Final Project
SOLUTION-BLESSED BRIEF PASTORAL COUNSELING PROJECT
by
Amy Tahran
L22263350
Presented to John Hobbs,
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for
PACO 500 Introduction to Pastoral Counseling
Liberty Theological Seminary
Lynchburg, VA
12 August 2011
ABSTRACT
For this project, I am placing myself in a hypothetical context as a staff pastoral counselor at my home church in Valley City, ND, serving a congregation of approximately 200. I have chosen as my overarching goal for life to serve others in the capacity for which the Lord has gifted me and prepared me to counsel and minister to them. 1 Peter 4:9 tells us that, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” I believe that serving in a counseling role is my gift, and that it is my calling to use that gift to serve others, and in doing so, to obey God. My counseling approach will be a solution-focused, brief pastoral counseling model influenced greatly by Charles Kollar’s Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling, David Benner’s Strategic Pastoral Counseling, and Hawkins’ Pastoral Assessment Model and Counseling Scenario. The client I have chosen to serve for this project is Brody, the youngest remaining child in the case study based on the Hallmark movie Crossroads: a Story of Forgiveness. Brody is attending counseling in an attempt to improve his family relationships and to process the recent deaths of his mother and younger sister.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………2
Part I: The Counseling Setting………………………………………………………………….4
Part 2: The Counselor’s Relational Style……………………………………………………..7
Part 3: The Counseling Strategy/Structure……………………………………………………9 Phase 1…………………………………………………9 Phase 2………………………………………………..10 Phase 3………………………………………………12 Phase 4……………………………………………….12
Part 4: The Counseling Summation………………………………………………………….13
by
Amy Tahran
L22263350
Presented to John Hobbs,
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for
PACO 500 Introduction to Pastoral Counseling
Liberty Theological Seminary
Lynchburg, VA
12 August 2011
ABSTRACT
For this project, I am placing myself in a hypothetical context as a staff pastoral counselor at my home church in Valley City, ND, serving a congregation of approximately 200. I have chosen as my overarching goal for life to serve others in the capacity for which the Lord has gifted me and prepared me to counsel and minister to them. 1 Peter 4:9 tells us that, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” I believe that serving in a counseling role is my gift, and that it is my calling to use that gift to serve others, and in doing so, to obey God. My counseling approach will be a solution-focused, brief pastoral counseling model influenced greatly by Charles Kollar’s Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling, David Benner’s Strategic Pastoral Counseling, and Hawkins’ Pastoral Assessment Model and Counseling Scenario. The client I have chosen to serve for this project is Brody, the youngest remaining child in the case study based on the Hallmark movie Crossroads: a Story of Forgiveness. Brody is attending counseling in an attempt to improve his family relationships and to process the recent deaths of his mother and younger sister.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………2
Part I: The Counseling Setting………………………………………………………………….4
Part 2: The Counselor’s Relational Style……………………………………………………..7
Part 3: The Counseling Strategy/Structure……………………………………………………9 Phase 1…………………………………………………9 Phase 2………………………………………………..10 Phase 3………………………………………………12 Phase 4……………………………………………….12
Part 4: The Counseling Summation………………………………………………………….13