Empowering Couples: A Narrative Approach to Spiritual Care - Couverture souple

Bidwell, Duane R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080066342X ISBN 13 : 9780800663421

Editeur : Fortress Press,U.S., 2013

Synopsis

Couples can make significant progress toward resolving their own problems when they receive appropriate guidance from a caring person. This book outlines five tasks focused on identity, agency, and meaning that spiritual caregivers can use to empower couples for significant change in just three to five conversations. Critically integrating desert spiritual theology with empirical data about successful marriages, Bidwell advocates for mutuality and partnership within covenanted relationships, which allows partners to create an alliance strong enough to resist the forces that threaten relationshipsespecially the negative influences of criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and withdrawal.Pastors who adopt the approach outlined in the text will "travel lightly" in terms of pastoral power, decentering themselves so that couples can identify and build on their unique strengths and relationship with the divine.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Duane R. Bidwell is professor of practical theology, spiritual care, and counseling at Claremont School of Theology and a minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is the author of Short-Term Spiritual Guidance, The Formation of Pastoral Counselors, and Empowering Couples.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fortress Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080066342X
• ISBN 13: 9780800663421
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible