This practical handbook takes a totally fresh approach to the work of pastoral counselors by drawing on recent research and developments in the health and behavioral sciences. Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition incorporates new or expanded coverage of topics such as:

- a new chapter on Pastoral Self-Care which offers advice on maintaining psychological health, avoiding crisis, and preventing personal and occupational burnout

- the integration of counseling with other pastoral roles and functions

- pastoral counseling ethics

- how to help people build personal motivation for change

-grief counseling and crisis intervention

- post-traumatic stress, physical and sexual abuse, and personality disorders

William R. Miller is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico.

Kathleen A. Jackson is an experienced counselor, mediator, and trainer. 

Both are ordained Presbyterian elders, and have been married since 1972.