Well, here’s the second half of a cracking couplet of interviews with our guest counselor, Helen Blake. In this interview we continue our discussion of bullying to focus in on what reasons people might develop bullying tendencies. One of the ways that Helen suggests for ironing out bullying tendencies in us is to develop both vulnerability and …
Monthly Archive: October 2009
Oct
20
Pilgrim’s Podcast #19: Helen Blake, Feeling & Thinking, Shame and Bullying
Well, this is our third week in the series on Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology. It was so great that we split it into two halves! Steve and I headed out to visit the lovely Helen Blake, a counselor who teaches at St. Mark’s National Theological Centre in Canberra. I’ve had the privilege of being a St. Anne’s …
Oct
12
Pilgrim’s Podcast #18: Jenny Brown, Family Systems Counselling, Anxiety and Emotional Maturity
As part 2 of our series of Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology we had a fantastic interview with Jenny Brown of the Family Systems Institute. Not only did we discover that Jenny has great taste in coffee (she drinks Campos!) but we discovered that Family Systems Theory sheds a whole lot of light on our …
Oct
05
Pastoral Care Resources
As an appendix to the latest Pilgrim’s Podcast on Pastoral Care, Jan Corbett-Jones has very kindly provided some resources which are fantastic (just right-click the links and “Save As..”): 1) Six Functions of Pastoral Care. This short document details the background of the 6 different functions which Jan mentions on the Podcast. It also has …
Oct
05
Pilgrim’s Podcast #17: Rev. Allen Cook, Jan Corbett-Jones, Pastoral Care, and How to Help
This week the Pilgrim’s Podcast began it’s first ever series: Christianity, Pastoral Care, Counselling and a touch of Psychology! This promises to be an exciting series where we delve a little into how to care for people. This week we had the privilege of interviewing Rev. Allen Cook and Mrs. Jan Corbett-Jones. Allen worked in …
Oct
02
Pastoral Care, Counselling and a touch of Psychology
Well, Steve and I are really excited about what’s coming up on the Pilgrim’s Podcast. Starting this Sunday, we’re doing a short series on Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology. Basically, the lineup will look something like: Christianity and Pastoral Care: With Allen Cook (ex-Chaplain Westmead Hospital, currently Anglican Retirement Villages) and Jan Corbett-Jones (Anglicare). Family …





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