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Doing Therapy with Intercultural Couples
A Pastoral Theological Study of Premarital Counseling|
29,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wipf And Stock Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 28.04.2022 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781725271159 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 226 |
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Beschreibungen
Marital concord between couples from different racial and ethnic backgrounds is an issue that needs serious attention to bridge the vast chasms. America welcomes people from all over the world. People of all religions and ethnic backgrounds come here to study and migrants arrive here to work. Interracial marriages are common but the radically different background of each couple can create discords and prove to be bumps on the highway of conjugal life. This can have serious repercussions on the offspring and on the couple and their lives as well.
This book seeks to investigate how cultural realities can be addressed within intercultural premarital couples counseling. Using a cultural focus approach couples' stories around their particular culture and relationship were analyzed. Themes related to relationship, family and social ties, and parenting bi-cultural and bi-racial children were examined. Issues of religious and social influence, money, race, ethnicity, extended family, immigration, and biases in family of origin, are explored as are roles and responsibilities, communication, respect, trust, and gender-stereotyping.
The book adopts a pastoral theological approach in working towards a deeper understanding of premarital relationships of partners who represent cultural difference and diversity. In conclusion recommendations to therapists and care givers for counseling intercultural couples are made.
This book seeks to investigate how cultural realities can be addressed within intercultural premarital couples counseling. Using a cultural focus approach couples' stories around their particular culture and relationship were analyzed. Themes related to relationship, family and social ties, and parenting bi-cultural and bi-racial children were examined. Issues of religious and social influence, money, race, ethnicity, extended family, immigration, and biases in family of origin, are explored as are roles and responsibilities, communication, respect, trust, and gender-stereotyping.
The book adopts a pastoral theological approach in working towards a deeper understanding of premarital relationships of partners who represent cultural difference and diversity. In conclusion recommendations to therapists and care givers for counseling intercultural couples are made.
Dr. Sunita Noronha is a graduate from Emory University, USA. Presently, she is the Assistant Professor and Dean of Christian Ministry Division at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India. Sunita has served as a theological educator, social activist, preacher, chaplain, ethnic counselor and psychotherapist. Her husband, Niranjan, has served as a pastor with the United Methodist Church and as chaplain with VITAS Hospice Care, Atlanta. They have two grown daughters, one son-in-law, and a grandson.
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“Sunita Noronha brilliantly presents the lived experiences of intercultural couples, highlighting positives with appreciation, as well as negotiating differences regarding personal space, identity, values, family traditions, specific cultural orientations, political inclinations, belief systems, and behavioral patterns. Dr. Noronha successfully integrates psychology, theology, therapeutic techniques, cultural studies, and sociology of religion in her pastoral theological method. . . . A valuable resource not only for intercultural couples but also for therapists engaged with multicultural family education and therapy.”
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<br> —Joseph George, secretary, International Council for Pastoral Care and Counseling
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<br> “Choosing a life partner is a major event that impacts every facet of one’s being. Noronha offers thoughtful reflection on the questions that matter in these relationships, drawing from both her research and her personal experience. . . . There is an increasing number of couples for whom intercultural issues are significant parts of their presentation. The global village now includes all of us. Welcoming the stranger will sometimes include our spouse or partner.”
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<br> —Skip Johnson, pastor, Cannon United Methodist Church
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<br> “You need to read this book: (a) if you are engaged in a marriage relationship that has been disturbed by the culture and are trying to resolve the concerns and issues emerging from cultural value and belief systems; (b) if you are willing to journey with ‘help-seeking couples’ to re-create the possibilities of the ‘first couple in the garden of Eden’ through psychotherapeutic approaches and skills informed by pastoral theology; (c) if you are a person who believes in the healing of family relationships.”
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<br> —A. Israel David, professor, Pastoral Care and Counseling, Union Biblical Seminary
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<br> —Joseph George, secretary, International Council for Pastoral Care and Counseling
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<br> “Choosing a life partner is a major event that impacts every facet of one’s being. Noronha offers thoughtful reflection on the questions that matter in these relationships, drawing from both her research and her personal experience. . . . There is an increasing number of couples for whom intercultural issues are significant parts of their presentation. The global village now includes all of us. Welcoming the stranger will sometimes include our spouse or partner.”
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<br> —Skip Johnson, pastor, Cannon United Methodist Church
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<br> “You need to read this book: (a) if you are engaged in a marriage relationship that has been disturbed by the culture and are trying to resolve the concerns and issues emerging from cultural value and belief systems; (b) if you are willing to journey with ‘help-seeking couples’ to re-create the possibilities of the ‘first couple in the garden of Eden’ through psychotherapeutic approaches and skills informed by pastoral theology; (c) if you are a person who believes in the healing of family relationships.”
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<br> —A. Israel David, professor, Pastoral Care and Counseling, Union Biblical Seminary
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