Psychologist Dan Montgomery's Compass Therapy(R) includes 25 techniques that empower therapists, pastors, and counselees. Yale Divinity School's Rev. Gaylord Noyce calls the book "a breezy fast-reading manual that takes the mystery of the helping work of the action-oriented counselor." Dallas Theological Seminary's Dr. Linda Marten writes, "I appreciate Dr. Montgomery's many insights and focus on healing the whole person: body, mind, emotions, and spirit. This is what good Christian counseling looks like " Acclaimed by professors at Princeton Seminary, Yale Divinity School, Fuller Seminary,...

Psychologist Dan Montgomery invites you into a warm conversation about the difficulties of being human, and how simple faith can infuse your life with God's loving guidance. GUIDEPOSTS Editor Elizabeth Sherrill says, "I've waited a long time for a book like this Like a caring counselor in private session, Dan Montgomery writes to anyone who thinks being a Christian means conforming to someone else's pattern. To anyone turned off by denominational squabbling. To anyone who believes his current situation is hopeless. To anyone seeking a more intimate walk with Father, Son and Holy Spirit." An...

This exceptionally practical book shows pastors effective ways to help persons who are struggling with a variety of issues. Through diagrams and dialogue, the reader moves directly into the Compass Therapy approach to pastoral counseling, whether this takes the form of brief situational coaching, short-term counseling, or long-term pastoral psychotherapy. Dan Montgomery's well-established Compass Model integrates psychology and theology, while demonstrating with lively case studies the beautiful potential for healing available in the pastor and care-seeker relationship. Praised by professors...