pastoral counseling

American  

noun

1. the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.

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pastoral counseling

Bryant’s early interest in psychology was rooted in her father’s pastoral counseling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023

He said the paragraph about the limits of pastoral counseling was taken from national guidelines.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2016

She received a master’s degree in English from Albany’s College of St. Rose in 1976 and a master’s degree in pastoral counseling from Baltimore’s Loyola University Maryland in 1990.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2015

He taught pastoral counseling at Iona College and Fordham University. 

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2014

During the opening dinner before the beginning of the sessions, I sat next to a minister who tried to impress me with how much he knew about pastoral counseling.

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