A pratical, research based "how to" for pastors involved in counselling. The theological context is broad, and applies across denominations. Extensive case examples, sample dialogue and questioning strategies.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Practical, but Pricey Psychology:
The book is good, but the price is not. As a student, and a ministry student at that, I am very poor, and that won't likely change. To the author: Know your audience well enough to adapt to these sorts of difficulties! To Amazon: Great work! Thanks to you I have enough money left over this semester to eat!
Timely instructions for young pastors:
This is really not a review but a request. I am the Dean of the Theology Faculty of Caribbean Union College, Box 175, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. A friend shared a copy of Practical Psychology for Pastors with me and after browsing through the book, I find it to be a potentially excellent tool for the scores of ministers in training on our campus. Could you please send me a complementary copy? This may become our text for a long time to come if we could successfully enter into some negotiations.... more info
Pastor or not...:
This book I consider as one of thee premium books in its genre. The authors alleviates the difficulties of everyday problems and more that pastors face when counseling. I'm no pastor, nevertheless I regard it as a handy help for any Christians in the field of counseling or rehabilitation treatment. Buy it! God Bless.
Basic Principles of Biblical Counseling:
Miller and Jackson have produced a very useable reference book for pastors. I have utilized this book as a text for a class on counseling for pastors that I teach. What has been particularly helpful is the bibliographic material at the end of each chapter. The historical over view provides an excellent perspective for understanding one's own presuppositions. The chapter topics cover some of the most common problems a pastor will encounter. No single book will make a pastor into a great counselor but the... more info
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