title: Pastoral care and counseling with the "un-homeless homeless": understanding cultures of homelessness.
abstract: This article presents a subset of findings from a larger study exploring the lived experiences of 16 former residents of a 90-day emergency family shelter program in Los Angeles County. Interpretative phenomenological analysis serves as a qualitative method for understanding the cultural uniqueness of the "un-homeless homeless." The findings offer implications for culturally competent pastoral care and counseling in the context of family homelessness and attend to both the process and content of caregiving.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Snodgrass
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D029181:Spirituality; D055815:Young Adult