Becoming a healthier pastor : family systems theory and the pastor's own family
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Becoming a healthier pastor : family systems theory and the pastor's own family
（Creative pastoral care and counseling series）
Fortress Press, c2005
Available at 2 libraries
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Bibliography: p. 150
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In this sequel to Creating a Healthier Church, Richardson employs the same methodology to address the roots of personal issues that may hinder pastorsA ability to function effectively as leaders within their congregations, and may in fact cause them deep difficulties. He especially addresses pastorsA own families of origin, a major but often hidden component in how they function emotionally in their congregations. When anxiety arises, unresolved familial issues and old family patterns return, often unhelpfully. Richardson explores these patterns, how they operate in church situations, and how pastors can do their own family-of-origin assessment. His volume will become a standard tool for analysis of patterns in ministerial behavior and developing strong personal effectiveness.
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