These tools are ones you can use in your pastoral counseling ministry.  Almost from moment one in pastoral ministry I found myself in marriage and family counseling for which I was ill prepared.  Finally, I enrolled in the Counseling Masters program at Trinity Seminary for which I am eternally grateful.  Now, after 7 years post graduate counseling experience and now as a counseling in private practice, I'm making some basic resources available to pastors.  These basic tools are straight forward and should be helpful to you as a pastoral counselor.

Humans are so very complex.  No resource will ever be better and more effective at "life change" than God's precious Word.  Still, sometimes pastors could use some help getting at the "deep issues" of human complexity.  Such as the impact of "attachment styles" on the marriage relationship.  Such as personality issues / disorders on the people they work with like "obsessive compulsive personality disorder" or "bi-polar" mood swings or just understanding how to manage our emotions like anger and sadness.  Along the way I will share some of the helpful things I've learned as a counselor..