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Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling - Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling
Howard W. Stone
Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling - Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling
Howard W. Stone
More and more professionals in ministry realized the benefits of brief pastoral counseling-typically three sessions-for addressing the real-life dilemmas of their congregants. In this very helpful resource, eleven leaders in pastoral counseling-both established leaders and new thinkers in the field-offer a convincing rationale. Based on reserach, case studies, and the latest thinking, they lay out (1) the dynamics of the pastor- parishioner relationship, including the need for collaborative, hospitable, future-oriented, and wholistic counseling, and (2) specific strategies, including brief counseling's solution-focused method, its relation to spiritual direction, its focus on people's strengths, and time limits. The volume concludes with a call for the whole field to recognize the contextual, practical character of effective, responsible pastoral counseling.
200 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 28, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780800632991 |
Publishers | Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
Pages | 242 |
Dimensions | 228 × 152 × 15 mm · 362 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Stone, Howard W. |