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Research Guides

Spiritual Care/Pastoral Counselling/Chaplaincy

Pastoral Counselling

The Pastoral Counseling Treatment Planner (2025)

Queer-Affirming Pastoral Care (2024) (print & online)

Ministering to Families in Crisis: The Essential Guide for Nurturing Mental and Emotional Health (2024)

Helping Skills: Basic Techniques for the Active and Engaged Helper (2024)

The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy (2023)

The Minister's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments (2023) (print & online)

Integrating Spirituality into Counseling: Methods and Practices (2023) (print & online)

A Practical Guide for Counsellors: Co-Creating Safe and Culturally Responsive Relational Spaces (2023)

The Guide to Buddhist Counseling (2023) (print & online)

Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care (2023) (print & online)

Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective (2022) (print & online)

Trauma and Pastoral Care: A Ministry Handbook (2021)

Gospel-centered Family Counseling: An Equipping Guide for Pastors and Counselors (2020)

Integrating Spirituality and Religion into Counseling: A Guide to Competent Practice (2020)

Children and Family Ministry Handbook: Practical, Tested, Backed by Research (2020)

Navigating Religious Difference in Spiritual Care and Counseling: Essays in Honor of Kathleen J. Greider (2019) (print & online)

Addiction and Pastoral Care (2019) - by Sonia Waters (print & online)

Addiction and Pastoral Care (2018) - by Nicholas Roberts (print & online)

Boundaries, Power and Ethical Responsibility in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2017) (print & online)

Affirmative Counseling with LGBTQI+ People (2017)

Recovering from Un-Natural Disasters: A Guide for Pastors and Congregations after Violence and Trauma (2017) (print & online)

Handbook of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in Counseling and Psychotherapy (2017) (print & online)

Islamic Counselling: An Introduction to Theory and Practice (2016)  (print & online)

Understanding Pastoral Counseling (2015) (print & online)

Dreams and Spirituality: A Handbook for Ministry, Spiritual Direction and Counselling (2015)

Integrating Spirituality in Counseling: A Manual for Using the Experiential Focusing Method (2015)

Critical Incidents in Integrating Spirituality into Counseling (2015) (print & online)

The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach (2015) (print & online)

Care for the Dying: A Practical and Pastoral Guide (2014)

Preventing Suicide: A Handbook for Pastors, Chaplains, and Pastoral Counselors (2014)

An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology and Counselling: Pathways of Mindfulness-Based Therapies (2014)

Christian Counseling Ethics: A Handbook for Psychologists, Therapists and Pastors (2013)

Psychotherapy: Cure of the Soul: A Collection of Papers from the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research 2013 Annual Conference (2013)

God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy: Research, Theory, and Practice (2013)

Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy in an International Context (2013)

Counseling Muslims: Handbook of Mental Health Issues and Interventions (2012)  (print & online)

The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work (2012) (print & online)

Basic Types of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Resources for the Ministry of Healing and Growth (2011)

The Long Journey Home: Understanding and Ministering to the Sexually Abused: A Collaborative Address from Psychology, Theology, and Pastoral Care (2011)

The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Women (2011)

The Concise Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling (2010)

The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers (2010)

A Pastoral Counseling Handbook: A Guide to Helping the Hurting (2009) (print & online)

The Church Leader's Handbook: A Guide to Counseling Families and Individuals in Crisis (2009)

Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy (2009) (print & online)

Crisis Counseling (2009)

African American Pastoral Care (2008) (print & online)

The Christian Therapist's Notebook: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for use in Christian Counseling (2007) (print & online)

Counseling Persons with Addictions and Compulsions: A Handbook for Clergy and Other Helping Professionals (2007)

The Formation of Pastoral Counselors: Challenges and Opportunities (2006) (print & online)

The Therapist's Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling (2006)

FACE-SPIRIT: A New Model for Integrating Spirituality into Counseling and Psychotherapy (2006) (Video)

Counselling and Psychotherapy with Arabs and Muslims: A Culturally Sensitive Approach (2006)  (online)

Faith and Mental Health: Religious Resources for Healing (2005) (print & online)

The Hospital Visitor's Handbook: The Dos and Dont's of Hospital Visitation (2005)

Counseling on Sexual Issues: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helping Professionals (2005)

Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling (2005)

Writing Cures: An Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2004) (print & online)

Counseling American Muslims: Understanding the Faith and Helping the People (2004)

Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions (2003) (print & online)

Strategic Pastoral Counseling: A Short-Term Structured Model (2003) (print & online)

In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and Counselling (2003) (print & online)

Counseling Survivors of Traumatic Events: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helping Professionals (2003) (print & online)

Helping Hurting People: A Handbook on Reconciliation-Focused Counseling and Preaching (2003)

Psychology for Christian Ministry (2002) (print & online)

Counseling Families Across the Stages of Life: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helping Professionals (2002)

Counseling Women: A Narrative, Pastoral Approach (2001)

Counselling Skills in Palliative Care (2000)

Counseling Troubled Teens and Their Families: A Handbook for Pastors and Youth Workers (1999)

The Heart of Pastoral Counseling: Healing Through Relationship (1998)

Counseling Troubled Older Adults: A Handbook for Pastors and Religious Caregivers (1997)

The Care of Men (1997)

The Minister as Diagnostician: Personal Problems in Pastoral Perspective (1976)