Brief Pastoral Counseling

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: getting the problem clear, assigning homework between sessions, and focusing on strengths.

Part Two connects many of the typical problems encountered in parish ministry to specific counseling interventions which work in only a few sessions. Using many examples formulated out of Stone's years of counseling experience, it allows the reader to visualize each approach and make use of it as a counseling strategy.

Author: Howard W. Stone
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 12/01/1993
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.56w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9780800627201

About the Author
Stone, Howard W.: -

Howard W. Stone is professor emeritus of psychology and pastoral counseling at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. He is the author of many influential books including Depression and Hope and editor of Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling.

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