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In this book, Paul Pruyser explores the first step in the helping process: the diagnostic assessment. He develops a set of guidelines for conducting pastoral-diagnostic interviews that acknowledges the pastor's professional uniqueness and meets the parishioner's expectations.
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INDEX
Agape, 105. See also Community
Alcoholics Anonymous, 92 f.
Alienation, 74 ff.
Antidiagnostic attitudes, 40, 41, 58
Augustine, St., 84
Awe, 62
Benevolence
belief in, 65
divine, 77
Bibliolatry, 68
Blessing, attitudes toward, 71
Boisen, Anton, 38, 136
Calvin, John, 76
Case fragment: woman who sought “will of God”; caught up in referrals, 90 ff., 97–100
Case reports
1. Lambert, guilty college student, 111–115
2. Elizabeth, acutely uncomfortable “adulteress” referred by psychiatrist, 115–118
3. Martha, bereft and terrified, 118–122
4. Brother Anselm: abandoned to anger, 122–126
5. Mrs. Black—boxed in and unforgivable, 126–131
Casuistry, 35
Chaplains, 22 f., 41 f., 52 ff.
Clinical pastoral education, 23, 26–29, 38
Communion, sense of, 73 ff., 105 f.
Community
agapic, 105–108
of faith, 26
Competence, personal, 64
Confession, sacrament of, 35, 72
Conscience
examination of, 35
hypertrophy of, 72 f.
questions of, 27
Constriction, 78
Consultant, consultation, 19, 23, 26, 83, 93, 126
Conversation, pastoral, 25
Counseling,
religious, 46, 117, 125 f., 131
Rogerian, 39 f.
Courage, 68
Cowper, William, 90
Cox, Harvey, 139
Creatureliness, 62 ff., 87
Crisis intervention, 36, 47
Cure of souls, 37 f.
Demonology, 31
Diagnosis
definitions of, 30, 58, 80, 131
guidelines for pastoral diagnosis, 60–79
medical, ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- I Professional Knowledge as Perspective
- II The Touchstone of Professional Integrity
- III A New Use for an Old Word: Diagnosis
- IV Why Do People Turn to Pastors?
- V Guidelines for Pastoral Diagnosis
- VI The Diagnostic Partnership
- VII Language in the Pastoral Relationship
- VIII Reasons for Referral
- IX The Agapic Community
- X Some Pastoral Applications
- Notes
- Index