Pastoral Counseling

Recommended Resources: Pastoral Care and Counseling

	Clinebell, Howard, and Howard Clinebell. Basic Types of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Resources for the Ministry of Healing and Growth. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2011. This book will help readers be sensitive to cultural diversity, ethical issues, and power dynamics as they practice holistic, growth-oriented pastoral care and counseling in the parish.
	Bernadette Flanagan, and Sharon Thornton. The Bloomsbury Guide to Pastoral Care. London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2014. The authors set out core principles underpinning professional identity and the practice of pastoral care in rapidly changing social settings
	Asquith, Glenn H. The Concise Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010. Provides articles explaining theories, trends, and practices in the field of pastoral care and counseling, including: Definitions; History and Biography; Issues of Power and Difference; Interfaith Issues and Methods; Clinical Method; and Pastoral Theological Method.
	Capps, Donald. Giving Counsel: A Minister’s Guidebook. St. Louis, Mo: Chalice Press, 2001. This 'how-to' guide for seminary students and ministers explores the role of the minister as counselor and provides a method for giving counsel.

Databases
Introductions, Guides, Handbooks, etc.

Databases

Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS (off campus access requires login)

The Atla Religion Database is the premier resource for journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with the largest collection of full text religion and theology journals. This database is produced by Atla, a membership association of collectors and connectors in religion and theology.

Credo Reference: Christian History and Theology (off campus access requires login)

Credo is an excellent place to begin when you are first learning about a topic. On this site, you will be able to search encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks on topics ranging from Christianity to other religions to the interactions between religion and society.

Family Studies Abstracts (off campus access requires login)

Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (off campus access requires login)

This full-text psychology database offers sources on topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.