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Pastoral counselling: towards a diagnostic and interpretational approach in Africa

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Effective pastoral counselling is influenced by appropriate pas- toral diagnosis. A pastoral diagnosis or assessment in Africa should focus on socio-cultural systems thinking, which entails an understanding of the people’s worldview of distress embed- ded in stories. Thus, the process of assessment in Africa should concentrate, among other factors, on the constructive and de- structive role of the community and the strength of beliefs in supernatural causes of distress in order to focus the probing and interpretation of the conversation.

Source: In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi

DOI: 10.4102/ids.v41i4.325

Author: Vhumani Magezi

Institution: George Whitefield College

Language: English

Topic: Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education

Subfield: Religious studies

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $715