Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions

Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professions is a practical handbook for the helping professional who wants to tap into the healing powers of greater spiritual consciousness. Examining intriguing topics such as human spiritual needs, goals of spiritual helping, community interspirituality, social justice, and ethnic sources of religious practices, this book will open your eyes to the subtle ways that the sacred is present in everyday life. Each chapter includes penetrating reflection questions to help you better understand your own spiritual perspective and a list of suggested sources to help you learn more. A step-by-step guide to increasing awareness of the divine within everyone, no matter his or her religion, Spirituality in Pastoral Counseling and the Community Helping Professionsis a resource you'll refer to again and again.To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.