Pastoral Counseling - Its Theory and Practice

Pastoral Counseling- ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE by Carroll A. Wise. Contents include: CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT Introduction ix The Pastor as Counselor i The Person with Whom the Minister Counsels 12 The Counseling Relationship 39 Counseling and the Growth Process 65 Insight as the Goal in Counseling 115 Counseling and the Christian Faith 142 Some Aspects of Pastoral Work and Counseling 168 Some Aspects o Pastoral Work and Counseling Continued 201 Notes and References 223. INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this book is to offer an interpretation o pastoral counseling for ministers and theological students. A secondary purpose is to provide an interpretation for that grow ing group of counselors who do not consider their work pro fessionally in the field of religion, but who have an interest in the relation between what they are doing and religion. The book seeks to deal with a specific approach and method of pastoral