COUNSELOR OF COUNSELOR - PREPARED TO LISTEN TO COUNSEL

Abstract

Pastoral counseling requires those who practice a series of care so that the counselor is not reached, physically, psychologically and mentally, by the different realities heard by him. Usually, people seeking pastoral counseling are seeking answers to their problems and give the counselor the responsibility to lead them in solving the most varied demands. The counselor, for assuming this service as part of his or her pastoral ministry, is subjected to exhausting condition, and it is necessary that he or her psychically protect himself in some way. Thus, being a counselor to another counselor, hereinafter referred to as a pastoral therapist (TP), demands that anyone else do, distinguish what he hears from the person who reports the reason that made her seek this kind of help. The pastoral therapist (TP) must see beyond the pastor counselor or religious leader. Distinguish the human being who provides counseling service and who is also subject to the different types of suffering so far he exposes himself, as much as the people he also listens to. That's why being able to chart paths that preserve the mental health of the counselor and establish their psychic defenses is of paramount importance so that their service can be effective throughout their performance. What is expected of the Pastoral Therapist (TP) is that it can be this support that allows by advising to continue his altruistic task of helping so many who are experiencing difficult moments in life and that favors progressive state of disorder or mental discomfort. To this end, the TP should be competent when making use of different forms of listening for each case to be analyzed. He listens to that he considers the different psychology used as instruments that help the patient who is in treatment with professional psychologists and that can serve as another resource at the service of TP.  Therefore, the performance of the TP aims to present invigorating guidelines in the role of those who act as counselors, providing resources that allow the counselor to protect itself from possible psychic weaknesses. Keywords: Counseling, Pastoral Therapy, Counselor, Pastoral Psychology.