Pastoral Guidance & Counselling

What is Pastoral Guidance & Counselling?

At Choices Australia our pastoral guidance and can provide specialized treatment to those seeking assistance but also meet more general counseling needs, it can be considered a versatile mode of therapy. We are uniquely positioned to offer a professional level of pastoral care and guidance.

People might choose pastoral guidance and counseling when they:

• Are not comfortable in a formal counseling setting
• Are facing end-of-life issues
• Want to approach health issues from a faith-based perspective
• Have concerns that secular counselors will not validate their religious beliefs
• Have had negative experiences with secular mental health professionals
• Spiritual assessment
• Grief and loss
• Conflicts around spiritual beliefs
• Mental health issues directly linked to religious beliefs or doctrine
• Crises of faith
• Reintegration into community life after institutionalization or incarceration
• Adjusting to emotional health support when wary of the system
• Searching spiritual answers
• Spiritual growth
• And many more.