Sacred circle: the influences of gender upon the emerging selves of a woman as client and a man as pastoral therapist

D Royce Fitts

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Sacred circle: the influences of gender upon the emerging selves of a woman as client and a man as pastoral therapist

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

D Royce Fitts. Sacred Circle: the Influences of Gender Upon the Emerging Selves of a Woman As Client and a Man As Pastoral Therapist. Christian Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/535ff3ae-b623-4e18-9e38-56419e6d191d.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

D. R. Fitts. Sacred circle: the influences of gender upon the emerging selves of a woman as client and a man as pastoral therapist. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/535ff3ae-b623-4e18-9e38-56419e6d191d

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

D Royce Fitts. Sacred Circle: the Influences of Gender Upon the Emerging Selves of a Woman As Client and a Man As Pastoral Therapist. Christian Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/535ff3ae-b623-4e18-9e38-56419e6d191d.

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D Royce Fitts

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Pastoral counselors and clients

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Abstract

This project explores the subtleties of gender within the therapy process, focusing on the circular process of pastoral psychotherapy: the influences of therapist upon client and client upon therapist. It examines the intricate patterns of communication which occur in cross-gender counseling and the deep internal meanings of the effect of a female and male on each other's presence and wholeness within the context of pastoral psychotherapy. This project was researched and studied within the context of three female clients seeking individual psychotherapy treatment with a male pastoral counselor. Male pastoral counselors need to be intentionally trained to be gender-sensitive. Same-gender psychotherapy is recommended for longer-term cllients as a necessary component for psychological and spiritual wholeness.

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