Woman-Battering

Woman-Battering is a volume in Fortress Press's Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling Series. One reviewer called it "a wonderfully practical book to help clergy and pastoral counselors deal with abuse in intimate relationships....A major contribution is her insight as to how to make theological sense out of the horror and misery that has lain concealed in the midst of a congregation....An important contribution of the book is the development of an approach to the batterer....Its straightforward step by step treatment makes it a marvelous handbook for those who would be agents of change and want the tools to begin."

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Woman-Battering in Christian Congregations

• Naming

• Being Prepared

• Making Referrals

• Safety

• Accountability

• Suffering and Theology

• Conclusion: Creating a Responsive Church Community

• Appendix: Handling an Emergeny Call