Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity

Learn to reach out to these hidden Christians! Offering a wide variety of points of view from the welcoming to the traditional, Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity addresses one of the crucial issues facing the church in these shifting times. Pastors of all Christian churches, whatever their denomination or theology, are likely to be faced with pastoral care or counseling of someone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered. This valuable compendium examines various ways you can meet the spiritual and psychological needs of these members of your congregation. Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity addresses the basic problems of sexual diversity, including definitions of sexual orientations and issues of human development. It offers wise guidance for offering pastoral care and counseling, and it provides tested solutions for the problems counselors face in dealing with these individuals. Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity offers thought-provoking points of view on a wide range of issues, including: changes in attitudes toward homosexuality among mental health professionals the limits of confidentiality sexual diversity in the black church a developmental model for effective treatment of male homosexuality pastoral care and the formation of sexual identity Biblical perspectives on homosexuality counseling lesbians AIDS ministries and grief counseling Pastoral Care and Counseling in Sexual Diversity is an essential resource for pastors, pastoral counselors, and therapists dealing with these vexing issues facing the Christian church in the new millennium.

H. Newton Malony, MDiv, PhD, has taught in the School of Psychology at Fuller Seminary for 30 years. He is an ordained United Methodist minister as well as a trained clinical psychologist. He is a Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors as well as a Fellow in several divisions of the American Psychological Associateion Jack Balswick, PhD, is Director of Marriage and Family Research and Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. His teaching and research interests center on family ministries and gender issues Judith Balswick, EdD, is Associate Professor of Marital and Family Therapy and Chair of the Marital and Family Therapy Program in the Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California Leah Coulter, PhD, is co-pastor with her husband, Bill Coulter, of the Channel Islands Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Oxnard, California. She holds a divinity degree from Oral Roberts University and has received her PhD in Practical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. She teaches part time at The King's College and Seminary in Van Nuys, California Richard L. Gorsuch, MDiv, PhD, is Professor in the School of Psychology of Fuller Theological Seminary where he teaches the History of Psychology, Social Psychology, Research Methods, Psychology of Religion and the Integration of Psychology and Theology. He is an ordained minister the Disciples of Christ Edward J. Hansen, MDiv, RelD, is an ordained minister who currently serves as pastor of Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Hansen is a graduate of Claremont School of Theology where he majored in theology and pastoral care James R. Hill, MDiv, is an ordained minister who currently serves as pastor of the North Clairemont United Methodist Church in San Diego, California John C. Holbert, MDiv, PhD, is a United Methodist minister with a doctorate in Old Testament Studies. He has served for 21 years on the faculty of Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Currently he holds the Lois Craddock Perkins Professional Chair in Homiletics Richard A. Hunt, MDiv, PhD, Senior Professor of Psychology, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. An ordained United Methodist minister, he is a licensed psychologist in California and a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology Elizabeth A. Maynard, MS, is a doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Psychology of Fuller Theological Seminary Joretta L. Marshall, MDiv, PhD, Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Illiff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado. She is an ordained United Methodist clergy Joseph Nicolosi, PhD, Executive Director of The National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) and Founder/Director of the Thomas Acquinas Psychological Clinic Gary W. Reece, PhD, Founder and Director of the Stepcare Institute, Sierra Madre, California La Quetta Shamblee, is Representative of the 5th Supervisorial District to the Commission on HIV Services, Los Angeles County She is Co-Chair of the Black Women's Health Task Force for the City of Pasadena and is responsible for HIV/AIDS prevention for African/Americans at the Gay and Lesbian Center in Orange County David A. Stoop, PhD, is Executive Director, The Munger Center for Psychological Services, Hollywood California and Director of The Center for Family Therapy, Newport Beach, California Gail Lynn Unterberger, PhD, is an ordained Minister in the United Methodist Church She has a private practice and also works out of InterFaith Counseling Services centered in Gaithersburg, MD Richard B. Wilke, MDiv, is a retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church. He is now Bishop in Residence at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas Edward P. Wimberly, MDiv, PhD, is Professor of Pastoral Counseling, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia. He is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church