Counseling Families Across the Stages of Life: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helpling Professionals

By: Andrew J. Weaver, Linda A. Revilla, Harold G. Koenig M.D.

Stock No: WW084156

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Counseling Families Across the Stages of Life: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helpling Professionals

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ISBN: 9780687084159

By: Andrew J. Weaver, Linda A. Revilla, Harold G. Koenig M.D.

Abingdon Press / 2002 / Paperback

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Product Description

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This case-study book which will be used both as a resource for clergy and other pastoral workers and for those in training in those fields. The case studies translate technical material into real-life situations while highlighting practical implications for pastors. The authors provide readers with treatment options, referral procedures within the context of the religious community and beyond, and additional national, self-help, and cross- cultural resources, emphasizing those available on the internet.

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Title: Counseling Families Across the Stages of Life: A Handbook for Pastors and Other Helpling Professionals
By: Andrew J. Weaver, Linda A. Revilla, Harold G. Koenig M.D.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Vendor: Abingdon Press
Publication Date: 2002

Dimensions: 10 X 7 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound
ISBN: 0687084156
ISBN-13: 9780687084159
Stock No: WW084156

Publisher's Description

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Like the two previous projects Weaver has brought to Abingdon Press, this is a case-study book which will be used both as a resource for clergy and other pastoral workers and for those in training in those fields. The cases will translate technical material into real-life situations while highlighting practical implications for pastors. The authors provide readers with treatment options, referral procedures within the context of the religious community and beyond, and additional national, self-help, and cross-cultural resources, emphasizing those available on the internet.

Author Bio

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Rev. Dr. Andrew Weaver is an ordained UM minister with 22 years' experience in ministry and a Clinical Psychologist. He is the associate publisher for Zion's Herald, a an independent religious journal of opinion, news, and reflection published by the Boston Wesleyan Association. Harold G. Koenig is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine and Director of the Program on Religion, Aging, and Health at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Author Bio

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The Rev. Dr. Andrew Weaver is an ordained United Methodist minister with 22 years experience in ministry as a clinical psychologist. He is the associate publisher for Zion's Herald, an independent religious journal of opinion, news, and reflection published by the Boston Wesleyan Association. He co-wrote or edited Reflections on Marriage and Spiritual Growth, Reflections on Forgiveness and Spiritual Growth, Reflections on Aging and Spiritual Growth, Counseling Troubled Older Adults, Counseling Troubled Teens and Their Families, and Counseling Families Across the Lifespan. Weaver has worked extensively with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) survivors.

Linda A. Revilla is Education Health Specialist at the Department of Veteran's Affairs' Pacific Center for PTSD, and a lecturer in the University of Hawaii Ethnic Studies Department, both in Honolulu, Hawaii. She specializes in working with children and families and is a Roman Catholic layperson.

Harold G. Koenig is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine and Director of the Program on Religion, Aging, and Health at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.