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Integrative Pastoral Counseling |
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Qualifications, Associations, Practice Notification
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Greetings! Thank you for permitting me a few sentences of introduction. My passion in pastoral ministry is to help individuals:
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Dr. Brian W. Hooper |
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Today, in a world of every faster change, both welcome and unwelcome, we are prone to experience so much dis-integration within ourselves and between one another. Pastoral counseling draws upon the wells of spiritual and clinical counseling insights to help individuals re-integrate their experiences and lives in such a way that even old wounds can be utilized to promote reconciliation, healing, and growth in wholeness. My own underlying theoretical/theological premise is that the Christian Gospel is about God entering into the most terrible of human experience in order to meet humanity there. These very places of personal or relational death are then transfigured through God’s presence and abundant grace into new life. Clients who share my Christian faith often enjoy further exploration of the Christian tradition on this topic. I also work effectively with my clients who embrace different spiritual or religious traditions and the belief systems that support them. Within the major faith traditions we see similar mythic stories (myth: a story which has significance beyond the details of the story, not necessarily historically inaccurate) that have common themes. These common themes guide us on our life journey.
I look forward to
journeying with you on your own path of personal discovery,
integration, and growth in wholeness!
Brian Hooper, M.Div,
M.S., Psy.D. |
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