Thomas St James O'Connor
Biographic Data
| ID | 4569607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas St James O'Connor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas St James |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Connor |
| SIGNATURE | CONNOR T S J O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Delton Glebe Chair, Pastoral Counseling, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, 75 University Ave. North, Waterloo ON N2L 3C5, [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Time spent weekly on theological reflection in pastoral care and counseling
This qualitative research examines how much time is spent in theological reflection in the praxis of pastoral care and counseling. Seventy-five persons were interviewed from four cultures: chaplains, pastoral counselors, community clergy and seminary students who had completed a congregational internship. Seventy participants were from Christian faith groups with five from Muslim, Unitarian and spiritual faith groups. Individual interviews and fo…
Poetic Imagination
What is the role of emotions, imagination, and images in the praxis of theological reflection in pastoral care and counseling, and what images and/or verses from sacred texts best describe the process of theological reflection? These two questions guided this ethnographic study. Seventy-five practitioners of pastoral care and counseling were interviewed and field notes were also made. Findings include the importance of emotion and imagination wit…
A Canadian Qualitative Study on Theological Reflection in Pastoral Care and Counseling
This qualitative study is ethnographic in design. Two questions guide the study. How important is theological reflection to pastoral identity in pastoral care and counseling? With whom do practitioners converse in terms of theological reflection? A review of the literature is outlined and 75 persons are interviewed that include chaplains, pastoral counselors, community clergy and students. Findings indicate that theological reflection is essentia…
Clinical Pastoral Supervision and the Theology of Charles Gerkin
In the last twenty years, the number of texts written on clinical pastoral supervision has accelerated. Thomas St. James O’Connor analyzes these texts, nearly 300 of them, in light of three fundamental questions about the praxis of clinical pastoral supervision: (1)what is distinctive about the praxis? (2)what is an appropriate theological method for the praxis? and, (3)what is an adequate praxis? In doing so, he formulates three approaches: the …
Narrative Therapy Using a Reflecting Team
Is Evidence Based Spiritual Care an Oxymoron?
The Search for Truth
Chaplaincy and medical science are in search of truth. Should chaplaincy become more scientific in response to health care reform? Yes is the answer. Chaplaincy ought to become more based in evidence for the following reasons. First, the health care culture is evidence based and chaplaincy needs to speak that language. Second, chaplaincy and science are not opposed. Third, tradition-driven chaplaincy already utilizes medical evidence. Fourth, spi…
Ancient and Medieval Labyrinth and Contemporary Narrative Therapy
Climbing Mount Purgatory
On the Right Track
The Broken Balloon
Ritual and metaphor are helpful when working with families of divorce whose children are exhibiting negative responses to the new reality of parental separation. A treatment approach using the symbol of the broken balloon is outlined. This approach marks the end of the marital union while focusing on the needs of the children and facilitating acceptance of the divorce. A case example is presented describing the steps and interventions in this app…
The Broken Balloon
Ritual and metaphor are helpful when working with families of divorce whose children are exhibiting negative responses to the new reality of parental separation. A treatment approach using the symbol of the broken balloon is outlined. This approach marks the end of the marital union while focusing on the needs of the children and facilitating acceptance of the divorce. A case example is presented describing the steps and interventions in this app…
On the Right Track
Climbing Mount Purgatory
Is Evidence Based Spiritual Care an Oxymoron?
The Search for Truth
Chaplaincy and medical science are in search of truth. Should chaplaincy become more scientific in response to health care reform? Yes is the answer. Chaplaincy ought to become more based in evidence for the following reasons. First, the health care culture is evidence based and chaplaincy needs to speak that language. Second, chaplaincy and science are not opposed. Third, tradition-driven chaplaincy already utilizes medical evidence. Fourth, spi…
Ancient and Medieval Labyrinth and Contemporary Narrative Therapy
Narrative Therapy Using a Reflecting Team
Clinical Pastoral Supervision and the Theology of Charles Gerkin
In the last twenty years, the number of texts written on clinical pastoral supervision has accelerated. Thomas St. James O’Connor analyzes these texts, nearly 300 of them, in light of three fundamental questions about the praxis of clinical pastoral supervision: (1)what is distinctive about the praxis? (2)what is an appropriate theological method for the praxis? and, (3)what is an adequate praxis? In doing so, he formulates three approaches: the …
Poetic Imagination
What is the role of emotions, imagination, and images in the praxis of theological reflection in pastoral care and counseling, and what images and/or verses from sacred texts best describe the process of theological reflection? These two questions guided this ethnographic study. Seventy-five practitioners of pastoral care and counseling were interviewed and field notes were also made. Findings include the importance of emotion and imagination wit…
A Canadian Qualitative Study on Theological Reflection in Pastoral Care and Counseling
This qualitative study is ethnographic in design. Two questions guide the study. How important is theological reflection to pastoral identity in pastoral care and counseling? With whom do practitioners converse in terms of theological reflection? A review of the literature is outlined and 75 persons are interviewed that include chaplains, pastoral counselors, community clergy and students. Findings indicate that theological reflection is essentia…
Time spent weekly on theological reflection in pastoral care and counseling
This qualitative research examines how much time is spent in theological reflection in the praxis of pastoral care and counseling. Seventy-five persons were interviewed from four cultures: chaplains, pastoral counselors, community clergy and seminary students who had completed a congregational internship. Seventy participants were from Christian faith groups with five from Muslim, Unitarian and spiritual faith groups. Individual interviews and fo…
Psychology (9 works) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Child Therapy and Development (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works)