A proposed will-centered pastoral counseling approach for Seventh-day Adventists and its application in group counseling
Date of Publication
1977
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling
Subject Categories
Counseling
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Counseling and Educational Psychology
Thesis Adviser
Belen Hernandez
Defense Panel Chair
Emilia Del Callar
Defense Panel Member
Victoria Santiago, SPC
Vicente E. Abrenica
Abstract/Summary
This study sought to accomplish two things. The first part was a proposal for will-centered pastoral counseling approach. This counseling approach was a reflection of the Biblical and White's writings and the related counseling theories, such as: client-centered, rational-emotive, reality, and logo therapy. The counseling process undergoes six steps or stages. They are : 1) expressing the problem, 2) examining self, 3) defining the problem and felt needs, 4) perceiving Gods revealed will, 5) redirecting the will, and 6) translating God’s will into specific goals in life and plan of action.
On the other hand, the second part of the problem dealt with an investigation into the feasibility of the will-centered approach for Seventh-day Adventist population through actual group pastoral counseling. The experiment was meant to be a preliminary try-out or an exercise from which the researcher can further develop and refine the approach that he has proposed. Subjects of this study were selected based on five criteria. Using random sampling, thirty-five students from whom the control and experimental groups were formed. Specifically, it determines whether the approach will have an effect in the level of satisfaction and/or functioning of the selected Seventh-day Adventists in the following variables : a) self-actualization, as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory b) self-defined behavioral characteristics, as measured by the Counseling Outcome Inventory and c) religiosity, as measured by the Religiosity Scale. For the statistical treatment, two types of t-test were used, namely : 1) for correlated data, to get the significant difference of the counselees mean scores in the pretest and posttest conditions in the POI, COI, and RS and 2) for uncorrelated data, to get the significant difference between the experimental and control groups in their pretest and posttest mean scores as well as in their mean gain scores.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TG00595
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
212 leaves, 28 cm. ; Typescript
Keywords
Pastoral counseling
Recommended Citation
Fabella, A. T. (1977). A proposed will-centered pastoral counseling approach for Seventh-day Adventists and its application in group counseling. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/476