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The Contemplative Counselor extends the discourse on pastoral counseling beyond theories and techniques to include a focal description of a life lived in active contemplation. The contemplative approach to life, care, and counseling demands a daily call to surrender the underlying attitude of meritocracy that heavily emphasizes good works to produce successful results in counseling. At a...

takes center stage is the self-emptying of all good and godly intentions, along with an openness to the healing power of being with oneself, the other, and God, while allowing that dynamic to dictate the process and outcome of psychotherapy. When we approach counseling from a contemplative stance, we become more available and accessible to our clients and our minds become open and attentive instead of being consumed by the need to perform and deliver results. Such a welcoming stance is nourished
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