Pastoral Counseling Techniques Flashcards
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When a pastoral counselor uses 'Socratic questioning,' the primary goal is to:
Answer: Guide the client through self-discovery by asking probing, open-ended questions
Socratic questioning facilitates insight by prompting clients to examine their own assumptions, beliefs, and reasoning.
Which of the following BEST defines 'transference' in a pastoral counseling context?
Answer: The client unconsciously redirecting feelings from past relationships onto the pastoral counselor
Transference occurs when a client projects emotions or expectations from earlier relationships—often parental—onto the counselor.
A pastoral counselor is working with a couple in conflict. Using an Imago Relationship Therapy approach, the counselor would MOST likely focus on:
Answer: Helping each partner understand how childhood wounds influence current relational patterns
Imago Relationship Therapy posits that we are attracted to partners who mirror our unresolved childhood wounds, and healing involves empathy and conscious dialogue.
In pastoral crisis intervention, which of the following is the FIRST priority?
Answer: Ensuring the immediate safety of the client and others
Safety assessment is always the first step in crisis intervention before any other therapeutic or spiritual work can proceed.
Which technique is MOST associated with Logotherapy as applied in spiritual care?
Answer: Helping clients discover meaning and purpose even in unavoidable suffering
Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy centers on the human drive to find meaning, including within suffering, which integrates naturally with spiritual care frameworks.
A pastoral counselor working with an elderly client nearing end of life should PRIMARILY focus on facilitating:
Answer: Ego integrity—a sense of meaning, acceptance, and completion of one's life story
Erikson's final stage of ego integrity versus despair is central to pastoral end-of-life work, helping clients find peace and meaning in the life they have lived.
When applying the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) note format in pastoral counseling documentation, 'Objective' data would include:
Answer: The counselor's observations of behavior, affect, and demeanor during the session
In SOAP notes, Objective data refers to observable, factual information noted by the counselor rather than the client's self-report.
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