title: Pastoral counseling as spiritual healing: a credo.
abstract: Notes that pastoral counseling is an ancient ministry which brings rich resources to the contemporary efforts to develop wholistic healing. Provides a historical background summary, a sketch of Judeo-Christian tradition, and clinical examples to illustrate ways in which modern explorations in mind/body wellness can be enhanced by including the pastoral counseling project.
authors.affiliation: Samaritan Counseling Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008602:Mental Healing; D010327:Pastoral Care; D011603:Psychophysiology; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014481:United States