CO 500 Pastoral Care and Counseling Relationships Textbooks
This bibliography is provided for students in CO500 Pastoral Care and Counseling Relationships
Required Textbooks
Strategic Pastoral Counseling: A Short-term Structured Model by 
Helping Those Who Hurt: A Handbook for Caring and Crisis by 
Modern Psychopathologies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal by
Modern Psychopathologies is addressed to students and mental health professionals who want to sort through contemporary secular understandings of psychopathology in relation to a Christian worldview.Written by well-known and respected scholars, this book provides an introduction to a set of disorders along with overviews of current research on etiology, treatment and prevention. Prior chapters explore the classification of disorders in historic pastoral care and contemporary mental health care. The authors explain the biological and sociocultural foundations of mental illness, and reflect on the relation between psychopathology and the Christian understanding of sin. Modern Psychopathologies is a unique and valuable resource for Christians studying psychology and counseling or providing counseling services, pastoral care, Christian healing ministries or spiritual direction.The revised second edition is fully updated according to DSM-5 and ICD-10. The authors have expanded the analysis to include problems associated with trauma, gender, addiction and more.Though fully capable of standing on its own, the book is a useful companion volume to Modern Psychotherapies by Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman. Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.
Recommended Textbooks
Ethics and Spiritual Care: A Guide for Pastors, Chaplains, and Spiritual Directors by 
A Pastor's Guide to Interpersonal Communication: The Other Six Days by 
Surviving the Unthinkable: Choosing to Live After Someone You Love Chooses to Die by Recommended Textbooks
Skills for Effective Counseling: A Faith-based Integration by 
Pastoral Care: Telling the Stories of Our Lives by 
One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love by