Solution-focused pastoral counseling : an effective short-term approach for getting people back on track

Individual paradigms : a question of focus
Christian faith : a story of change
Deficiency language : the world of mental health
Hidden presuppositions : old wineskins
Meaning is perception : the constructs that bind us
Identity formation : the process of God's grace
Guiding assumptions : a way of thinking
The counseling interview : a framework for change
Listening : a search for clues
Questions : highlighting change as meaningful
Clarification : a description of life without the problem
Feedback : promoting and supporting change
Second and later sessions : consolidating change
Bringing it all together : a case example
The SFPC model : further development
Solutions conversation : applied in the life context
Solution-focused assessment tools : T-JTA and M-BTI
Counseling models : drawing from the best
Mental illness : is there hope?
Personal integrity : ethical considerations