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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 050 361 CG 006 357 TITLE Christian Association for Psychological Studies. Proceedings of 1968, 1969, and 1970 Conventions. INSTITUTION Christian Association for Psychological Studies, Grand Rapids, Mich. PUB DATE 68 NOTE 333p. EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.65 HC-$13.16 DESCRIPTORS *Christianity, Churches, Church Responsibility, Clergyren, Counseling Effectiveness, *Counselor Functions, Counselor Role, *Counselors, Human Development, Maturation, Psychiatrists, Psychological Needs, *Psychological Services, Psychologists, Psychotherapy, *Religion, Therapy ABSTRACT A single theme for each of the three convention years forms the nucleus around which the presented papers revolve. The 1966 theme, The Christian's Quest for Maturity, focuses on normalcy and the ways and means whereby Christians can become more healthfully mature. In 1969, the convention examined the unique role of the Christian therapist who is viewed as having an added dimension to his counseling. The Christian using psychology to help others considers himself different and strives to meaningfully share this difference. Dynamic Christian Growth, the 1970 these, sees the Christian professional as, above all else, a Christian and, therefore, a witness. The papers are geared to providing Christians better ways to witness; - in the office, in groups, in the community, and in the church. All three series of papers ultimately explore ways of feeling with an and his problems within the context of the evangelical Christian faith.(TL) Christian Association Psychological Studies Proceedings otter SIXTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION THEME: Caring and Sharing: tian Counaelora in Action" at STOUFFEP,'S OAKBROOK INN 2000 Spring Road Oct Btoos, ILultois April 10-11, 1909 U S DEPART MOO OF MEAL LT H.I.OVcRtiOry WORM OiFFC1 OF IDuCSI,ORI 1.J5 DOCUMENT Oq4S 4FEN RFFC.COuCED (RACILY R FFCFIVC) F RC,Mli PERSON OR OROAHtet roy OF Govii-,ING it0.04N,5 OF V FA OR ORFoOkS SAID O Aot Foals SARIV RERF F SEM' OF FIOIAI OF ICI OFFDU tRtO.4 ROS,O,N OR COL1,:t -4 Pr\ CD TABLE OF CONTENTS I o THINE: "CARING AND SHARING: CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS IN ACTION" CI LLI Page I Preface 2 Devotional Address by the Rev. Don Postema, B.D 3 6 I "Psychology and Religion: Friend or Foe" by Basil Jackson, M.D., D.P.M., M.Th. 7 23 I "Training Pastors for Counseling Teamwork" by Robert A. Nykamp, Ed.D. (Cand.) 24 39 I "Clinical Issues in Psychiatry and Religion: Case Presentations" by David F. Busby, M.D 40 A6 I "People are Beautiful I Hope (To Dare to Care)" by Richard Westmaas, Ph.D 47 56 I Devotional Address by the Rev. William Lenters, B.D 57 58 "Notes on the Process of a Psychodrama" by Frank Kaemingk, S.T M 59 - 65 "People Can Grow I Know" by Thomas C. Jackson, B.D 66 77 Convention Program for 1969 78 Personalia of 1969 Convention i9 Minutes cf 1969 Annual Business Meeting 80 - 82 Membership Directory 83 99 O O 1 2 PREFACE The theme for the 1969 Convention, "Caring and Sharing: Christian Counselors in Action" is a bold one. Perhaps it is too grand for one convention, but it is a necessary theme if we are to maintain our Christian individuality in this day of practitioners "doing their own thing" and "telling it like it is." An attempt to capture the unique- ness of a Christian therapist "doing his thing" and "telling it like it is" with God is our goal. We feel that the Christian therapist has an added dimension to his counseling and psychotherapy and we hope to capture some of this dimension through convention personnel who will share with us experientially rather than theoretically. We will begin our first day with a psychiatrist and a pastoral counselor providing us with perspectives on the interaction of religion and psychology. In the afternoon we hope that a case presentation will provide a meaningful medium through which to focus our historical per- spective on today's therapeutic interactions. Thursday night we will attempt to share feelings and experiences spawned in a clinical setting comprised of practitioners who believe that spiritual and emotional growth are beautiful things to see in people. What produces this growth and the various modalities employed will be the topic. Our second day will begin with a dramatic presentation of Christian experiences producing personal and spiritual growth. Psychodrama and sociodrama will provide opportunity for audience involvement. Our afternoon program promises to confirm that group interaction produces growth in church members. We feel that this program holds t:-.e promise of being a meaningful experience for all CAPS members who feel that as Christians using psychology to help others we are different, and that we can meaning- fully share the difference. k **k All the papers presented at the Convention are published in a volume which we call the "Proceedings." Copies of earlier annual volumes are available from the Executive Secretary. At the present tine only copies of the 1967 and 1968 Proceedings are available for $3.00 each. Members receive copies as a part of their membership privilege. Xerox and microfilm copies of past Proceedings for years 1954- 1966 are available (Order Nu. OP 34, 187) from University Microfilms Library Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. Published as a Convention Report by CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES 6850 Division Avenue, S. