Pastoral Care & Counselling (Ethics in Practice Series) - Softcover

Lynch, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761970975 ISBN 13: 9780761970972

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Moore, Jerry D.; Lynch, Gordon

About this title

About the Author

Gordon Lynch is lecturer in Social and Pastoral Theology, University of Birmingham.

Review

'This book, focusing as it does on the ethics underpinning any pastoral care or counselling relationship, was a real joy to read being well-written, engaging and thought - provoking. Drawing on a rich variety of ethical dilemmas and presenting some complex ethical thinking in a disarmingly simple way. Gordon Lynch invites us to engage more deeply with our own ethical nature. We are encouraged to disconver what the good life means to us and how this impacts on pastoral encounters. This book does not give us any easy ethical answers instead it invites us to reflect more deeply on our own ethical viewpoint and how this can inform our pastoral work with clients. I whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone involved in pastoral care and counselling'

'Beautifully clearly written. This is a text for those who are not experts in ethics or moral reflection. It provides a lucid introduction to the field'

This is a useful book that discusses the differences and similarities if pastoral care and counselling' - Quaker Retreat Group Newsletter

This book focusing as it does on the ethics underpinning any pastoral care or counselling relationship was a real joy to read being well-written, engaging and thought provoking. Drawing on a rich variety of ethical dilemmas and presenting some complex ethical thinking in a disarmingly simple way Gordon Lynch invites us to engage more deeply with our own ethical nature. We are encouraged to discover what the good life means to us and how this impacts on pastoral encounters. This book does not give us any easy ethical answers instead it invites us to reflect more deeply on our own ethical viewpoint and how this can inform our pastoral work with clients. I whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone involved in pastoral care and counselling' - Dr William West, Senior Lecturer in Counselling, University of Manchester

This is a very user-friendly book. The writing is lucid, the reader knows at every stage just where he is in understanding the development of the writer's thought, and the material is frequently summarised. It is clear that Gordon Lynch is an expert in this field... This is a good read' - Alan Mace, Dynamics Newsletter

I think Gordon Lynch has produced an admirable introduction to this subject. I believe it should become a 'must' for those undertaking theological training and would also highly commend it to those engaged in the supervisory process' - Gary Haire, Accord

This book must be considered a considerable success. The writing is clear and informed and could be used in any course dealing with the training of counsellors or pastoral carers. The line taken is original and demonstrates how pastoral care and counselling should not simply be seen as a series of techniques professionally applied and contractually enforced' - William K Kay, Reviews in Religion and Theology

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761970975
• ISBN 13: 9780761970972
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104