"If you can read only one book about pastoral counseling this year,
Faithful Companioning should be the one. It offers clinical and theological resources for carrying out and interpreting the pastoral task. He makes a great deal of sense and will help the practicing pastoral clinician also make sense of what she or he is doing in ministry." -John Patton, Columbia Theological Seminary
"In a time when the theory and practice of psychotherapy are being increasingly mechanized, and when objectification of what goes on in the helping relationship is reaching alarming proportions, Chris Schlauch's book is a welcome and important reminder of the primacy of the quality of the therapeutic relationship itself in enabling healing and change for the better. He advocates the importance of the ability to view what goes on in psychotherapy through different spiritual and psychological lenses, and to engage respectful and collaborative." -A. J. van den Blink, Elmira, New York
"Faithful Companioning offers a wise and articulate preface to the practice of pastoral psychotherapy useful for clinical specialists and seminarians alike. Schlauch poses critical conceptual questions for current conversations about the distinctiveness and efficacy of pastoral psychotherapy while offering original and provocative proposals to further those conversations." -Nancy J. Ramsay, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
