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

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2023

Active in his church in York, Grumbine also earned his master’s degree in pastoral counseling from Liberty University when he was 80 years old.

From Washington Times Apr. 28, 2018

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’d been invited to a Fellowship meeting, but had declined, because outside the pulpit and beyond the boundaries of pastoral counseling he was a shy man.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2013

Some years ago I was invited to lead a clergy conference on the subject of pastoral counseling.

From Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. by Howe, Reuel L.

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