It has been noted that Pastoral Counseling has treatment success rates comparable to those of the highest quality of mental health services. There is a canon of literature that documents and ranks pastoral counseling alongside other forms of psychotherapy. Increasingly, pastoral counselors are being grounded in theory, technique and practicum. Licensed and degreed, ministers are servicing congregation and community as professional pastoral counselors.
Pastoral Counseling brings God into the counseling session and offers those in need the divine opportunity to let God, through Christ and the Holy Spirit guide them through the healing process. It is here that a supernatural exchange of human strength for God’s immeasurable power and ability begins to correct the uncorrectable. Thus, this unique approach to psychotherapy renders the clinician powerful on at least two fronts: spiritual and psychological.
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