Pastoral Therapy And Social Work Unclaimed

Introduction Merging Pastoral Care and Social Work as a practice is a new venture. It brings to bear experience in social work and clinical methods in pastoral care - to provide a holistic approach to therapeutic processes. This is vital in a world where there is often polarization between the secular and the spiritual. A balanced view of the individual as physical, spiritual and psychological being. is taken in this approach. Different models in therapy will be used which reflect this eclectic approach – models from pastoral care eg. Four Phase Model and from psychology, eg. CBT and Person-centred, as well as from the social sciences eg. Narrative therapy and Egan’s solution-focused model. Throughout the focus would be the individual as a unique person created in the image of God and creating meaning through encountering God’s presence in all life events. The therapist reserves the right to assess individuals and groups for accessibility to therapeutic processes before cont