LibGuides: Behavioral Sciences: Pastoral Counseling

Available in the Library:

These books, along with many other titles, can be found in both the Reference and circulating sections of the Library.

A Ministry of Presence by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Call Number: KF 4868 .C44 S85 2014
Publication Date: 2014-08-20
Bereavement Counseling: Pastoral Care for Complicated Grieving by Junietta Baker McCall
Call Number: BV 4330 .M33 2004
ISBN: 0789017830
Church Leader's Counseling Resource Book by Cynthia Franklin
Call Number: BV 4012.2 .C5176 2011
ISBN: 9780195371635
In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and Counseling by Emmanuel Yartekwei Lartey
Call Number: BV 4012.2 .L267 2003
Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling by Tim Clinton and Ron Hawkins
Call Number: BR 115 .C69 C48 2009
ISBN: 0801072255
Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling by Charles Allen Kollar
Call Number: BV 4012.2 .K67 2011
The Pastor and Counseling by Jeremy Pierre
Call Number: BV 4012.2 .P48 2015
Publication Date: 2015

Pastoral Counseling Research Websites

These websites will be useful to you when doing research for Pastoral Counseling:

Religion-Online - Counseling and Mental Health
This website, run by the Claremont School of Theology, has full-text articles and chapters by recognized religious scholars on the topic of Counseling and Mental Health.

Pastoral Counseling Ministries and Organizations

The following are pastoral counseling ministries and organizations:

Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered ministry to grant people freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits. It was founded by Rick Warren.
Emerge Ministries
Emerge Ministries is a full-service Evangelical Christian mental health outpatient center dedicated to helping churches minister to the needs of Christian believers.
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family is a global Christian ministry dedicated to helping families thrive. They provide help and resources for couples to build healthy marriages that reflect God’s design, and for parents to raise their children according to morals and values grounded in biblical principles.

Professional Associations

Visit these sites for information on professional associations in Pastoral Counseling:

American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
The mission of AACC is "to equip clinical, pastoral, and lay care-givers with biblical truth and psychosocial insights that minister to hurting persons and helps them move to personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability, and spiritual maturity."
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE)
ACPE is a multicultural, multifaith organization devoted to providing education and improving the quality of ministry and pastoral care offered by spiritual caregivers of all faiths through the clinical educational methods of Clinical Pastoral Education.
American Counseling Association (ACA)
The ACA is dedicated to the growth and development of the counseling profession and those who are served.
Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC)
ABC exists to encourage, equip, and empower people everywhere to live and counsel the Word, applying the Gospel to the whole experience of life.
National Christian Counselors Association (NCCA)
NCCA is a non-profit, professional organization that trains, certifies, and licenses Christian counselors.
Christian Counseling Education Foundation (CCEF)
CCEF's mission is to restore Christ to counseling and counseling to the church. They do this through counseling, courses, publications, and conference.

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ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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