Transformative Encounters: The Intervention of God in Christian Counseling and Pastoral Care - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830828222 ISBN 13: 9780830828227

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2013

Synopsis

What would it mean for Christian counseling and pastoral care to take seriously the idea that God intervenes in the world? What would it look like for therapists and pastors to see themselves as opening the door to a miraculous divine encounter? How would counseling change if the intervention of God was not merely a theoretical idea but a lived experience?Building on Gary Collins's classic work, The Rebuilding of Psychology, the essays in this volume explore what a God-centered model of Christian counseling or pastoral care would look like. The contributors share the conviction that God is able to bring about lasting psycho-spiritual change here and now. Some of the topics discussed in the book include:Inner healingPrayer ministryDeliveranceChristian holismContemplative prayerCognitive-behavioral therapyEmotion-focused therapyGroup therapyForgivenessVisualization and EMDRAddictionLife coachingThis book seeks to encourage and aid counselors, pastors, church staff, clinical practitioners, academics and students in developing this kind of God-encountering, Christ-centered ministry of miraculous change.

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About the Author

David W. Appleby (Ph.D., University of Delaware; Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado) is a minister, counselor and trainer working in the overlapping fields of family counseling, psychology and deliverance ministry. He is the founder and president of Spiritual Interventions, Inc., a non-profit organization that promotes spiritual interventions in Christian counseling practice. He also teaches courses in psychology and professional and pastoral counseling at the Center for Counseling and Family Studies at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia. The author ofIt's Only a Demon: A Model for Christian Deliverance (2009), Appleby has spoken and conducted training sessions on deliverance in therapeutic practice at numerous churches and institutions across the country.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830828222
• ISBN 13: 9780830828227
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: Appleby David W., Ohlschlager George