Pastoral Counseling Interview

PASTORAL COUNCELING

Melody Bragg

College Writing and Research 101

Mrs Pickett

December 16, 2008

Table of Contents

Introduction………………………………………………………………………..3

The Personal Interview With Pastor Corrie Warren………..……………………..5
The Interview Concerning a Specific Scenario…………………………………...6

Conclusion………………………………………………………………………...8

Work Sited………………………………………………………………………...9

Introduction

Pastoral counseling is a branch of counseling in which ordainded ministers, rabbis, priests and others provide therapy services. The therapists integrate modern psychological thought and method with traditional religious training.[1]
All branches of the U.S. Armed services offer Pastoral Counseling to their members.
Only 6 states license the title "Pastoral Counselor": Arkansas, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Tennessee. In
Therefore, pastoral counseling is essentially a non-licensure track in the US. Most Pastoral Counselors will seek certification from an authorizing body and the covering of an established church to insure their religious nature is acknowledged and to prevent undue regulation from the state. Many states forbid prayer as a form of treatment by state licensed practitioners while most Pastoral Counselors will readily engage their subject in prayer. Most Pastoral Counselors do not accept assignment of their fees to insurance companies and instead encourage their clients submit requests for reimbursement. Pastoral counselors usually maintain the position that insurance belongs to the insured and that it is the responsibility of the insured to seek reimbursement of expenses. Insurance companies often will not pay for pastoral counseling by counselors without state licensing in addition to their pastoral