Pastor as counselor : wise presence, sacred conversation / John Patton.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press, 2015Description: xiii, 117 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781630886905
  • 1630886904
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 4012.2 .P349 2015
Contents:
The pastor's specialty: relational wisdom -- The first pastoral counseling conversation -- Continuing the counseling conversation -- Pastoral consultation on family and family-like relationships -- On consulting about family-type problems.
Summary: This very practical book offers no-nonsense instructions for pastors, chaplains, and ministers whose real specialty is the practice of relational wisdom. Patton provides a helpful, step-by-step template for pastoral counseling sessions and clear guidelines for understanding when to defer and how to refer -- all while remaining faithful to the basic pastoral calling to connect persons seeking help with the relationships and resources they need to deal with their lives.
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This very practical book offers no-nonsense instructions for pastors, chaplains, and ministers whose real specialty is the practice of relational wisdom. Patton provides a helpful, step-by-step template for pastoral counseling sessions and clear guidelines for understanding when to defer and how to refer -- all while remaining faithful to the basic pastoral calling to connect persons seeking help with the relationships and resources they need to deal with their lives.

The pastor's specialty: relational wisdom -- The first pastoral counseling conversation -- Continuing the counseling conversation -- Pastoral consultation on family and family-like relationships -- On consulting about family-type problems.

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