Competency-Based Relationship Counseling: The Necessity of Goal Setting and Counselor Flexibility in Efficient and Effective Couples Counseling

Abstract

Observes that congregational pastors spend considerable time with couples who have relationship problems and that the competency-based counseling (CBC) model offers positive directions that are both effective and efficient in resolving such issues. Outlines some of the tenets of CBC and forcuses specifically on how goal setting and counselor flexibility contribute to the process of couple change.