Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling

The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling advances theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective literature on pastoral and spiritual care, counseling, psychotherapy, education, and research.  All material submitted to JPC&C must reflect the ethical standards of the pastoral associations that sponsor JPCP Inc These standards are available at the associations’ websites.

JPC&C publishes articles such as the following.

• Concrete and detailed reports of significant areas of pastoral/spiritual care work, with discussion
• Research Studies of importance to the pastoral/spiritual care mission of religious communities
• Articles advancing understanding of the practice of Clinical Pastoral Education and Pastoral Counselling/Psychotherapy
• Articles that explore the distinctive as well as the common characteristics of Ministry/Spiritual Care in relation to other helping professions and/or institutions

Library of Congress No. ISSN 1542-3050

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