Solution-focused pastoral counseling :

Kollar, Charles Allen, 1953-

Solution-focused pastoral counseling : an effective short-term approach for getting people back on track / Charles Allen Kollar. - Updated and exp. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2011. - 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-278) and index.

Individual paradigms : a question of focus -- Christian faith : a story of change -- Deficiency language : the world of mental health -- Hidden presuppositions : old wineskins -- Meaning is perception : the constructs that bind us -- Identity formation : the process of God's grace -- Guiding assumptions : a way of thinking -- The counseling interview : a framework for change -- Listening : a search for clues -- Questions : highlighting change as meaningful -- Clarification : a description of life without the problem -- Feedback : promoting and supporting change -- Second and later sessions : consolidating change -- Bringing it all together : a case example -- The SFPC model : further development -- Solutions conversation : applied in the life context -- Solution-focused assessment tools : T-JTA and M-BTI -- Counseling models : drawing from the best -- Mental illness : is there hope? -- Personal integrity : ethical considerations.

9780310329299 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0310329299 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Pastoral counseling.
Solution-focused therapy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Short-term counseling--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BV 4012.2 / .K67 2011

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