Pastoral
Counseling
for Growth
G. David Lovett, D. Min.
Integrating Spirituality and Psychotherapy for Healing and Growth
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for Growth G. David Lovett, D. Min. Integrating Spirituality and Psychotherapy for Healing and Growth Home Welcome Pastoral Counseling Make Appointments Find Us Growth Matters Dr. Lovett Workshops Sermons Links |
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About Dr. Lovett As I think of my personal bias in pastoral
counseling an image comes to mind. This image comes from a group of
kaleidoscopes that rest on a table in my counseling office. Kaleidoscopes
are made with mirrors and pieces of organic matter that create changing designs
as the pieces change position in a random manner. This change is a
mechanical change that results in a new design with each turn of the
kaleidoscope by the observer. As a gift, I recently received a new kaleidoscope unlike any I had seen before. This one has the mirrors and pieces of organic matter, but with this one, the pieces of matter, rather than rigidly falling and crashing violently against one another, are, instead, floating in a suspension of glycerin. The viewer, looking through the kaleidoscope, adjusts the cylinder just like with any other kaleidoscope. After the viewer adjusts all that she or he can adjust, the glycerin takes over and provides a sense of life-giving power which forms the final new creation. It never fails to amaze me that this new creation is even more beautiful than any one I could make by my own efforts. The glycerin suspension of the kaleidoscope seems
to be a metaphor that describes the strengthening of the weak self that can
occur in the process of pastoral counseling. It is a process of
self-awareness and increased self-esteem that can bring a person to a moment of
epiphany. The person can be understood and can understand. A moment
of “Aha!”, can create a new and more beautiful picture for the future of the
person. This happens under the mechanical facilitation by a pastoral
counselor and the life-giving spirit of a much higher power.
Dr. Lovett received his undergraduate degree from
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His Master of Divinity is from
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina. He
received his Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy from
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. Some of the most important credentials for Dr. Lovett are family related. He is married to Anne (Elkins) and shares six grown children. These children have provided such joy in their procreation of eight grandchildren ranging in age from thirteen years to two weeks. |
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