TY  - BOOK
AU  - Catherine Gibson
PY  - 2016
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783035308426
TI  - Relational Ministry
T2  - Integrating Ministry and Psychotherapy
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0842-6
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1053554
N2  - Historically, the relationship between religion and psychotherapy has been more negative than positive. Are there inherent contradictions between the two, or can advances in the area of mental health care offer insights that are useful for the work of those in ordained ministry? This book presents an analysis of the relationship between ordained ministry on the one hand and counselling and psychotherapeutic practice on the other. It draws on extensive interviews carried out with current and former clergy in three churches (the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland) in order to clarify why some have stayed in ministry and combined it with psychotherapy, while others have left and continue their practice as psychotherapists. The book explores possible links between the sense of ministry in these two important areas of human experience – religion and psychotherapy – and goes on to investigate how combining these might lead to a different form of ministry.
KW  - Menthal health care, Psychotherapy, Religion, Ministry, Irland, Roman catholic church
LA  - English
ER  -