Beginning The Journey Of Informal Counseling From A Theistic Existential Approach: A Personal Perspective From A Catholic Christian
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https://doi.org/10.65828/58czqg47Keywords:
Theistic existentialism, psychotherapy, Christianity, mindfulness, religionAbstract
A Catholic Christian learns about the existential therapeutic approach in a counseling course in graduate school, and adapts it to his future work in pastoral ministry. He relates how a theistic existentialism best explains the human dilemma and what it means to live authentically from his religious perspective.
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