Outcomes in pastoral counselling: Effects of focusing and christian contemplative meditation on trust correlates

American Journal of Pastoral Counseling

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 67-88

  Zimmerman, George L ^a   Meier, Augustine ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^b SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control; Faith maturity; Mood; Mysticism; Self efficacy; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548999467     PISSN: 10946098     EISSN: 15286886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J062v02n02_04     Document Type: Article

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