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Kirk
A. Bingaman, Ph.D.Associate
Professor of Pastoral Care & Counseling.
B.A., Messiah
College; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary;
Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union; Licensed Mental
Health Counselor, New York; Fellow, American
Association of Pastoral Counselors. Graduate School of Religion
& Religious Education.
Office:
Graduate School of Religion &
Religious Education
Fordham University
441 E.
Fordham Road
Keating Hall
Room 303D
Bronx, New
York 10458
Email:
Phone:
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Subjects Taught:
FALL
SEMESTER:
Human Growth
& Development (classroom & online)
Social &
Cultural Foundations of Pastoral Counseling
(classroom & online)
Theories of Pastoral
Care & Counseling (classroom & online)
SPRING
SEMESTER:
Advanced
Adult Development and Spiritual Care (classroom
& online)
Theology of
Pastoral Counseling & Spiritual Care
(classroom & online)
SUMMER:
Basic Skills of Pastoral Care & Counseling
Biography:
Dr. Kirk Bingaman is the Director of the Pastoral
Counseling Program in the Graduate School of
Religion & Religious Education. He is a state
Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York and a
Fellow with the American Association of Pastoral
Counselors. Prior to coming to Fordham, Dr.
Bingaman served as the Director of Satellite
Offices for the Lloyd Center Pastoral Counseling
Service in San Anselmo, CA and as Adjunct
Professor of Pastoral Care & Counseling at San
Francisco Theological Seminary/Graduate
Theological Union. An ordained Presbyterian
minister, he was the Pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Stockton, NJ from
1990-1996, Parish Associate of Westminster
Presbyterian Church of Tiburon, CA from 2001-2005,
and is currently Parish Associate of The First
Presbyterian Church of Cold
Spring, NY. Dr. Bingaman is a member of the
Editorial Advisory Committee of the journal of Pastoral Psychology
and is co-chair of the Psychology, Culture, and
Religion Group of the American Academy of
Religion. His first book, Freud and Faith:
Living in the Tension, was published by
SUNY Press in 2003, and a second book, Treating the New
Anxiety: A Cognitive-Theological Approach,
was published by Jason Aronson in 2007. Dr.
Bingaman is currently working on another book, The Art of
Contemplative Practice: Incorporating the
Findings of Neuroscience into Spiritual Care,
to be published by Lexington Books (Rowman &
Littlefield) at the end of 2012.
For
CV click
here.
Current Interests and Research:
Dr. Bingaman is committed to helping students
contextualize the practice of pastoral care and
counseling in today's rapidly changing world. His
current research focuses on the application of a
cognitive-theological form of therapy to the "new
anxiety", triggered by the dramatic changes
following September 11, 2001 and the financial
crisis of 2008. Dr. Bingaman works to help
students build from a psychodynamic base to
include other important therapeutic modalities
such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, family
systems, and multicultural counseling. He is
particularly interested in the insights from
neuroscientific research that demonstrate the
importance of prayer, meditation, and
contemplative spiritual practice for managing our
anxiety. An additional interest of Dr. Bingaman is
the postmodern life cycle, and the implications
for child, adolescent, and adult development.
Recent Publications:
Books in Print:
Journal and Ejournal
Articles:
- “The Art of
Contemplative & Mindfulness Practice:
Incorporating the Findings of Neuroscience
into Pastoral Care & Counseling”, in Pastoral
Psychology, Vol. 60 No. 3, 2011.
- “A Pastoral
Theological Approach to the New Anxiety”, in Pastoral
Psychology, Vol. 59 No. 4, 2010.
- “Transforming
Our Understanding of Theories, Paradigms,
& Mental Disorders: The Legacy of Donald
Capps in the Field of Pastoral Care &
Counseling,” in
Pastoral
Psychology, Vol. 58 No. 5/6, December
2009.
- The Paradoxical
Freud (Book
Chapter), in The
Unbelievers (edited S.T. Joshi), Greenwood
Press, 2008.
- "Caring for the
Anxious: A Postmodern Approach", in Journal
of Spirituality in Mental Health, Vol. 9
No. 3, 2007.
- "The Postmodern
Life Cycle and Pastoral Care and Counseling",
in
Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health,
Vol. 9 No. 1, 2006
- Teaching Freud
in the Seminary (Book Chapter), in Teaching
Freud (edited Diane Jonte-Pace), Oxford
University Press, 2003.
- "Pastoral
Counseling in an Age of Narcissism," in American
Journal of Pastoral Counseling, Vol. 4
No. 3, 2001.
- "Christianity
and the Shadow Side of Human Experience," in Pastoral
Psychology, Vol. 49 No. 3,
2001.
- "The New
Narcissist and Pastoral Counseling," in Pastoral
Psychology, Vol. 48 No. 5, 1999.
- "Teach Your
Students Well: The Seminary and a Hermeneutics
of Suspicion," in Pastoral
Psychology, Vol. 48 No. 2, 1999.
- "Can Seminary Education
Be Authentically Educational?", in Dialog: A
Journal of Theology, Vol. 38
No. 3, 1999.
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