Abortion

Pastoral care aims to counsel women and men with post-abortion stress syndrome (PASS) to obtain a functional level and bring them back to a serious relationship with God.

• Introduction
• Definition of abortion
• The theories why women/men choose abortion
• A Biblical/Christian response to abortion
• Focus of Christian therapy
• Effects of abortion on the parent(s)
• Understanding the client
• Reactions to unemployment / unwanted pregnancies
• Post-abortion stress syndrome (PASS)
• Abortion leads to a complicated and diverse grieving process
• Defence mechanisms
• The impact of abortion on the Father
• The five critical areas of a man’s life where he wants to achieve succes
• Symptoms of PASS in a ma
• The road to recover
• Advice for family, supporting the client
• Therapeutic process
• Grief
• Kübler-Ross’ grief cycle
• How people know that they have recovered from PASS