Pastoral Care and Counseling
Recommended Reading for Ministry Developers
Resources recommended as starting places in the various areas are marked with an asterisk (*).
Balswick, Judith & Jack.Families in Pain.Working Through the Hurts.Baker, 1997.
*Benner, David G. Strategic Pastoral Counseling: A Short-Term Structured Model. Grand
Rapids: Baker, 2003
Brister, C. W. Pastoral Care in the Church. 3rd ed. New York: Harper/Collins, 1992.
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Spiritual Care.Translated by Jay C. Rochelle. Minneapolis: Augsburg
Fortress, 1985.
Bowman, George. Dying, Grieving, Faith & Family: A Pastoral Care Approach. Binghamton,
NY:Hayworth Pastoral Press, 1998.
Carr, Wesley, ed. The Dictionary of Pastoral Studies. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
Clark, David C. Clergy Response to Suicidal Persons and Their Families. Chicago: Exploration
Press, 1993.
*Clinebell, John Howard. Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling: Resources for the
Ministryof Healing and Growth. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Abingdon Press, 1984.
Dawn, Marva J. The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans
Publishing Company, 1999.
Dayringer, Richard. The Heart of Pastoral Counseling: Healing through Relationship. Rev. ed.
Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press, 1998.
*Doehring, Carrie. The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach. WJK, 2006.
Dykstra, Robert C. Images of Pastoral Care. Christian Board of Publication, 2005.
Fowler, James.Faith Development and Pastoral Care. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987.
Greggo, S. P. Trekking Toward Wholeness: A Resource for Care Group Leaders. Downers
Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 2008.
Hauerwas, Stanley. Naming the Silences: God, Medicine and the Problem of Suffering. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
Haugk, Kenneth C. Christian Caregiving: A Way of Life. Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress,
1985.
Howe, Leroy. A Pastor in Every Pew: Equipping Laity for Pastoral Care. Valley Forge, PA:
JudsonPress, 2000.
Hunsinger, Deborah van Deusen. Theology and Pastoral Counseling. A New Interdisciplinary
Approach. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
Hunter, Rodney, ed. Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.
*Kelly, Melissa M. Grief: Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry. Fortress Press,
2010.
Koenig, Harold, and Andrew Weaver.The Pastoral Care of Older Adults. Minneapolis:
Augsburg/Fortress, 1998.
*Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth and David Kessler. On Grief and Grieving: Finding the
Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss.Scribner 2007.
Lartey, Emmanuel Y. In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and
Counseling, Second Edition. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003.
Lester, Andrew D. Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling. Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.
Lewis, C. S. A Grief Observed. San Francisco: Harper, 1995.
Louw, Daniel. A Mature Faith: Spiritual Direction and Anthropology in a Theology of Pastoral
Careand Counseling. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
McMinn, Mark. Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling. Wheaton, IL:
Tyndale House, 1996.
Mitchell, Kenneth R. and Herbert Anderson.All Our Losses, All Our Grief:
Resources for Pastoral Care Westminster/ John Knox, 1983.
Nouwen, Henri J. M. The Wounded Healer.Random House, 1979.
Oates, Wayne E. People in Pain: Guideline for Pastoral Care. Philadelphia: Westminster Press,
1985.
Oden, Thomas C. Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry. San Francisco: Harper Collins,
1983.
Patton, John. Pastoral Care in Context: An Introduction to Pastoral Care. Philadelphia:
Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993.
*Petersen, Bruce. Foundations of Pastoral Care. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2007.
Ramsey, Nancy J. Pastoral Diagnosis. Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress, 1998.
Sande, Ken. The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict. Grand Rapids:
Baker, 2004.
Steinbron, Melvin J. Can the Pastor Do It Alone? A Model for Preparing Lay People for Lay
Pastoring.Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2004.
Stone, Howard ed. Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001.
*Switzer, David K. Pastoral Care Emergencies. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Publishers,
2000.
Tack, Theodore, and Ann Murphy.The History of Pastoral Care. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical
Press, 2001.
Wiersbe, David.The Dynamics of Pastoral Care. Grand Rapids: Baker/Revell, 2000.
Wiersbe, Warren and David Wiersbe.Ministering to the Mourning: A Practical Guide for
Pastors, Church Leaders, and Other Caregivers. Moody Publishers 2006.
Willimon, William H. Worship as Pastoral Care. Abingdon Press, 1979.
Wimberly, Edward P. African American Pastoral Care. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1991.
Wright, H. Norman. Recovering from the Losses of Life.Revell, 2006.