Prayer in Pastoral Counseling: Suffering, Healing, and Discernment - Softcover

Wimberly, Edward P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664251285 ISBN 13: 9780664251284

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 1990

Synopsis

Edward Wimberly utilizes case studies to illustrate how spiritual discernment can be used in pastoral counseling. He shows the value of seeking to discern God's presence in the counseling process to bring healing and wholeness to those who suffer from broken relationships. A discernment model of pastoral/Christian counseling is provided for three groups of people: individuals, couples, and families.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward P. Wimberly is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he also teaches courses on pastoral care and counseling. His publications include Winds of Promise: Building and Maintaining Strong Clergy Families (co-authored with Anne Wimberly) and African American Pastoral Care: The Politics of Oppression and Empowerment.

From Library Journal:

Wimberly, a professor of pastoral theology, provides an overview of the pastoral counseling process, with detailed accounts of counseling an individual woman, a couple, and a family. At the same time, he discusses the role of prayer in counseling, based upon his premise that God is the true healer, that prayer needs the counselee's understanding and permission, and that prayer can help expand the counselee's perspective so that growth-blocking perceptions can be discarded. Essential for seminary libraries; recommended for large public libraries as well.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0664251285
• ISBN 13: 9780664251284
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132