Self-Transcendence: Integrating Ends and Means in Value Counseling
Counseling and Values April 1, 1994 DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007x.1994.tb00835.x (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that pastoral counseling is distinguished from secular counseling by "limit experiences" that disclose the fullness of self-transcendence, for Christians a personal relationship with God. Contends that the human spirit's radical drive for self-transcendence unifies every dimension of the developing person, forming a fundamental continuity between pastoral and secular counseling in direction and method despite differences in boundaries, categories, and languages. |
Abstract
Pastoral counseling is distinguished from secular counseling by “limit experiences.” These are experiences that disclose the fullness of self-transcendence—for Christians, a personal relationship with God. But the radical drive of the human spirit for self-transcendence unifies every dimension of the developing person. This drive thus forms the basis of a fundamental continuity between pastoral and secular counseling in their directions and methods, despite clear differences in boundaries, categories, and languages.