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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Example Sentences

It also looked like pastoral counseling.

From Slate

Kelly Johnson is the owner and chief executive of Onward Christian Counseling Services, a pastoral counseling service rooted in faith, per a Friday report from HuffPost.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

The Presbytery of Cleveland—the organizing body to which Hare belonged—issued a remarkable statement emphasizing the sanctity of pastoral counseling and asking to be brought up on charges in Massachusetts, saying that it was corporately aware of and responsible for “the alleged violation.”

From Slate

"If he were to seek pastoral counseling from me, I would say to him, 'Brother Mike, Jesus commands you to love your neighbor — not love your boss,'" he says.

From Salon