Rev. Dr. Philip Browning Helsel, BCC, is a Presbyterian minister (PCUSA) and chaplain with many years of experience is Associate Professor of Pastoral Care at Austin Seminary. His research interests include lay pastoral care, family care, spiritual direction and counseling, mysticism, and oppression-sensitive counseling. His new book “Pastoral Care & Counseling: Care for Stories, Systems, and Self,” is now available with Paulist Press.
