The Heart of Pastoral Counseling

The relationship between pastor and parishioner is the essence of pastoral counseling—a simple truth with profound implications. Dr. Richard Dayringer explores these implications in The Heart of Pastoral Counseling to help pastoral counselors understand how to use the relationship to bring about the desired ends in the therapeutic process. Drawing on research from the disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, marriage counseling, family therapy, and pastoral counseling, this book lays the foundation for utilizing the pastoral counseling relationship to bring about positive change as it explores topics such as observation, listening, communication, handling transference, and termination of therapy.