Religion & Spirituality - Pastors as Counselors weaves its way through the intricate world of counseling specifically as it pertains to licensed ministers and pastors. Living in a litigious society, pastors providing counseling services are quickly becoming a thing of the past. A pastor attempting to counsel a parishioner is subject to the same rules and laws as licensed and trained counselors. In an attempt to bring pastors into the real world, Religion & Spirituality - Pastors as Counselors outlines what a pastor must do to be compliant as well as teaches the various types of the most common mental maladies that they will face. Every pastor should have this book as a part of their personal library. Religion & Spirituality - Pastors as Counselors is not a book on spiritualism and in fact it is a book of spirituality vs religion. It delineates what are the differences in religions and speaks about religion spirituality.