and Pastoral Counseling
Links and Resources
Professional Organizations
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE)
Association of Professional Chaplains (APC)
American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC)
College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP)
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC)
National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
Wayne Oates Institute
American Baptist Churches (ABC-USA) Office of Chaplaincy
and Pastoral Counseling
Pastoral Care and Counseling Resources
Pastoral Care Week
Care Notes (pastoral care brochures from Abbey Press)
LifeLights (pastoral care brochures from Jewish Lights Press)
Ecclesiastical Endorsement Information from The International Association of Christian Chaplains (various denominations)
Hospital Chaplaincy Gateway
Prepare-Enrich pre-marital inventory (published by Life Innovations)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) materials (from Consulting
Psychologists Press- CPP)
Stephen Ministries
Bibliography of selected pastoral care and counseling resources
Pastoral Care
Introduction to Pastoral Care by William Arnold
Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling by Howard Clinebell
Hospital Ministry by Lawrence E. Holst
Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling edited by Rodney J. Hunter
Pastoral Care in Hospitals by Neville Kirkwood
Pastoral Care in Context by John Patton
Minister as Diagnostician by Paul Pruyser
Minister as Crisis Counselor by David Switzer
Pastoral Counseling and Family Systems
Family Therapy and Clinical Practice by Murray Bowen
Generation to Generation by Edwin Friedman
Friedman's Fables by Edwin Friedman
Theology and Pastoral Counseling by Deborah Van Deusen Hunsinger
Please Understand Me by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates
Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey
Genograms and Family Assessment by Monica McGolderick
Pre-Marital Counseling Handbook for Ministers by Theodore Pitt
On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers
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