title: Therapy talk and therapeutic conversations: the formation of pastoral counselors.
abstract: The article demonstrates a process analysis for therapeutic conversations, highlighting four styles of therapeutic communication and its relational patterns, and illustrates the use of two educational tools in learning the languages of therapy that shape therapeutic conversations.
authors.affiliation: Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: VanKatwyk
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D010327:Pastoral Care; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations