Includes bibliographical references,

Part 1 : Training manual.

Advance preparation -- Introduction to counseling -- Answers, observations and goals of counseling -- The biblical framework for counseling -- A model of counseling, pt 1 -- A model of counseling, pt 2 -- A model of counseling, pt 3 -- Ministering to a depressed person, pt 1 -- Ministering to a depressed person, pt 2 -- Helping the suicidal person, pt 1 -- Helping the suicidal person, pt 2 -- Counseling married couples, pt 1 -- Counseling married couples, pt 2 -- Ministering to the divorced person, pt 1 -- ministering to the divorced person, pt 2 -- Ministering to the dying and bereaved person, pt 1 -- Ministering to the dying and bereaved person, pt 2 -- Ministering to the sick : hospital calling -- Theological teaching in counseling -- Bible study in counseling -- Bibliography for counseling.

Part 2 : Articles on counseling.

Hazards to effective pastoral counseling, pt 1 / Maurice E. Wagner -- Hazards to effective pastoral counseling, pt 2 / Maurice E. Wagner -- Jesus' style of relating : the search for a biblical view of counseling / David E. Carlson -- Effective Counseling and psychotherapy : an integrative view of research / Keith Edwards -- Rapid treatment for a troubled marriage / Andre Bustanoby -- Marriage therapy / Jay Haley -- The marriage conference / Raymond Corsini -- The growth model in marital therapy / Shirley Luthman -- Group procedures for increasing positive feedback between married partners / Carl Clarke -- Counseling for the homosexual / Marriage and family resource newsletter.