Publications

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FOR PASTORAL CARERS (FAITH PERSPECTIVES)

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

PUBLISHER

ISBN NO.

Any comments

Meaning in Madness: The Pastor and the Mentally Ill

John Foskett

SPCK

0-281-041-288

Both these books are very helpful and

Helping the Helpers

John Foskett / David Lyall

SPCK

New Library of Pastoral Care

0-281-043 86-8

accessible for pastoral workers

Travelling Together

Southwark Diocese

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

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

Pastoral care and Liberation Theology

Stephen Pattison

SPCK

0-281-05048-1

Being There: Pastoral Care in Time of Illness

Peter Speck

SPCK

0281 04325 -6

Although not primarily mental health some useful thoughts on wholeness

Rediscovering Pastoral Care

Alistair Campbell

DLT

0 232 51695-2

Spirituality and Mental Health Care

John Swinton

Jessica Kingsley

116 Pentonville Rd

1-85302-804-5

Excellent book

Watching for Wings

Roger Grainger

DLT

0232 514216

Perhaps a little dated now and very much hospital based

Prescription for Anxiety

Leslie D. Weatherhead

Arthur James

85302 2646

Vintage Weatherhead – an early mentor

A Question of Healing

Gareth Tuckwell & David Hagg

Fount

0-00-627912-0

Reflections of a doctor / priest

Dancing on the Edge

Richard Holloway

Fount Harper Collins

0-00-628041-2

Very liberating

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

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”.

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

Encountering Illness

James Woodward

SCM

0 334 02620-2

Flowers and Crosses

Rev. Andrew Wilson

Writings from the experience of a psychiatric hospital chaplain

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MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

PUBLISHER

ISBN NO.

Any comments

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

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

After the Asylums

Elaine Murphy

Faber & Faber

0-571-16357-2

Good overall review

The Road Less Travelled

M. Scott Peck

Arrow Books 1978

A psychiatrist, psychotherapist and Christian, this is essential reading.

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.

Parents in Pain

John White

Inter Varsity Press

0-85110-414-2

Two of the best books I’ve read on two very

The Masks of Melancholy

John White

Inter Varsity Press

0-815110-442-8

Difficult subjects.

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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SKILLS

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

PUBLISHER

ISBN NO.

Any comments

Sharing the Darkness

Sheila Caasidy

Darton, Longman and Todd

0-232-51790-8

Still Small Voice: An Introduction to Counselling

Michael Jacobs

SPCK

0-281-03852X

Swift to Hear: Facilitating Listening Skills in Listening and Responding

Michael Jacobs

SPCK

Paid to Care?: The Limits of Professionalism in Pastoral Care

Alastair Campbell

SPCK

0-281-04132-6

Listening

Ann Long

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PERSONAL EXPERIENCE / FINDING MEANING THROUGH SUFFERING

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

PUBLISHER

ISBN NO.

Any comments

Free to Fail

Russ Parker

Healing the Hurt Mind

David Enoch

The Other Side of the Mountain

Fr. Gerald Mahoney

Darton, Longman and Todd

Brainsquall – Soundings from a deep depression

Jim Cotter

Cairns Publications

0-85305-422-3

A personal account of depression – very honest and real

Dazzling Darkness

Jim Cotter

Malignant Sadness

Lewis Wolpert

Faber & Faber

0-571-19172x

A personal story – another honest book

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

Mans Search For Meaning

Victor Frankl

Victor’s search for meaning in spite of the most appalling circumstances in the concentration camps

Darkness Visible

William Styron

Picador

0-830-31753-9

Devastating but hopeful

Carers in the Community: 'Why Have You Forsaken Me'?

Edna Hunneysett

Academic Publishing Services

0-9537234-7-X

www.apspublishing.co.uk

The Other Side of the Mountain

Fr. Gerald Mahoney

Darton, Longman and Todd

An Evil Cradling

Brian Keenan

Search for meaning in the face of extreme personal difficulty

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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SPIRITUALITY / THEOLOGY

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

PUBLISHER

ISBN NO.

Any comments

Awareness

Anthony DeMello

Fount

The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence

Brother Lawrence’s “simple” life finding God in every aspect of life.

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint Exupery

Happiness that Hurts

Martin Israel

Cassell

0-304-70242-0

Helps one’s faith

Life of the Beloved

Henri Nouwen

The Broken Body

Jean Vanier

Darton, Longman and Todd

The Wounded Healer

Henri Nouwen

Image Books

0-385-14803-8

The Prophet

Kahil Gibran

Penguin

0-14-019447-9

Lebanese poet’s “counsel on human life” – translated into 20 languages

The Cry of the Deer

David Adams

Breaking the Rules

Eddie Askew

The Leprosy Mission

0-902731-33-5

Very helpful short meditations and prayers in everyday language

Facing the Storm

Eddie Askew

The Leprosy Mission

Very helpful short meditations and prayers in everyday language