CBF-endorsed pastoral counselors serve in specialized settings such as counseling centers, private practices, church staffs and in interdisciplinary settings with a diverse team of professional caregivers.
Pastoral counselors provide the specialized ministry of therapeutic support and intervention along with spiritual guidance. They are licensed mental health professionals who have completed theological training, qualifying them to address both psychological and spiritual issues. They provide a unique perspective that integrates a person’s faith journey into their search for emotional and spiritual healing and well-being.
In addition to licensure, pastoral counselors must be certified by a reputable professional organization and endorsed by a recognized religious endorsing body. Certification and endorsement assure an employer or individual that the pastoral counselor is educationally, clinically and spiritually qualified to enter into therapeutic relationships with individuals, couples, families, groups and social systems to support them through the process of achieving mental, emotional and spiritual wholeness.
We are honored to have more than 70 active CBF-endorsed pastoral counselors serving in specialized settings across the country. Now more than ever, our pastoral counselors are using their skills and gifts to help persons cope with loss, grief, fear, anxiety and other emotional and behavioral health concerns so that people can live out their full potential and God’s calling in their lives.
Learn more by visiting www.cbf.net/chaplaincy.