Table of Contents

Introduction
Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC

PART I: Theology of Spiritual / Pastoral Care
1. Creating a Personal Theology to Do Spiritual / Pastoral Care
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs, MDiv, DMin, BCC
2. Creating a Personal Theology to Do Spiritual / Pastoral Care
Rev. David B. Plummer, BCC, LMFT

PART II: The Process of Spiritual / Pastoral Care
3. The Process of Spiritual / Pastoral Care: A General Theory for Providing Spiritual / Pastoral Care Using Palliative Care as a Paradigm
Rev. George Handzo, MDiv, BCC, CSSBB
4. Assessments
Chaplain D. W. Donovan, MA, MS, BCC
5. Creating and Implementing a Spiritual / Pastoral Care Plan
Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC; Chaplain D. W. Donovan, MA, MS, BCC; and Rev. George Handzo, MDiv, BCC, CSSBB
6. Chaplains and Charting
Rabbi H. Rafael Goldstein, BCJC
7. Foundational Listening and Responding Skills
Rev. Robert A. Kidd, MDiv, BCC
8. Prayer and Ritual
Chaplain Gerald L. Jones, MA, BCC, ACPE Supervisor
9. Counseling and Interventions
Rev. Dr. Willard W. C. Ashley, Sr., MDiv, DMin, DH
10. Inspiring Hope: Confronting Fear, Guilt, and Shame in Spiritual / Pastoral Care
Rev. Dr. Glenn A. Robitaille, RPC, MPCP, CPP
11. Life Review
Rev. Nancy Osborne, MDiv, ACPE Supervisor
12. End-of-Life Chaplaincy Care
Rev. Brian Hughes, MDiv, BCC
13. Ethics and the Care of the Sick: An Overview for Professional Chaplains and Other Spiritual / Pastoral Care Providers
Dr. Nancy Berlinger, PhD, MDiv
14. Spirituality Groups
Rev. Lynne M. Mikulak, MDiv, MSW, BCC, ACPE Supervisor
15. Spiritual Care of Staff
Rev. Robin C. Brown-Haithco, MDiv, ACPE Supervisor
16. Gender Issues in Pastoral Care
Bishop Dr. Teresa E. Snorton, MDiv, DMin, BCC, ACPE Supervisor
17. Working with Community Religious Resources
Rev. Marcia Marino, DMin, BCC
18. Transdisciplinary Relationships
Chaplain Linda F. Piotrowski, MTS, BCC

PART III: Spiritual / Pastoral Care with Special Populations
19. Spiritual / Pastoral Care in Worlds Beyond: Ministry to International and Immigrant Patients
Rev. Yoke Lye Kwong, BCC, ACPE Supervisor
20. Pediatric Chaplaincy
Rev. Dr. Dane R. Sommer, MDiv, DMin, BCC
21. Behavioral Health
Rev. Michele J. Guest Lowery, MDiv, BCC
22. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered (GLBT) People
Rev. Nancy K. Anderson, ACPE Supervisor, and Rev. Jo Clare Wilson, ACPE Supervisor
23. Spiritual / Pastoral Care with People with Disabilities and Their Families
Rev. Bill Gaventa, MDiv
24. Chronic Illness
Rabbi Zahara Davidowitz-Farkas, MHL, BCJC, CPSP Diplomate Supervisor
25. Complicated Grief: Exploring Arresting Grief and Survival Grief in Spiritual / Pastoral Care
Chaplain Timothy G. Serban, MA, BCC

PART IV: The Infrastructure of Spiritual / Pastoral Care
26. Strategic Planning: A Basis for All Infrastructure Development and Growth within Spiritual / Pastoral Care
Rev. W. L. (Bill) Bross, MDiv, BCC, and Paula DeAngelo, MS, Senior OD Consultant
27. Outcome Oriented Chaplaincy: Intentional Caring
Rev. Brent Peery, DMin, BCC
28. Referral Plans: Developing and Implementing Tactical Plans Regarding Who Chaplains Should Visit
Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC; Rev. Sue Wintz, MDiv, BCC; and Rev. George Handzo, MDiv, BCC, CSSBB
29. Quality Improvement: A Chaplaincy Priority
Rev. Jon Overvold, MDiv, BCC
30. Health Care Chaplaincy as a Research-Informed Profession
Dr. George Fitchett, DMin, PhD, BCC, ACPE Supervisor, and Chaplain Dr. Daniel Grossoehme, DMin, BCC
31. Cultural Competencies
Sr. Norma Gutierrez, BA, BCC
32. Sacred Space
Rev. Curtis W. Hart, MDiv, BCC, CPSP Diplomate Supervisor
33. Blessings of a Mixed Population: Institutional Prayer in Multifaith Communities
Rabbi Dr. Shira Stern, MHL, DMin, BCJC

Index

About the Author

Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts has taught and written extensively on pastoral and spiritual care. He is co-editor of Disaster Spiritual Care, a contributor to Jewish Pastoral Care, a past president of the National Association of Jewish Chaplains and former associate executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis overseeing the Jack D. Weiler Chaplaincy Program, which employs chaplains in over fifty health care facilities. He is, also, chairman emeritus and a founder of Disaster Chaplaincy Services, Inc., a partnership programme within the American Red Cross in Greater New York

Reviews

"More than a conventional clergy and chaplain's practical handbook.... Charts the contours of the discipline, with sensitivity and appreciation for diversity, integrity and interdisciplinarity.... Every professional in the field should have this volume on his or her desk."
—Lester Edwin J. Ruiz, PhD, director, Accreditation and Institutional Evaluation,
The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada



"A 'must have' volume for all care providers, whether student, supervisor or local practitioner ... whether in a solo position or a member of a larger staff."
—The Rev. Dr. David C. Johnson, BCC, ACPE Supervisor;
president, Association of Professional Chaplains

“Helps to form those who practice and teach this vital vocation in practical and profound essays. A useful resource for seminaries and practitioners.... I commend it to all who help create sacred places and times to heal wounds of mind and heart and who enable the spiritual journey to continue to unfold.”
—The Rev. Gregg A. Mast, PhD, president, New Brunswick Theological Seminary

“Impressive.... An excellent resource for providers of pastoral care as well as a teaching resource for those professionals who teach pastoral care.”
—Sally A. Schwab, president-elect, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education

“A significant and invaluable gift to the profession of chaplaincy.... A prized resource for the CPE student and the twenty-five-year-anniversary chaplain [and] answers a real need.”
—David A. Lichter, DMin, executive director, National Association of Catholic Chaplains

“A guidebook that points the way at the critical beginning of the [chaplaincy] path.... An invaluable resource for the most seasoned professionals as well as beginning students.”
—Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president, The Rabbinical Assembly