Healing Influence

Description

Healing Influence explores one of the most pervasive yet often overlooked dimensions of counselling and psychotherapy: power. Present in every human interaction, power shapes the therapeutic relationship in subtle and profound ways—holding the potential both to heal and to harm.

Drawing on psychological theory, clinical insight, and Christian reflection, Dr Janet E. Penny offers a thoughtful and nuanced examination of power dynamics within the counselling room. With particular attention to the distinct context of Christian counselling, she invites practitioners to consider how shared faith can both deepen trust and obscure important relational complexities.

Rather than offering prescriptive techniques, this book creates space for careful reflection. It equips counsellors to recognise the often-hidden dynamics of influence, authority, vulnerability, and agency that emerge in therapeutic work, helping them navigate the delicate balance between misuse and avoidance of power.

Written with clarity, depth, and pastoral sensitivity, Healing Influence is an essential resource for Christian counsellors, trainees, and pastoral practitioners seeking to develop greater self-awareness, ethical attentiveness, and relational wisdom in their work.