The Pastoral Counseling Treatment Planner - (PracticePlanners) by James R Kok & Arthur E Jongsma (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

For pastoral counselors and clergy people seeking to learn abouteffective therapeutic techniques, The Pastoral CounselingTreatment Planner is a lifesaver. And for secular therapistsintegrating elements of their client's spiritual beliefs systeminto the treatment process, this book can guide the way.

Patterned after the bestselling The Complete PsychotherapyTreatment Planner, this resource draws on a variety of Westernreligious belief systems, and offers step-by-step guidelines oncounseling clients and parishioners through a variety of lifedilemmas. This sourcebook is organized around 31 of the most commonproblems people seek counseling for, including life challenges, such as marital conflict, grief, and chronic illness, as well aschallenges of faith. For each problem, behavioral definitions andpotential counseling goals are provided, along with dozens ofsuggested interventions--many of which draw upon the client'sfaith as a source ofhealing. This unique counseling aid also features:

• More than 1,000 well-crafted treatment planning components formany of life's thorniest problems
• A sample counseling plan that can be emulated by bothexperienced counselors and novices
• Pages afford plenty of space to record customized counselinggoals, objectives, and interventions

From the Back Cover

For pastoral counselors and clergy people seeking to learn about effective therapeutic techniques, The Pastoral Counseling Treatment Planner is a lifesaver. And for secular therapists integrating elements of their client's spiritual beliefs system into the treatment process, this book can guide the way.

Patterned after the bestselling The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, this resource draws on a variety of Western religious belief systems, and offers step-by-step guidelines on counseling clients and parishioners through a variety of life dilemmas. This sourcebook is organized around 31 of the most common problems people seek counseling for, including life challenges, such as marital conflict, grief, and chronic illness, as well as challenges of faith. For each problem, behavioral definitions and potential counseling goals are provided, along with dozens of suggested interventions--many of which draw upon the client's faith as a source ofhealing. This unique counseling aid also features:

• More than 1,000 well-crafted treatment planning components for many of life's thorniest problems
• A sample counseling plan that can be emulated by both experienced counselors and novices
• Pages afford plenty of space to record customized counseling goals, objectives, and interventions

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About the Author

JAMES R. KOK, MA, MDiv, DD, is a trained pastoral counselor and head of Care Ministries at the Crystal Cathedral Congregation, in Garden Grove, California.

ARTHUR E. JONGSMA, Jr., PhD, is a clinical psychologist and coauthor of the bestselling The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, The Child and Adolescent Treatment Planner, and TheraScribe 3.0 for Windows: The Computerized Assistant to Psychotherapy Treatment Planning.