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The thesis is that spiritual direction is a form of pastoral counseling-indeed, the core from which all other forms of pastoral counseling radiate, since all pastoral counseling aims ultimately to help others to ground their lives in God. The major elements of spiritual direction are described in an attempt to justify the thesis.
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Dr. Barry is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Weston School of Theology and a staff member of the Center for Religious Development, both in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Barry, W.A. Spiritual direction and pastoral counseling. Pastoral Psychol 26, 4–11 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01761191
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01761191