Essential Counseling Concepts and Skills for Christians
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Psalms 71:5, “For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.” (KJV) The author hopes this book affords others the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skill of pastoral care and counseling, especially those who have not been blessed to study in academia.
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Liberating ourselves from anything and anyone that hinders our growth and development allows us to rid ourselves of negative toxic feelings and experience healing and wholeness. The author believes that God is an integral part of the counseling experience.
10/19/20
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I’ve been working on this book for several years. I decided to publish it to give back to those who: (1) may not have studied pastoral care and counseling in academia, and (2) who desire to enhance their knowledge and skill of pastoral care and counseling. I’m a Christian counselor whose ministry is one of healing. In seeking healing and wholeness, I believe that we must take responsibility for our own lives, so that we can grow into our fullest potential and become all that God created us to become. I believe that God is an integral part of the counseling process and I am a vessel used by God to help others explore the issues in their lives that hinder them from making wise choices, living righteously, being their best self, and living their best life. As a spiritual midwife, I become an enlightened witness to the story of the client and my challenge becomes that of consciously and consistently viewing the client as a child of God who is being molded by God. In this book, readers will learn the concepts and skills of pastoral care and counseling, the importance of stories and oral tradition, terminology specific to the field, the necessity of documentation, and information to include on counseling forms.
About the Author
Rev. Dr. Meriann Taylor is a Psychotherapist, Pastoral Counselor, Author, and Founder of Dr. Meriann Ministries LLC. She received a Master of Divinity degree in Pastoral Care & Counseling from Vanderbilt University Divinity School, a Certificate in Marriage & Family Therapy with additional work in Spiritual Psychotherapy from Blanton-Peale Grade Institute in New York City, and a Doctorate of Divinity degree in Pastoral Psychotherapy from New York Theological Seminary. Dr. Meriann’s credentials include: Limited Michigan License in Marriage & Family Therapy and Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress from the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. She enjoys public speaking, teaching, friends, family, mentally stimulating conversations, music, singing, dancing, comedy, popcorn, sparkly things/bling, word find puzzles, solitaire, mahjong, intuitive scribble meditation, and her mixed-breed dog, Keno.