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Contributors Prologue Part I: An Introduction to Pastoral Counseling Part II: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Being Part III: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Understanding 4: The Human Condition: Pastoral Perspectives 5: The Nature and Function of Suffering 6: The Challenges of Being Bilingual: Methods of Integrating Psychological and Religious Studies 7: To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose: Pastoral Counseling Distinctives in Conceptualizing and Engaging Human Distress 8: Religious and Spiritual Assessment in Pastoral Counseling 9: Responding to Explicit and Implicit Spiritual Content in Pastoral Counseling 10: Cross-Cultural Counseling: The Importance of Encountering the Liminal Space
Part IV: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Intervening Part V: Pastoral Counseling and Religious Diversity 14: Religious Location and Counseling: Engaging Diversity and Difference in Views of Religion 15: Earning Closeness with our Maker: A Torah-Based Approach to Counseling 16: Reframing Pastoral Counseling: Toward Developing a Model of Pastoral Care within Muslim Communities 17: Kalamitra: A Buddhist Approach to Pastoral Counseling 18: Hindu Approaches to Pastoral Counseling 19: Native American Spiritualities and Pastoral Counseling 20: Pastoral Counseling and Queer Identities
Part VI: Special Issues in Pastoral Counseling Part VII: The Future of the Discipline Epilogue
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18: Hindu Approaches to Pastoral Counseling
Contributors Prologue Part I: An Introduction to Pastoral Counseling Part II: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Being Part III: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Understanding 4: The Human Condition: Pastoral Perspectives 5: The Nature and Function of Suffering 6: The Challenges of Being Bilingual: Methods of Integrating Psychological and Religious Studies 7: To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose: Pastoral Counseling Distinctives in Conceptualizing and Engaging Human Distress 8: Religious and Spiritual Assessment in Pastoral Counseling 9: Responding to Explicit and Implicit Spiritual Content in Pastoral Counseling 10: Cross-Cultural Counseling: The Importance of Encountering the Liminal Space
Part IV: Pastoral Counseling: Ways of Intervening Part V: Pastoral Counseling and Religious Diversity 14: Religious Location and Counseling: Engaging Diversity and Difference in Views of Religion 15: Earning Closeness with our Maker: A Torah-Based Approach to Counseling 16: Reframing Pastoral Counseling: Toward Developing a Model of Pastoral Care within Muslim Communities 17: Kalamitra: A Buddhist Approach to Pastoral Counseling 18: Hindu Approaches to Pastoral Counseling 19: Native American Spiritualities and Pastoral Counseling 20: Pastoral Counseling and Queer Identities
Part VI: Special Issues in Pastoral Counseling Part VII: The Future of the Discipline Epilogue
10.1891/9780826130068.0018
Authors
- Udipi, Sharanya
Abstract
This chapter provides the pastoral counselor with a “working hypothesis” about Hinduism and the culture of South Asian Hindus, it is no substitute for the recognition of the uniqueness of each individual who seeks counseling. Hindu subgroup is a growing population in the United States, and those in pastoral counseling and other helping professions will benefit from understanding the Hindu worldview. Hinduism is a philosophical approach to life and its problems, in which the “concepts of community, interdependence, divinity” and interconnections are implicit. Both cultural and religious concerns affect Hindu clients, teasing apart distinct cultural and religious interactions may be challenging. Although it is unlikely that a Hindu client will seek out a pastoral counselor to specifically address religious or spiritual issues, pastoral counselors are likely to encounter clients who identify as Hindu in a variety of settings such as hospitals and community agencies.
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