Clinical Counselling in Pastoral Settings

Highlighting the cultural, spiritual and professional aspects of counselling in pastoral settings, this book explores key issues like the significance of religious tradition, appropriate professional boundaries, and the nature of transference and counter-transference. Other chapters discuss how counsellors can respond therapeutically to survivors of abuse in religious settings and the challenges associated with pastoral counselling work. Combining theory with relevant case material,Clinical Counselling in Pastoral Settingsis a useful resource for anyone involved in therapeutic work with a religious dimension.