pastoral counseling

noun

1. the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.

Example Sentences

Kelly Johnson is the owner and chief executive of Onward Christian Counseling Services, a pastoral counseling service rooted in faith, per a Friday report from HuffPost.

From Salon

Bryant’s early interest in psychology was rooted in her father’s pastoral counseling.

From Los Angeles Times

The Presbytery of Cleveland—the organizing body to which Hare belonged—issued a remarkable statement emphasizing the sanctity of pastoral counseling and asking to be brought up on charges in Massachusetts, saying that it was corporately aware of and responsible for “the alleged violation.”

From Slate

If a provider doesn't understand the source of the symptoms, he or she may send a client for pastoral counseling, or to AA, or even to another church.

From Salon

At least she was able to avoid “pastoral counseling”, offered by the school, but which students assume is, in effect, conversion therapy.

From The Guardian