Dr. Lex McMillan is a private counseling practitioner and a lecturer in the School of Social Practice at Laidlaw College, Auckland, New Zealand.
Sarah Penwarden is a counselor and supervisor, and a lecturer and practicum co-ordinator in the School of Social Practice at Laidlaw College, Auckland, New Zealand.
Siobhan Hunt is a research assistant in the School of Social Practice at Laidlaw College, Auckland, New Zealand.
This is a fascinating, well-written, and imaginative book;
remarkable because its various authors have such distinct and
interesting stories to tell. It is richly informed by Trinitarian
theology, but also by the diverse philosophical, psychological, and
literary conversation partners of its authors, from Volf, Pohl,
Bakhtin, and Foucault to Coleridge and Dr. Seuss. The authors are
compassionate practitioners, open to and informed by their clients'
stories and life-worlds, as well as reflecting deeply on the
meaning of personhood.
--Nicola Hoggard Creegan, St John's College, Auckland; author of
Animal Suffering and the Problem of Evil Stories of Therapy,
Stories of Faith is essential reading for anyone with a serious
interest in integrative counseling practice. The Laidlaw group
weaves together various practice, ethical, and theological threads
to produce a beautiful therapeutic tapestry. Without exception, the
thinking is sophisticated and profound, and at the same time,
accessible and grounded.
--Neil Pembroke, University of Queensland; author of Foundations of
Pastoral Counselling: Integrating Philosophy, Theology, and
Psychotherapy From the first chapter exploring the implications for
counseling practice of a social Trinitarian understanding of God,
through to the final chapters focusing on justice, care, and
personal formation, these authors have written honestly,
thoughtfully, and vulnerably about their own questions and
experimentation, with a deeply held theological understanding
alongside professional expression in the counseling relationship
and the classroom.
--Irene Alexander, Counseling educator, spiritual direction
formator, Christian Heritage College, Brisbane Inspiration for
counselors wanting to develop the theological basis of their work
and a resource for those who educate them. A cohesive collection of
perspectives full of thoughtful and inspirational links between the
practices of counseling and the relationality of the Trinity.
--Richard Cook, editor/author of Interweavings: Conversations
between Narrative Therapy and Christian Faith
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