Christie Cozad Neuger

Agency, Culture, and Human Personhood

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“In this tightly woven and complex text, Jean Hoeft has constructed a rich theological anthropology through which she explores the cultural dynamics of both victimhood and resistance in intimate partner violence. Hoeft grounds her proposal in process and liberation theologies, object-relations psychology, and a post-structuralist understanding of embodied agency. She concludes the book with a helpful framework for a pastoral care of resistance. I think this text breaks new ground in understanding the dynamics of intimate violence and the potential for a pastoral care of empowerment, agency, and resistance. I recommend it highly.”

Counseling Adolescent Girls

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“"A remarkably insightful and informative book on the life experience and pastoral needs of young women. Inviting, illuminating and liberating, it fills a significant gap in the literature in pastoral care and counseling.”

Couples in Conflict

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Ron Richardson's newest book offers a clear, straightforward guide to pastors who want to use a Bowen family systems approach to working with conflicted couples. His experience and wisdom are evident throughout as he describes the theory and practice of this approach and then methodically walks the reader through the entire counseling process. Since pastors often have to deal with couples in distress, this is a significant contribution to the pastoral counseling literature.”

Crisis Counseling

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Radically updated and highly relevant to contemporary crisis situations, Crisis Counseling takes a focused approach by offering carefully conceived models and strategies for ordinary and extreme crises with lots of illustrations and case examples. At the same time, it takes a sweeping approach to this ministry of the church, discussing both lay and clergy roles, congregational support programs, and community resources for helping those in crisis.”

Ending Violence in Teen Dating Relationships

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“The reality of intimate violence is a life-threatening physical and social problem in our culture. Yet, we often don't recognize its prevalence in the dating lives of teenagers. Al Miles has created a straightforward book to assist pastors, parents, and all who care about the young people in their lives to stop dating violence. Using a thorough social and theological analysis, Miles explores those dynamics in both Church and culture that support teen violence and those actions that we can employ to stop it. This book, with its direct, no-nonsense style, is essential reading for ministers, youth workers, families, and members of congregations who seek the well-being and safety of today's youth.”

Pastoral Identity as Social Construction

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

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Through the Eyes of Women

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“The whole field of pastoral care is explored with important reconstructive suggestions. I look forward to using this text in both my introduction to pastoral care and my pastoral counseling with women courses.”