Tag: Pastoral counseling

• August 29, 2022

  Third Season Episode 16: A Conversation with Katie Duncan

  In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Katie Duncan, MSN, CRNP, AGPCNP-BC. Katie is a national board-certified nurse practitioner, educator, author, and end-of-life care coach with a vision to rid society’s stigma of death and dying. Katie is a practicing adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner. She is also the founder and CEO of Death Care Coach,…
• July 23, 2020

  I treated my dog better: Suicidal Ideation in Hospice Care

  Dr. Saul Ebema
• June 21, 2018

  The Chaplain’s Role in Patient Confidentiality

  By Cheryl Barnes-Neff, PhD, MDiv, RN
• March 6, 2018

  Stuck in Grief?

  By Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. Sometimes individuals share with me that they or someone they know are “stuck in grief.” Yet, I always wonder what individuals mean when they say “stuck in grief.” Sometimes when I think of someone stuck in grief, I know they are having a more complicated reaction to grief. Here the…
• January 19, 2018

  What constitutes a good death in Hospice Care?

  Dr. Saul Ebema. Although dying is part of the human condition, dying poorly ought not to be. Researchers have begun to look at various domains of what constitutes a “good death.” I believe that a meaningful dying process is one during which the patient is physically, psychologically, spiritually, and emotionally supported by his or her…
• January 4, 2018

  Facts about Complicated Grief

  By Dr. Saul Ebema- Resident writer. 
• July 22, 2015

  The Skilled Chaplain

  Saul Ebema, D.Min.     In the book, “The Skilled Pastor: Counseling as the Practice of Theology”, Taylor writes that “the way to help persons deal with their problems is to help them change the beliefs that contribute to their distressing feelings and behaviors”. I find this quote from Taylor to be true because skilled…