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508 William L. Hiemstra, Ph.D., Editor C.A.P.S. is iacorporated under the Laws of the State of Michigan as a nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible. 2 3 DEVOTIONAL ADDRESS by the Rev. Don Postema * Death is dead! Death is gone! I'm - alive really alive. There is no more death. Hallelujah! Praise God! I live! That's how I feel after Easter. I wonder if that could have been the reacts.-..m of Lazarus as he got up out of the grave, as the grave bands were unwrapped, and he felt 1-i-f-e surging back into his body, as his eyes gradually opened to see his relatives and friends gaping at him? John tells us the story: (John 11:17ff NEB) On his arrival (in Bethany) Jesus found that Lazarus had already been four days in the tomb ... Martha met him, and said to Jesus, 'If you had been here, sir, my brother would not have died. Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will grant you.' Jesus said, Your brother will rise again.' I know that he will rise again,' said Martha, 'at the resurrection on the last day.' Jesus said, 'I am the resurrection and I AM LIFE. If a man has faith in me, even though he die, he shall come to life; and no one who is alive and has faith shall ever-die. Do you believe this?"Lord, I do,' she answered;'I now believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God who was to come into the world.' (After talking to Mary, seeing the mourners, and going to the gravesite)...Jesis sighed deeply; then he went over to the tomb. It was a cave, with a stone placed against it. Jesus said, 'Take away the stone.' Martha, the dead man's sister, Laid to him, 'Sir, by now there will be a stench; he has been there four days.' Jesus said, 'Did I not tell you that if you have faith you will see the glory of God?' So they removed the stone. Then Jesus looked upwards and said, 'Father, I thank thee: thou hast heard me. I knew already that thou always dearest me, butI spoke for the sake of the people standing round, that they might believe that thou didst send me.' Then he raised his voice in a great cry: 'Lazarus, come forth (COME ALIVE).' The dead man came out, his hands and feet swathed in linen bands, his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said, 'Loose him; let him go.' The people must have been saying, "Lazarus Jesus did it. What was it like what was death like?" Lazarus: "Death? There is no more death for me. There is only life. *The Rev. Don Postema is Pastor of the Campus Chapel, Ann Arbor, Michigan 3 4 No more death Death is dead!" Eugene O'Neill has a play entitled Lazarus L?,2 hed, in which he gives us a picture of Lazarus: Softly ladAIfig at the townspeople there in Bethany laughing like a man in love with God - saying there is no death. And someone in the crowd says: "I never heard a laugh like it it made my ears drunk. It was like wine. And though I was half-dead with fright I found myself laughing too." The laugh was infectious. No one could resist it when in Lazarus' presence. Wherever he went he left people laughing, joyful, fearless, though people soon forgot. Whatever we think of that story, it does point to the joy of resurrection joy that Lazarus must have had, joy that was contagious enough to include the villagers, joy that catches the Christian at Easter. The call is heard once more: "COME ALIVE this is Christ's generation!" I hope the sound of those words, and the tingling, beautiful, Springlike sense of ALIVENESS hasn't faded yet as we meet as Christian counselors concerned about people. T. don't want it to fade - so fan it this morning for I think it is in the Resurrection that we have a basis for our existence and practice as Christian counselors. In the brochure advertising this conference questions were asked What do we have in common; what is our uniqueness as Christian therapists; what is the added dimension that a Christian brings to his counseling and psychotherapy? The answer is not: our abilities-for there are good and bad Christian counselors; nor our methods-I'm sure we use various me0'.ods; nor our theories-for again Iam sure there is great variance among ..1s.