Includes bibliographies.

The present challenge of pastoral counseling -- A revised model for pastoral counseling -- The mission, theological foundations, and uniqueness of pastoral counseling -- The common elements in all types of counseling -- Methods of informal and short-term counseling -- Role-relationship marriage counseling -- Family group therapy and transactional analysis -- Types of supportive counseling -- Crisis counseling -- Referral counseling -- Educative pastoral counseling -- Group pastoral counseling -- Confrontational counseling -- Counseling on religious-existential problems -- Depth pastoral counseling -- The layman's ministry of pastoral care and counseling -- How to increase skill as a pastoral counselor.