Coping And Treatment Strategies In Crisis Counseling Article Review

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Switzer provided inside into pastoral care in his article Crisis Intervention and Problem Solving by showing how a minister can be called to be a counselor to a member of the parish or community. Most of this care will be crisis-oriented. However, to provide crisis-oriented pastoral care, the minister must be able to provide a theological diagnosis, as the root of all crises is ultimately a spiritual ill that one may need help overcoming, identifying, understanding, or coping with. Depression, suicidal thoughts, self-abuse, all of these stem from spiritual maladies, but a minister who understands pastoral care and counseling will be able to help, according to Switzer.

The article first defines a crisis as something happening within the person and not within an event or external incident that has happened. Moreover, Switzer aptly notes that every crisis is going to be unique, because every person is unique, and therefore the minister should look for what is unique about the crisis and not try to understand it through the application of a cookie-cutter formula or a one-size-fits-all lens. The article then moves on to how a minister can help to provide pastoral care in a unique crisis situation.

The steps involved are...…The article is composed almost as a step-by-step illustration or guidebook for a pastoral care ministry. The constant flow of examples and sample dialogue between the minister and the person seeking help provide the reader with an idea of how the process is one of exploration, encouragement (to give hope), and laying the foundation for a positive future for the person. The article concludes with a section that refers to additional procedural and counselor issues that may need to be addressed from time to timesuch as what to do if you cannot identify any precipitating issue or event to cause the crisis. This information is…

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Switzer, David. “Crisis Intervention and Problem Solving.” Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling. Integration Books.



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