“What is the Problem?”: Problem Definitions and Resolutions in Pastoral Counseling

Focuses on the role of the presenting problem in therapy as the critical criterion in differentiating the major schools of psychotherapy. Notes that pastoral counseling can be plotted along similar lines of classification and highlights the narrative/hermeneutical process as a unique methodology for...

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Main Author: VanKatwyk, Peter L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1999
In: The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1999, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 409-416
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Summary:Focuses on the role of the presenting problem in therapy as the critical criterion in differentiating the major schools of psychotherapy. Notes that pastoral counseling can be plotted along similar lines of classification and highlights the narrative/hermeneutical process as a unique methodology for pastoral care. Identifies four problem definition/resolution perspectives that parallel the multiplicity of pastoral roles. Argues for an inclusive utilization of the psychotherapies as potential resources in pastoral counseling.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002234099905300404