ID Topic AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER ISBN Comments
65 Skills Alastair Campbell Paid to Care?: The Limits of Professionalism in Pastoral Care SPCK 0-281-04132-6
54 Mental Health Perspectives Alex Parish Volunteers and Mental Health Befriending The National Centre for Volunteering 1998 1 897708 13 0 Case studies, practical issues and findings in pilot NHS mental health befriending schemes
13 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Alistair Campbell Rediscovering Pastoral Care DLT 0 232 51695-2
66 Skills Ann Long Listening


67 Spirituality / Theology Anthony DeMello Awareness Fount

69 Spirituality / Theology Antoine de Saint Exupery The Little Prince


53 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Brian Keenan An Evil Cradling

Search for meaning in the face of extreme personal difficulty
68 Spirituality / Theology Brother Lawrence The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence’s “simple” life finding God in every aspect of life.
75 Spirituality / Theology David Adams The Cry of the Deer


43 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering David Enoch Healing the Hurt Mind


48 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Diana Rose Living in the Community The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Tel: 020 7403 8790 Research project into user’s experience by a user – interesting findings re religious / faith community experience
21 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Doug Hiza Spiritual Pain I.C.C.S. (1996), 140 Tabernacle St., Suite 3.1, London, EC2A 4SD, Tel. 020 7336 6197 0-9529459-0-8 Not specifically about mental health but examples of people spiritual pain from Doug’s experience as a priest / counsellor
76 Spirituality / Theology Eddie Askew Breaking the Rules The Leprosy Mission 0-902731-33-5 Very helpful short meditations and prayers in everyday language
77 Spirituality / Theology Eddie Askew Facing the Storm The Leprosy Mission
Very helpful short meditations and prayers in everyday language
55 Mental Health Perspectives Edited by Mark Cobb and Vanessa Robshaw The Spiritual Challenge of Health Care Churchill Livingstone 1998 0 443 05920 9 Chapters written by many of the speakers at the Body and Soul conferences 1996/7
51 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Edna Hunneysett Carers in the Community: 'Why have you forsaken me?' Academic Publishing Services 0-9537234-7-X www.apspublishing.co.uk
56 Mental Health Perspectives Elaine Murphy After the Asylums Faber & Faber 0-571-16357-2 Good overall review
52 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Fr. Gerald Mahoney The Other Side of the Mountain Darton, Longman and Todd

44 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Fr. Gerald Mahoney The Other Side of the Mountain Darton, Longman and Todd

26 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Frank Wright Pastoral Care for Lay People SCM Press1982 0-334-02240-1 “ a thoughtful, sensitive and helpful book that shows what lies at the heart of true pastoral care”.
19 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Gareth Tuckwell & David Hagg A Question of Healing Fount 0-00-627912-0 Reflections of a doctor / priest
71 Spirituality / Theology Henri Nouwen Life of the Beloved


73 Spirituality / Theology Henri Nouwen The Wounded Healer Image Books 0-385-14803-8
28 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) James Woodward Encountering Illness SCM 0 334 02620-2
72 Spirituality / Theology Jean Vanier The Broken Body Darton, Longman and Todd

45 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Jim Cotter Brainsquall – Soundings from a deep depression Cairns Publications 0-85305-422-3 A personal account of depression – very honest and real
46 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Jim Cotter Dazzling Darkness


1 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) John Foskett Meaning in Madness: The Pastor and the Mentally Ill SPCK 0-281-041-288 Very helpful and accessible for pastoral workers
2 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) John Foskett / David Lyall Helping the Helpers SPCK - New Library of Pastoral Care 0-281-043 86-8 Very helpful and accessible for pastoral workers
15 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) John Swinton Spirituality and Mental Health Care Jessica Kingsley, 116 Pentonville Rd 1-85302-804-5 Excellent book
59 Mental Health Perspectives John White Parents in Pain Inter Varsity Press 0-85110-414-2 One of the two best books I’ve read on two very difficult subjects
60 Mental Health Perspectives John White The Masks of Melancholy Inter Varsity Press 0-815110-442-8 One of the two best books I’ve read on two very difficult subjects
74 Spirituality / Theology Kahil Gibran The Prophet Penguin 0-14-019447-9 Lebanese poet’s “counsel on human life” – translated into 20 languages
18 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Leslie D. Weatherhead Prescription for Anxiety Arthur James 85302 2646 Vintage Weatherhead – an early mentor
47 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Lewis Wolpert Malignant Sadness Faber & Faber 0-571-19172x A personal story – another honest book
57 Mental Health Perspectives M. Scott Peck The Road Less Travelled Arrow Books 1978 0-09-972740-4 A psychiatrist, psychotherapist and Christian, this is essential reading.
58 Mental Health Perspectives M.Scott Peck People of the Lie

Looking at the question of evil. He uses case studies from his own work to expound his fascinating theme.
70 Spirituality / Theology Martin Israel Happiness that Hurts Cassell 0-304-70242-0 Helps one’s faith
63 Skills Michael Jacobs Still Small Voice: An Introduction to Counselling SPCK 0-281-03852X
64 Skills Michael Jacobs Swift to Hear: Facilitating Listening Skills in Listening and Responding SPCK

27 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Nigel Copsey Keeping Faith The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Tel: 020 7403 8790 Practical project in North London linking Faith communities and mental health services
5 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) NSF/ JAMI / Cof E Board of Social  Responsibility Promoting Mental Health – the Role of Faith Communities Marston Book Services PO Box 269, Abingdon OX14 4XN
Launched on World Mental Health Day 1999
12 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Peter Speck Being There: Pastoral Care in Time of Illness SPCK 0281 04325 -6 Although not primarily mental health some useful thoughts on wholeness
7 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Produced by Bishop Stephen Sykes VIDEO With a little help from my friends: Working together for mental health The Bishop’s House, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DW Tel: 01353 662749 £12.99 (incl. p & p) Demonstrates to ordinary people how friendship can make a difference to people with mental health problems
29 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Rev. Andrew Wilson Flowers and Crosses

Writings from the experience of a psychiatric hospital chaplain
20 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Richard Holloway Dancing on the Edge Fount Harper Collins 0-00-628041-2 Very liberating
17 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Roger Grainger Watching for Wings DLT 0232 514216 Perhaps a little dated now and very much hospital based
42 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Russ Parker Free to Fail


62 Skills Sheila Caasidy Sharing the Darkness Darton, Longman and Todd 0-232-51790-8
4 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Southwark Diocese Travelling Together


11 For Pastoral Carers (Faith Perspectives) Stephen Pattison Pastoral care and Liberation Theology SPCK 0-281-05048-1
61 Mental Health Perspectives Thomas A. Harris I’m OK, You’re OK Arrow Books 1995 0-09-955241-8 A practical guide to transactional analysis - can help people to gain control of themselves, their relationships and their future.
49 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering Victor Frankl Mans Search For Meaning

Victor’s search for meaning in spite of the most appalling circumstances in the concentration camps
50 Personal Experience / Finding Meaning through Suffering William Styron Darkness Visible Picador 0-830-31753-9 Devastating but hopeful