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PASTORAL COUNSELLING - COME HOME TO WHOLENESS

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Pastoral Counselling in a Nutshell

By Wellness Therapy By Pierre – Serving Kleinmond, Hermanus, and the rest of Overstrand



What Is Pastoral Counselling?

Pastoral counselling integrates the deep wisdom of psychological insight with the compassionate presence of spiritual care. It is not religious advice, and it is not traditional therapy. It sits at the intersection, where human struggle meets divine potential, where soul meets psyche, where trauma meets transcendence.

This is soul work with clinical grounding. It is for those navigating crisis, grief, identity collapse, burnout, existential confusion, or moral conflict—especially when the deeper questions of “Why me?” or “Where is God in this?” begin to surface.

You do not need to be religious to benefit. You need to be human—and ready to heal.

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Principles That Guide This Work

  1. Human Dignity: Every person carries the image of something greater. Worth is not earned, it is recognised.

  2. Compassion Over Judgment: The goal is not to fix or label, but to understand.

  3. Integrated Care: Healing must include the whole person, mind, body, emotions, spirit.

  4. Trauma-Informed Presence: Pastoral care is not platitude. It walks slowly with pain, respects silence, and honours the pace of the soul.

  5. Ethical Grounding: Confidentiality, boundaries, and respect are non-negotiable.


Core Concepts

  • The Wounded Self: Pastoral counselling acknowledges that pain often shapes identity, and that spiritual fracture can mirror emotional trauma.

  • Sin, Shame, and Suffering: These are not dirty words here, they are doorways. Not to moral judgement, but to restoration.

  • Meaning-Making: Clients are supported in finding purpose through their suffering, not in spite of it.

  • Spiritual Bypassing is a Trap: We do not hide behind faith to avoid pain. We confront, we hold, we transform.

Skills Required

A skilled pastoral counsellor must bring:

  • Deep Listening: Not just to words, but to the story beneath them.

  • Presence: Stillness that holds space without pressure or panic.

  • Narrative Reframing: Helping clients shift from victim to author of their life.

  • Integration: Guiding clients to harmonise their values, their wounds, and their future.

  • Knowledge of Scripture, Myth, and Psychology: Applied with discernment, not dogma.

  • Advanced Trauma Insight: To spot dissociation, somatic signals, identity fragmentation, and survival patterns masked as faith.

Application: Where It Works

Pastoral counselling supports clients through:

  • Grief and Bereavement

  • Identity Crisis or Faith Deconstruction

  • Moral Injury or Existential Anxiety

  • Relationship Collapse and Family Trauma

  • Life Transitions or Burnout

  • Psychospiritual Integration for Healing

  • Support for caregivers, spiritual leaders, or high-performing professionals seeking quiet inner recalibration

  • This work is powerful for those who are not just in pain—but also seeking meaning in that pain.

Challenges in the Field

  • Misunderstanding: Many assume it’s only for “church people” or light encouragement. In reality, it is often deeper than therapy, because it confronts soul fracture and sacred disconnection.

  • Burnout Among Practitioners: The depth of this work can deplete the unprepared.

  • Unregulated Titles: Not all who claim the name are trained, trauma-informed, or spiritually mature.


Training and Education

At Wellness Therapy By Pierre, I bring together:

  • A Qualification in Theology, Counselling, and Strategy

  • Advanced training in Hypnotherapy, Somatic Trauma Release, and Spiritual Psychology

  • Practical experience working with crisis, grief, addiction, depression, Divorce trauma (DivorseCare) and identity loss

  • Ongoing mastery in human behaviour, trauma science, and deep trance work

  • I do not just talk healing, live it. This isn’t textbook care. It’s embodied wisdom, forged in fire.


Work With Me

If you’re in the Overstrand area (Kleinmond, Hermanus, Betty’s Bay, Pringle Bay, or Rooi Els), or wish to work remotely, Wellness Therapy by Pierre offers a sacred, grounded, and confidential space for you to come back home, to yourself, your soul, your sanity.

Whether you’re:

  • unraveling after a loss,

  • trying to make peace with God, the world, or your past,

  • or simply feel tired of pretending you're okay,

I invite you to experience a session. Not to be “fixed.” But to be seen, held, and guided back into wholeness.


📍Based in Kleinmond | 🌐 Online sessions available | 📞 Book via wellnesstherapybypierre.com or WhatsApp or https://www.hypnoticworld.com/hypnotherapists/therapist?id=14745


🕊️ Confidential. Trauma-informed. Soul-level work.

 
 
 

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