title: Pastoral counseling as an echoing process: a transformative therapy hour.
abstract: The author posits that the essential core of pastoral counseling is an echoing process between client and therapist and between diagnostic listening and restorative responding. He illustrates this process by drawing on the case of a depressed middle-aged client. The therapist's response is described as conveyed through personal presence that is welcoming, participative, courageous, and responsive.
authors.affiliation: Lutheran Counseling Network, 2415 South 320th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D014481:United States