Christian Concepts for Care: Understanding and Helping People with Mental Health Issues - Softcover

Ludwig, David J; Jacob, Mary R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0758644167 ISBN 13: 9780758644169

Verlag: Concordia Publishing House, 2014

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Understanding and Helping People with Mental Illnessby David J. Ludwig and Mary R. Jacob

How can the Church spiritually care for those who struggle with mental and emotional disorders? This book offers pastors, professional church workers, and lay leaders a unique understanding of the spiritual basis to mental heath and to the development of mental and emotional disorders. Guidelines for helping the congregational community become a center of wellness are provided, as well as a detailed guide to mental and emotional disorders. Readers will learn how to work with those who are mentally ill in their congregation, when referrals should be made to competent professionals, and how the pastor and congregation can support its members during and after treatment.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

David J. Ludwig combined a background in both theology and psychology by earning his MDiv from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1965 and a PhD from Washington University in 1966. His creative blending of these two disciplines has spanned over 45 years as a university professor, a licensed psychologist, and Lutheran (LCMS) minister. During this time Dr. Ludwig has written several books and numerous professional articles while speaking internationally on the spiritual growth of relationships within oneself, family, and church. Dr. Ludwig currently serves as a semi-retired professor of psychology, teaching courses in personality and clinical psychology at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, and as assistant to the pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Hickory. He maintains a private practice as a licensed therapist.

Mary Runge Jacob served at Lutheran Counseling Services, Inc., in Winter Park, Florida, for more than twenty-five years as a therapist providing individual, marital, family, and group counseling as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. She previously engaged in private practice, and has taught psychiatric nursing at The Medical College of Georgia, University of South Carolina, and University of Central Florida. Mary completed parish nurse preparation in 1999 and has consulted with parish nurses on mental health issues throughout Central Florida. She completed three-year spiritual formation/spiritual direction training in 2007 and has since provided spiritual direction to individuals. She has consulted with congregational health ministries throughout Florida and provides workshops and training on a variety of mental health topics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Concordia Publishing House
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0758644167
• ISBN 13: 9780758644169
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300
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