Clinical treatment process; Taking action against sexual violators) Chapter 6: Problem Cases in Sexual Misconduct (The seductive client; Styles of seductive behavior; Seduction as psychospiritual pathology; Touching and therapeutic touch; Repressed and recovered memories; Ensure careful and ethical practice; False allegations of abuse) PART III: FORBIDDEN SEX AGAINST CHILDREN Chapter 7: Child Sexual Abuse in Society and the Church (Sexual abuse is pervasive and harmful; The dynamics of child sexual abuse; Child sex abusers in the ministry; Profile of pedophiles and ephebophiles) Chapter 8: Who Will heal the Little Ones? Helping Child Victims (Child sexual abuse seduction: grooming, sexual activity, keeping secrets, disclosure, and suppression; The impact on the child; The counseling environment: room setting, parents in the room, supplies, anatomical dolls; Child treatment; The evaluation interview; Treatment options and process) PART IV: POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE CHURCH Chapter 9: Misconduct Policy and Practice in the Protestant Church (Church policy regarding sexual misconduct; Challenging adulterous church practice; Good policy versus poor practice; Deficient or no policy; The persistence of patriarchy) Chapter 10: Priestly Misconduct and the Catholic Crisis (Paradoxical roots to the crisis; The value and situation of love; The Australian model; The value and situation of power; The situation and value of sexuality; The celibacy question; Policy and practice issues; Application at the parish level; Policy and practice toward victims) Chapter 11: Coincident Abuse and Congregational Healing (Assessment of systemic abuse; systemic intervention with churches; The healing process) PART V: LAW AND ETHICS IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Chapter 12: Ethical Issues in Forbidden Sex Prevention (Professional ethical liability; Mental health ethics statements; Taking professional ethics action; Positions for and against sex with former clients; Biblical and ethical analysis of client sex; Ethical principles for sexual misconduct intervention: Ethics for working with adult victims, Ethics for working with child victims, Ethics for working with offenders) Chapter 13: The Law of Sexual Misconduct (The growth in church litigation; Civil liability for sexual misconduct; Civil lawsuits under tort and related law; A God-honoring fiduciary trust standard; License revocation under administrative law; Criminal liability; The new Texas sexual exploitation statute; Sexual misconduct reporting; Corporate and institutional liability; Vicarious liability: respondeat superior and canonical agency; Judgments without justice?) PART VI: TURNING THE TIDE AGAINST SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Chapter 14: Helping sexual violators: restoration or removal; Sexual offender assessment; psychosocial assessment; Sexual offender treatment; Recovery and restoration to ministry; Restoration of the vulnerable helper; The restorative process; Barring sexual predators) Chapter 15: Before the Fall: Prevention Guidelines (Personal prevention guidelines; personal boundaries; Maintaining professional boundaries; Managing attraction and sexual feelings; When sexual control becomes unmanageable; Erotic feelings and ethical therapy; Administrative safeguards; Hiring counselors; Staff policies; Supervision and case consultation; Systemic prevention: church and professions; Christian helper support networks; Training and education for prevention) Chapter 16: Waging War on Sexual Abuse (William Wilberforce: The Power of One Life in Christ; Personal assessment and dedication to change; Transformed family life; Counselors and churches working together; Community program for comprehensive sexual abuse treatment; Improving local government; National and global policy)

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