Sexual Misconduct in Counseling and Ministry

by George Ohlschlager and Peter Mosgofian

Book Overview

Combining their extensive counseling experience and legal expertise, the authors offer a well-written, practical book addressing the thorny issues of sexual exploitation by religious professionals.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849936764
• ISBN13: 9780849936760
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: W Publishing Group
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Table of Contents

PART I: THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND THE CHURCH Chapter 1: Challenging Forbidden Sex (Historical roots and controversies; Forbidden sex in therapy and ministries; The high cost of sexual misconduct) Chapter 2: Love, Sex, and Power: The Dangerous Triangle (Our love affair with love; Erotic love; Perverted sexuality; From lust to sexual addiction; Sexually charged helping relationships; Abusive power in Western social systems; Lessons from rape; Power and authority in counseling and ministry)Chapter 3: Theological Issues in Preventing Forbidden Sex (The problem as human dilemma; Lessons from the Genesis story; Divided and disordered sexuality; The mystery of sexuality; Sex, power, and Biblical authority; Uses and misuses of Biblical authority; Changed behavior and changed hearts; Transformation; Caught between eros and agape) PART II: FORBIDDEN SEX BETWEEN ADULTS Chapter 4: The Dynamics of Adult Sexual Misconduct (Who are the victims? Who are the violators? The vulnerable helper; The predatory helper; Why forbidden boundaries are crossed; Steps into the forbidden zone) Chapter 5: Helping Adult Victims of Sexual Misconduct (Victims at risk; The harm suffered; Clinical assessment principles; Assessing serious disorders; Clinical treatment principles; Empowering women to guard sexual boundaries; Choosing the best treatment modality; Clinical treatment process; Taking action against sexual violators) Chapter 6: Problem Cases in Sexual Misconduct (The seductive client; Styles of seductive behavior; Seduction as psychospiritual pathology; Touching and therapeutic touch; Repressed and recovered memories; Ensure careful and ethical practice; False allegations of abuse) PART III: FORBIDDEN SEX AGAINST CHILDREN Chapter 7: Child Sexual Abuse in Society and the Church (Sexual abuse is pervasive and harmful; The dynamics of child sexual abuse; Child sex abusers in the ministry; Profile of pedophiles and ephebophiles) Chapter 8: Who Will heal the Little Ones? Helping Child Victims (Child sexual abuse seduction: grooming, sexual activity, keeping secrets, disclosure, and suppression; The impact on the child; The counseling environment: room setting, parents in the room, supplies, anatomical dolls; Child treatment; The evaluation interview; Treatment options and process) PART IV: POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE CHURCH Chapter 9: Misconduct Policy and Practice in the Protestant Church (Church policy regarding sexual misconduct; Challenging adulterous church practice; Good policy versus poor practice; Deficient or no policy; The persistence of patriarchy) Chapter 10: Priestly Misconduct and the Catholic Crisis (Paradoxical roots to the crisis; The value and situation of love; The Australian model; The value and situation of power; The situation and value of sexuality; The celibacy question; Policy and practice issues; Application at the parish level; Policy and practice toward victims) Chapter 11: Coincident Abuse and Congregational H