Section 1. Equipping Yourself to be the Best Mental Health Helper :
1. Effective ministry with the hurting / Cynthia Franklin and Rowena Fong
Section 2. Counseling Approaches for Eating Disorders and Addictions :
2. To eat or not to eat : eating disorders / Linda Mintle
3. Ministry solutions for substance abuse / Dale S. Ryan
4. Sexual addiction : finding sexual integrity in a fallen world / Mark R. Laaser
Section 3. Counseling Approaches for Kids with School and Behavior Problems :
5. Help, my teenager is dropping out of school / Cynthia Franklin and Michael S. Kelly
6. A world apart : autism spectrum disorders / Karen-Marie Yust
7. Authority problems : oppositional and defiant youth / Antoinette Y. Farmer
8. Breaking down barriers when teenagers are out of control / Scott P. Sells
9. Helping kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Freeman M. Chakara
10. Positive solutions for pregnant and parenting teens / Mary Beth Harris and Cynthia Franklin
11. Stopping self-injury among adolescents / Martell Teasley
Section 4. Counseling Approaches for Severe Grief, Depression, and Anxiety :
12. Helping with loss, grief, and mourning / Allan Hugh Cole, Jr.
13. Down and can't get up : serious depression / Jaco J. Hamman
14. Extreme trauma and stress : posttraumatic stress disorder / Mo Yee Lee
15. Living with panic, worry, and fear : anxiety disorders / Katherine L. Montgomery
Section 5. Counseling Approaches for Severe Problems with Mood Swings, Psychosis, and Suicide :
16. Mood swings : pastoral care for people with bipolar disorder / Daniel G. Bagby
17. Hearing voices : pastoral care for people with schizophrenia / Daniel B. Morehead
18. Wanting to die : how to prevent suicide / Duane R. Bidwell
Section 6. Counseling Approaches for Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Severe Personality Disorders :
19. Stopping domestic violence in families / Karen Oehme and Bruce A. Thyer
20. We have a scary secret : sexual abuse in the family / Melody Darlene Palm
21. How to prevent child maltreatment / Gary R. Anderson
22. Watch out : serious personality disorders / Carol L. Schnahl Schweitzer
Section 7. Counseling Approaches for Severe Financial and Social Problems :
23. Never enough money : helping with financial problems / Kregg Hood
24. Community ministry with people living in poverty / Jon E. Singletary
25. Starting over : helping immigrants and refugees / Rowena Fong
Section 8. Counseling Approaches for Elders and for Those with Chronic Health Problems :
26. Ministering to those with dementia and Alzheimer's disease / James W. Ellor
27. Caregiving with an older parent / Dennis R. Myers
Section 9. Counseling Approaches for Managing Family Transitions and Stress :
28. Pastoral care for veterans and their families / David M. Scheider and Thomas C. Waynick
29. Dealing with divorce and irreconcilable difference / Rowena Fong and Kristen Boyd
30. Help, I'm a single parent / Sandy Aguilar
31. Supporting today's blended family / Christine Anlauf Sabatino and Lynn Milgram Mayer
32. Help with kids in foster care and needing adoption / Ruth G. McRoy and Rowena Fong
Section 10. Counseling Approaches for Church Leaders who Need Help :
33. Unholy touch : church leaders and sexual misconduct with adults / Diana R. Garland and Christen A. Argueta
34. The minister's meltdown : getting help for yourself / Kevin L. Van Lant
Section 11. Building Your Church's Mental Health Counseling Resources :
35. Today's best pastoral care : church-based mental health and social programs / Ratonia C. Runnels and Mel Stauberr
Epilogue : Ready to serve those who are hurting / Cynthia Franklin and Rowena Fong
Appendix A. Self-help books, Christian counseling resources, and training resources
Appendix B. Glossary : Learning mental health language / Katherine L. Montgomery and Kristen Boyd
Appendix C. Church leaders' mental health and social problem questionnaire.
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The church leader's counseling resource book : a guide to mental health and social problems. ISBN 9780195371635. Published by Oxford University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
