PENTECOSTAL COUNSELING

Counseling and Psychotherapy   

with Pentecostal and 

Charismatic Christians

By

  Geoffrey W. Sutton

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   Various Reviewers

“Geoffrey W. Sutton has created THE authoritative source to help mental health professionals, lay helpers, and basically anyone understand people who adhere to Pentecostal and Charismatic practice, values, and beliefs. Pentecostalism and Charismatic Christians constitute the fastest growth in worldwide Christianity. The first part of the book can help all readers--regardless of profession or religious identity--understand people who live into that religion. The second part of the book is a practical and insightful guide to effective helping for psychological difficulties. I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks to understand and help Pentecostals and Charismatics.”

—Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Commonwealth Professor Emeritus

    (www.EvWorthington-forgiveness.com) 

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“Counseling and Psychotherapy with Pentecostal Charismatic Christians by Geoffrey Sutton is a well written, comprehensive, and very helpful guide to understanding and counseling Pentecostal Charismatic Christians. It is a substantial and unique contribution to Christian counseling and also to the field of counseling and psychotherapy. I highly recommend it as essential reading for everyone interested or involved in counseling Pentecostal Charismatic Christians.”
     —Rev. Siang-Yang Tan, PhD, Senior Professor of Psychology, 

         Fuller Theological Seminary and author of 

Counseling and Psycho- therapy: A Christian Perspective, and Shepherding God’s People. 

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“As a Pentecostal theologian, I find Geoff Sutton's Counseling and Psychotherapy with Pentecostal Charismatic Christians an exciting, interesting work. Moving beyond a facile integration of Pentecostal and Charismatic identity with the latest counseling theory and practice, it relates them in ways that respect the spirituality and worldview of this historic, unprecedented movement. Further, it offers concrete, informed guidance for clinicians ministering to the mental health needs of clients from this distinctive background. I would think it is a must read not only for Pentecostal and Charismatic counselors but for anyone in the mental health field.”
   —Tony Richie, D. Min., Ph. D., Associate Professor of Theology Pentecostal Theological 

       Seminary, Cleveland, TN

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Table of Contents

 

		Page
1	Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy with Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians	9
	Part 1: Counseling Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians: Cultural Awareness and Knowledge	27
2	Understanding Religious and Spiritual Studies	29
3	Religion, Spirituality, and Christianity: An Overview	45
4	Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity: An Introduction	65
5	Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity: A Cultural Framework	88
6	Studies of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians	109
7	Pentecostal Cultures: Discrimination and Abuse Part 1	128
8	Pentecostal Cultures: Discrimination and Abuse Part 2	147
9	Pentecostal Cultures: The Battles of Faith and Psychology	166
	Part 2: Counseling Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians: Cultural Knowledge of Counseling and Psychotherapy	185
10	Pentecostal and Charismatic Clients	187
11	Pentecostal and Charismatic Clinicians	205
12	Assessment of Pentecostal and Charismatic Clients	231
13	What Pentecostal-Charismatic Clinicians Do: Counseling Interventions and Techniques	252
14	Devils, Demons, and Deliverance	273
15	Spiritual Struggles and Transformations	291
16	Conclusions and Recommendations	313
	Chapter Notes	320
	References	335
	Appendix A: Resources	376
	Appendix B: Spirituality Measures	382
	Glossary	384
	Acknowledgements	393
	About the Author	394