TY - BOOK AU - Kollar,Charles Allen TI - Solution-focused pastoral counseling: an effective short-term approach for getting people back on track SN - 9780310329299 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BV 4012.2 .K67 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - Zondervan KW - Pastoral counseling KW - Solution-focused therapy KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Short-term counseling N1 - 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 ER -