1st Edition

Clinical Counselling in Pastoral Settings

Edited By Gordon Lynch, John Lees Copyright 1999
157 Pages
by Routledge

157 Pages
by Routledge

157 Pages
by Routledge

Pastoral counselling has had a significant role in the development of the wider British counselling movement over the past thirty years. Yet this role has often gone unacknowledged, and little has been written about the implications of its distinctive identity within counselling. Clinical Counselling in Pastoral Settings fills this gap by offering an exploration of clinical issues that are... Read more
Introduction 1 Pastoral counselling in a postmodern context 2 Pastoral counselling in multi-cultural contexts 3 The place of religious tradition in pastoral counselling 4 Pastoral counselling and prayer 5 Establishing the therapeutic frame in pastoral settings 6 Dual relationships in pastoral counselling 7 Transference and countertransference in pastoral counselling 8 Pastoral counselling with those who have experienced abuse in religious settings 9 The challenge and promise of pastoral counselling

Biography

Gordon Lynch lectures in counselling at University College Chester, and is a qualified and practising counsellor.