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Heart of Pastoral Counseling: Healing Through Relationship

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This book serves as an excellent text for an Introductory college-level course in Pastoral Counseling. It lays out the philosophical, theological and clinical foundations of pastoral counseling as a specialization within the mental health profession. The Bibliography is excellent as is the documentation. This allows the student to begin to engage in the conversation going on in this discipline.

This overview book guides the practitioner through the key element of all effective helping, namely the therapeutic relationship. Richard Dayringer deals with the subleties of such helping and healing relationships, and does so with a strong sense of what it means to be pastoral. The book appeals to both new participants in such a ministry, but also to those needing to refresh their understanding of intensive care-giving relationships. Dr. William Schmidt, Ph.D.
Loyola University Chicago

All pastors who do counseling could
improve their therapeutic skills by reading this book.
It provides guidance
from the first interview to the last.

Charles Whitfield M.D. Atlanta, Ga

Dayringer has the true heart of a pastoral counselor. He writes clearly and insightfully, with gripping stories that capture and hold the reader's attention. This is a must book for counselors who want to understand what real pastoral counseling is all about and utilize this information to help patients recover wholeness in their lives.

Read it.
Worked it with GREAT intention.
We had to accept our breakup.
Other reviewers must come to understand that failure is not a bad thing. In fact, therapist who think they can fix everyone are the "bad" thing...