The Role of the Self in Counseling and Its Application to Pastoral Counseling

Authors

David Ludwig, Concordia Senior College, Ft. Wayne

Publication Date

10-1-1968

Document Type

Article

Keywords

self, concept, counseling, individual adjustment, rogers, anxiety, cooley, mental health, pastoral, relationship, buder

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Recent experimentation has shown that what a person thinks of himself, that is, his self-concept, is very important in his ability to adjust to life's problems. This article will examine the importance which the self-concept plays in counseling and the way in which pastoral counseling will deal with this self-concept. Since the aim of secular counseling (and pastoral counseling to a large extent) is to help the individual adjust to his marital and other situational difficulties, this article will show that the counselor must be concerned with the typical low self-feelings of his counselee and should try to adopt a technique of counseling that will help the person to accept himself more fully and so be better able to adjust.

Disciplines

Practical Theology

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Ludwig, David (1968) "The Role of the Self in Counseling and Its Application to Pastoral Counseling," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 39, Article 58.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol39/iss1/58