1st Edition
The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Pastoral Care for the Road to Change
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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Gain scientific and theological insight into OCD! The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Pastoral Care for the Road to Change delivers a provocative and stimulating discussion that is meant to inspire new areas of inquiry on this subject. As an OCD sufferer, pastoral counselor, mental health student, or professional, you will reach a new understanding of a complex condition that can destroy the... Read more
Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Take the “On Ramp”
- The Making of the Map
- Clearing the Mind: Not a Bad Joke
- But . . . But . . . But . . .
- Chapter 2: The Disorder of Paradox
- Tourist from Jupiter
- The OCD Group: A Study in Poles Apart?
- Starting to Sort It Out
- We Mammals
- Chapter 3: OCD: Hunting for the Disorder of the Thinking Animal
- The Solution
- Seeing the Problem
- The Scent of the Hunt
- The Hunt
- In the Beginning: Cause and Effect
- As It Might Have Been
- Summary
- Chapter 4: OCD and Homo Religiosus--Religious Man
- The Emergence of Religious Feelings
- Now We Are in Recorded History
- For Christians, The Dividing Line of History Occurs
- The Jewish Track of History
- The Christian Track of History
- Three History-Bending Saints
- implications for Today
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Now It Is Our Turn
- Humility
- Nancy: A Chain of Three
- Marie: The Girl Gang-Tackled by OCD
- Nanette Joyce: A Love of Beauty and a Compulsion to Hoard
- Anne: Wrestling with Shame and Guilt--and Perfection
- Mary: The Little Girl Who Wanted to Marry Jesus
- Lou: Thirty-Five Years in the Dark
- Paul: Poet Laureate of OCD
- What We Can Learn from OCD
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Homo Sapiens Sapiens: We Have Found the Enemy and It Is Us
- The Old Brain
- The Midbrain
- The New Brain
- Adding It All Up
- Chapter 7: Theory Made Practical
- Differential Diagnosis
- Rethinking Diagnosis
- Symptom Selection
- Progression and Regression
- Bagging the Game: Implications of Evolutionary Thinking
- Personality, OCD, and Symptom Creep
- Personal Development
- Pathways to Change
- Chapter 8: Learning From Effecting Change
- We Have Much Experience with What Does Not Work
- We Now Have Some Experience with What Works and Why
- Clean, Clean, Clean Your Carpet, Gently Down Life’s Stream
- Step Ahead
- Theory into Scenario
- Planning for Practice
- We Climbers Now Have a Good Foothold
- Gaining Wisdom from OCD
- Chapter 9: OCD and the Quality of Life
- Loving with Your Heart
- Loving with All Your Mind
- Loving with All Your Strength
- Loving with All the Soul
- Quality of Life: The Need for a Role Model
- Chapter 10: Theologizing in a Neurobiological Age
- Our Past Continues into Our Present
- Implications for Living in the Present
- What Then Can We Affirm?
- The Direction of Human Potential
- Appendix: Available Resources
- Notes
- Index
Biography
Robert Collie
