Brief Pastoral Counseling: Short-Term Approaches And Strategies

Most pastoral counselors, clergy, and psychotherapists assume that truly effective counseling requires months or even years.Research suggests otherwise. Studies have provided two startling findings. First, most persons come for four or fewer counseling sessions, whatever the counseling method employed. Second, the majority of any counseling's effectiveness occurs in the opening few sessions.Part One uses brief pastoral counseling as a framework for detailing specific issues and approaches: ...