{"product_id":"brief-pastoral-counseling-9780800627201","title":"Brief Pastoral Counseling","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost pastoral counselors, clergy, and psychotherapists assume that truly effective counseling requires months or even years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard W. Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.56w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780800627201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStone, Howard W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward W. Stone\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of psychology and pastoral counseling at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. He is the author of many influential books including \u003ci\u003eDepression and Hope\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eStrategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41015303176307,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":46.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_43a172ea-59f0-49f8-b6fc-902ccda974f7.jpg?v=1697556203","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/brief-pastoral-counseling-9780800627201","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}