Pastoral Counseling

Found this from a pastor who is also a licensed counselor
What are your thoughts about his thinking of pastoral counseling?

Pastoral Counseling is a confusing title for many and, indeed, it means many things. For example, Pastoral Counseling can mean:

• Counseling done by an ordained clergy person.
• Counseling which is for spiritual issues or matters of faith.
• Counseling which is done with members of a church or religious group to deal with interpersonal or institutional conflicts.
• Counseling for those who are more comfortable talking in traditionally religious language rather than psychological terms or for those who feel more comfortable talking to a religious leader rather than a secular counselor.
• Counseling for anyone who experienced the “rolling of eyes” from or were told they should talk to a minister by a therapist when spiritual issues or matters of faith were raised in a counseling session.
• Sometimes it is confused with “religious” or “Christian” or “Bible based” counseling which is not psychological therapy but religious instruction or lecture.

I use the term to mean a type of counseling which is conducted by a therapist who has been trained in both in psychotherapy and religious studies. Often it is done by a clergy person who has also been licensed as a therapist.