{"product_id":"caring-for-god-s-people-9780800631871","title":"Caring for God's People","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Culbertson, Philip LeRoy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Augsburg Fortress\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Augsburg Fortress\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Religion and Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Ministry - Counseling \u0026amp; Recovery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulbertson has built his text around the ideal of Christian wholeness and maturitya healthy interconnectedness of self-within-community. The heart of the book lies in its presentation of the three schools of counseling theory that Culbertson finds most helpful: family systems theory, narrative counseling theory, and object relations theory. Each of these is explained in detail, and then applied to the most common and challenging of counseling situations: pre-marital counseling, marriage counseling, divorce counseling, counseling gay men and women, and grief counseling. Culbertson brings new sensitivities to the counseling scenea more nuanced grasp of gender, a new sense of families, issues of sexual orientation, a strong sense of the relationship of emotions to spirituality, an empathetic attitude, a pragmatic but professional mix of ancillary theories, and a sense of the relevance of the counselor's own self-understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Augsburg Fortress","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45091131162775,"sku":"9780800631871","price":2902.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780800631871.webp?v=1769203791","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/caring-for-god-s-people-9780800631871","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}