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christian counseling today
Vol. 20 no. 4
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Care Group Leadership and Spiritual
Formation: Trekking toward Wholeness
by
Stephen Greggo
. For many, the small group experience is a
journey, a process that often parallels Christian discipleship
and spiritual transformation. Author and professor, Stephen
Greggo, examines the nuances and important character
qualities of effective leadership and why this dynamic is
essential in a client’s trek toward wholeness.
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Using Small Groups as a Christian Model for
Healing
by Jennifer Cisney Ellers
. Small groups, especially
when integrated with a person’s faith and biblical principles,
can help foster healing and transformation. As a longtime small
group facilitator, Jennifer Cisney Ellers describes 11 therapeutic
factors developed by researcher, Irving Yalom, and how they
can be adapted for faith-based groups to provide a framework
for effective care.
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Therapeutic Groups and the Recovery
Process
by Denise Daniel
. The small group and self-
help movement within the mental health field began in the
1930s and rapidly expanded during the proliferation of drug
use during the 1960s. Denise Daniel outlines a number of
common factors that therapeutic and recovery groups share
and how they can offer participants hope and a safe place to
begin healing.
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