Many Voices: Pastoral Psychotherapy in Relational and Theological Perspective

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MANY VOICES “ROOTED IN RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS, enriched by postmodern pluriformity, and reflecting profound theological acuity, Many Voices is a nuanced and carefully researched work that captures the most significant features of the kind of pastoral theology that is needed in the twenty-first century. Because it is firmly based in a relational anthropology and theology, the book manages to bring into creative and critical dialogue the deep roots of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy, evocative aesthetic theology, and spirituality and to weave them into a process that is therapeutic and enlivening, as the cases that illustrate the text clearly demonstrate. Pamela Cooper-White has provided pastoral care providers with another vital resource for the theory and practice of pastoral psychotherapy.” —Emmanuel Y. Lartey Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling Candler School of Theology, Emory University MANY VOICES Pastoral Psychotherapy in Relational and Theological Perspective Pamela Cooper-White Fortress Press m i n n e a p o l i s MANY VOICES Pastoral Psychotherapy in Relational and Theological Perspective First Fortress Press paperback edition 2011 Copyright © 2007 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/ or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover art: “16 People” by Farida Zaman, © Farida Zaman/Images.com. Used by permission. Cover design: Kevin van der Leek Design, Inc. Book design: Ann Delgehausen, Trio Bookworks ISBN 978-0-8006-9870-6 The Library of Congress cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cooper-White, Pamela Many voices : pastoral psychotherapy in relational and theological perspective / by Pamela Cooper-White. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-3957-0 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8006-3957-X (alk. paper) 1. Pastoral psychology. 2. Pastoral counseling. 3. Psychotherapy—Religious aspects— Christianity. I. Title. BV4012.C66 2006 253.5’2—dc22 2006014303 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 15 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 For the many voices that have enriched my life and helped me to grow, especially my patients and students ...