Pastoral counseling

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Pastoral counseling is a branch of counseling in which ordained ministers, rabbis, priests and others provide therapy services.

Only 6 states license the title "Pastoral Counselor": Arkansas, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Tennessee. In many other states Pastoral Counselors may qualify for licensure as Marriage and Family Therapists or as Professional Counselors.

Pastoral counseling is essentially a non-licensure track in the US. Insurance companies often will not pay for pastoral counseling of counselors without state licensing.

It is often synonymous with pastoral care.

[edit] See also

• List of counseling topics
• Christian Counselors
• Clinical pastoral education
• Pastresses
• Pastoral male

[edit] External links

• The American Association of Pastoral Counselors
• Pastoral Counseling Resources A resource listing for Pastoral Counseling web sites from Johnson Bible College.
• US Navy Department of the Chaplain
• Mind and Soul Exploring Christianity and Mental Health - online resource in the UK