Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. [407]-445.

Part 1 : The rise of the secular psychologies. Introduction : the tree of pastoral care -- What is counseling? -- Behaviourism : man as machine -- Psychoanalysis : man and his instincts -- Psychoanalysis : man and society -- Personalism : man and self : humanistic psychology -- Personalism : man and self : existential psychology -- Transpersonalism : man beyond self -- The new therapies -- Part 2 : Christian reaction and response. Sinkers, swimmers and strugglers -- Route-finding in the forest -- Reaching to the word : biblical counselling -- Reaching out : relationship counselling -- Reaching in : the inner journey -- Reaching back : healing the past -- The Wonderful Counsellor.

The Tree of Healing refers to the "tree" of pastoral care, a tree that has grown up among the many trees of psychotherapy and Christian counseling. Roger Hurding provides a clear and easy-to-follow map to this forest. As a result, the reader can begin to understand the many approaches to psychology and Christian counseling that one finds today. The goal of this assessment and understanding is to develop a truly accurate and biblical basis for the pastoral care of God's image-bearing creatures. - Jacket flap.