Healing Disquiet: An Integrative Model for Relational Therapy

Relational Disquiet is a vivid description of the kinds of things that affect us in our relationships. It denotes not only the initial disruptions in a relationship but also the ongoing experience of life following those disruptions. This book introduces an approach to healing this relational disquiet. it provides useful ideas for practitioners, pastors, and others involved in the ministry of healing relationships and the narratives of those involved in relationships.

This book presents an integrated method to counselling and psychotherapy. It considers both the personal and systemic aspects of who human beings are. It provides a description of humans as both personal and communal. It describes both the psychodynamic and the systemic theories of helping in order to provide a brief, but comprehensive, description of human persons and relations. Interspersed throughout the book are rich discussions of the biblical and theological reflections that such ideas evoke for Christian counsellors.

This book provide a starting point for those who are called to the privilege of becoming counsellors, for those who engage in helping conversations, and for those who are curious about the field of counselling.

Author note: If you have received the paperback or hardcover edition of the book, please note on page 142 in the description below the diagram, the red dots are represented by dark gray dots and the green dots by light gray dots.

Sam Berg holds an undergraduate degree in psychology (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), a Master of Divinity (Sioux Falls Seminary), and a Doctor of Ministry (Palmer Seminary). He has served pastorates in Kelowna, British Columbia and Ottawa, Ontario.Sam joined the faculty of Briercrest College and Seminary in 1995 and has served there in full-time and adjunct capacities until the present. He is a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist with the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He is also a Certified Professional Counsellor Supervisor with the Professional Association of Christian Counsellors and Psychotherapists.