title: Using the family ecosystem model to enhance pastoral care and counseling.
abstract: Argues that with individual, family, and world issues becoming increasingly complicated, those involved in pastoral care can benefit from using a comprehensive ecological approach to understanding and helping those in need. Suggests that the "family ecosystem model" that emphasizes interactions among individuals/families and their multifaceted environments, including their natural, human-constructed, and human-behavioral environments, can be used to incorporate a holistic view of these diverse issues. Explains and illustrates this approach to family concerns often encountered by pastoral caregivers.
authors.affiliation: Florida State University, College of Human Sciences, Department of Family and Child Sciences, 225-B Sandels Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1491, USA.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Darling
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005192:Family Health; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States