Abstract

The fascinating, but complex field of intercultural communication and pastoral care is the focus of research in this article. The authors describe the two approaches of pastoral therapy and show how it can be implemented in an intercultural setting. Although there are major differences between the narrative and brief counseUng approaches, there are also striking similarities. In both cases the pastor tries to work from a nonexpert position and is non-prescriptive in the approach. The authors are convinced that this basic approach of respectfulness makes both models usefull for intercultural work.

Highlights

  • It must have been either my third or fourth birthday, I am not sure

  • My family lived on a farm in northern South Africa and my best - and only - playmate at the time was Daniel, a black boy, a little older than I

  • Today South Africa is striving towards a fully integrated society, a process which started gradually long before the laws of segregation were repealed and will go on for a long time after most of us are dead. As it was with Daniel and me, most South Africans grew up with definitive and even rigid role distinctions and expectations

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INTRODUCTION

It must have been either my third or fourth birthday, I am not sure. I OM) received a box containing several toy cars as a gift from my parents. Today South Africa is striving towards a fully integrated society, a process which started gradually long before the laws of segregation were repealed and will go on for a long time after most of us are dead As it was with Daniel and me, most South Africans grew up with definitive and even rigid role distinctions and expectations. That is why issues such as the private ownership of land and the rights of inhabitant workers on farms are the most difficult ones to handle in the negotiation processes in South Africa since the end of apartheid It is against this history of social injustice, personal bias and conflicting cultural expectations in the South African context that we would like to attempt some contribution in the development of theory which can be of value for our intercultural relationships, especially in the field of pastoral care and counseling

APPROACHES TO CULTURE IN COUNSELING
A NEW PARADIGM
NARRATIVE THERAPY
THE STRENGTHS OF NARRATIVE THERAPY FOR INTERCULTURAL PASTORAL CAREGIVING
BRIEF PASTORAL COUNSELING
NARRATIVE THERAPY AND BRIEF PASTORAL COUNSELING
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