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Article

Piwowarczyk, L. (2005) Torture and spirituality: engaging the sacred in treatment. Torture 15(1), 1-8

Books

Recommended by Sharmin DeMoss

Brady, The Wisdom of Listening
Chodron, When Things Fall Apart
*Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning 
Henry/Henry, Reclaiming Soul in Health Care
Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living
Kubler-Ross, On Death and Dying
Lester, Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling
Means, Trauma and Evil
**Napier/DeMoss, Caregiver's Guide to Secondary Traumatic Stress
Romero, Voice of the Voiceless
Stone, Brief Pastoral Counseling
 
*This is the only book I require for all our interns. Piwowarczyk also quotes this.
     Get the large print copy with room in the margins for post-it notes.
**Ask me for revised edition after March 2010. I'm looking for readers/reviewers in November.