Five Pathways to Wholeness
Explorations In Pastoral Care And Counselling
Roger Hurding
9780281070367
144 pages
SPCK Group
Overview
Five Pathways to Wholeness examines a variety of approaches to pastoral care: biblical counselling, the healing ministries, pastoral counselling, spiritual direction and social change. Bringing together material from a range of sources, and offering numerous engaging real-life illustrations, the author compares and evaluates each of the five approaches in its own right. At the same time, he encourages those who favour a particular pathway to respect and understand the raison d'être of the other four. All five, he believes, can move to a more truly 'integrational' theological and psychological viewpoint.
Author Bio
Dr Roger Hurding now retired, has particular experience in the psychological aspects of illness, and in counselling and psychotherapy. He is trained in spiritual direction and the Myers-Briggs® approach to personality types. From 1980 to 2000, he was a visiting lecturer at Trinity College, the theological centre in Bristol, teaching pastoral care and counselling. He was a founder member of Network Christian Counselling in Bristol, leading its initial training programme, and also an advisor on setting up the Association of Christian Counsellors.
