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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
ISBN NO. |
Any comments |
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Meaning in Madness: The Pastor and the Mentally Ill |
John Foskett |
SPCK |
0-281-041-288 |
Both these books are very helpful and |
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Helping the Helpers |
John Foskett / David Lyall |
SPCK New Library of Pastoral Care |
0-281-043 86-8 |
accessible for pastoral workers |
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Travelling Together |
Southwark Diocese |
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Promoting Mental Health – the Role of Faith Communities |
NSF/ JAMI / Cof E Board of Social Responsibility |
Marston Book Services PO Box 269, Abingdon OX14 4XN |
Launched on World Mental Health Day 1999 |
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VIDEO With a little help from my friends: Working together for mental health |
Produced by Bishop Stephen Sykes |
The Bishop’s House, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DW |
Tel: 01353 662749 |
£12.99 (incl. p & p) Demonstartes to ordinary people how friendship can make a difference to people with mental health problems |
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Pastoral care and Liberation Theology |
Stephen Pattison |
SPCK |
0-281-05048-1 |
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Being There: Pastoral Care in Time of Illness |
Peter Speck |
SPCK |
0281 04325 -6 |
Although not primarily mental health some useful thoughts on wholeness |
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Rediscovering Pastoral Care |
Alistair Campbell |
DLT |
0 232 51695-2 |
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Spirituality and Mental Health Care |
John Swinton |
Jessica Kingsley 116 Pentonville Rd |
1-85302-804-5 |
Excellent book |
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Watching for Wings |
Roger Grainger |
DLT |
0232 514216 |
Perhaps a little dated now and very much hospital based |
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Prescription for Anxiety |
Leslie D. Weatherhead |
Arthur James |
85302 2646 |
Vintage Weatherhead – an early mentor |
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A Question of Healing |
Gareth Tuckwell & David Hagg |
Fount |
0-00-627912-0 |
Reflections of a doctor / priest |
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Dancing on the Edge |
Richard Holloway |
Fount Harper Collins |
0-00-628041-2 |
Very liberating |
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Spiritual Pain |
Doug Hiza |
I.C.C.S. (1996) 140,Tabernacle St Suite 3. 1 London, EC2A 4SD 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 |
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Pastoral Care for Lay People |
Frank Wright |
SCM Press1982 |
0-334-02240-1 |
“ a thoughtful, sensitive and helpful book that shows what lies at the heart of true pastoral care”. |
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Keeping Faith |
Nigel Copsey |
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health |
Tel: 020 7403 8790 |
Practical project in North London linking Faith communities and mental health services |
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Encountering Illness |
James Woodward |
SCM |
0 334 02620-2 |
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Flowers and Crosses |
Rev. Andrew Wilson |
Writings from the experience of a psychiatric hospital chaplain |
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
ISBN NO. |
Any comments |
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Volunteers and Mental Health Befriending |
Alex Parish |
The National Centre for Volunteering 1998 |
1 897708 13 0 available from the NC.V. |
Case studies, practical issues and findings in pilot NHS mental health befriending schemes |
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The Spiritual Challenge of Health Care |
Edited by Mark Cobb and Vanessa Robshaw |
Churchill Livingstone 1998 |
0 443 05920 9 |
Chapters written by many of the speakers at the Body and Soul conferences 1996/7 |
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After the Asylums |
Elaine Murphy |
Faber & Faber |
0-571-16357-2 |
Good overall review |
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The Road Less Travelled |
M. Scott Peck |
Arrow Books 1978 |
A psychiatrist, psychotherapist and Christian, this is essential reading. |
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People of the Lie |
M.Scott Peck |
Looking at the question of evil. He uses case studies from his own work to expound his fascinating theme. |
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Parents in Pain |
John White |
Inter Varsity Press |
0-85110-414-2 |
Two of the best books I’ve read on two very |
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The Masks of Melancholy |
John White |
Inter Varsity Press |
0-815110-442-8 |
Difficult subjects. |
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I’m OK, You’re OK |
Thomas A. Harris |
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. |
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
ISBN NO. |
Any comments |
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Sharing the Darkness |
Sheila Caasidy |
Darton, Longman and Todd |
0-232-51790-8 |
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Still Small Voice: An Introduction to Counselling |
Michael Jacobs |
SPCK |
0-281-03852X |
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Swift to Hear: Facilitating Listening Skills in Listening and Responding |
Michael Jacobs |
SPCK |
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Paid to Care?: The Limits of Professionalism in Pastoral Care |
Alastair Campbell |
SPCK |
0-281-04132-6 |
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Listening |
Ann Long |
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
ISBN NO. |
Any comments |
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Free to Fail |
Russ Parker |
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Healing the Hurt Mind |
David Enoch |
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The Other Side of the Mountain |
Fr. Gerald Mahoney |
Darton, Longman and Todd |
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Brainsquall – Soundings from a deep depression |
Jim Cotter |
Cairns Publications |
0-85305-422-3 |
A personal account of depression – very honest and real |
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Dazzling Darkness |
Jim Cotter |
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Malignant Sadness |
Lewis Wolpert |
Faber & Faber |
0-571-19172x |
A personal story – another honest book |
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Living in the Community |
Diana Rose |
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 |
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Mans Search For Meaning |
Victor Frankl |
Victor’s search for meaning in spite of the most appalling circumstances in the concentration camps |
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Darkness Visible |
William Styron |
Picador |
0-830-31753-9 |
Devastating but hopeful |
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Carers in the Community: 'Why Have You Forsaken Me'? |
Edna Hunneysett |
Academic Publishing Services |
0-9537234-7-X |
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The Other Side of the Mountain |
Fr. Gerald Mahoney |
Darton, Longman and Todd |
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An Evil Cradling |
Brian Keenan |
Search for meaning in the face of extreme personal difficulty |
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The Purrfect Little Cat Book: A Catalogue of my life - With a little help from my owner |
Treacle Pelling |
Author House Publishers |
9781425963729 |
Donations from sales to Cats Protection |
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
ISBN NO. |
Any comments |
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Awareness |
Anthony DeMello |
Fount |
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The Practice of the Presence of God |
Brother Lawrence |
Brother Lawrence’s “simple” life finding God in every aspect of life. |
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The Little Prince |
Antoine de Saint Exupery |
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Happiness that Hurts |
Martin Israel |
Cassell |
0-304-70242-0 |
Helps one’s faith |
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Life of the Beloved |
Henri Nouwen |
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The Broken Body |
Jean Vanier |
Darton, Longman and Todd |
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The Wounded Healer |
Henri Nouwen |
Image Books |
0-385-14803-8 |
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The Prophet |
Kahil Gibran |
Penguin |
0-14-019447-9 |
Lebanese poet’s “counsel on human life” – translated into 20 languages |
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The Cry of the Deer |
David Adams |
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Breaking the Rules |
Eddie Askew |
The Leprosy Mission |
0-902731-33-5 |
Very helpful short meditations and prayers in everyday language |
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Facing the Storm |
Eddie Askew |
The Leprosy Mission |
Very helpful short meditations and prayers in everyday language |