Gestalt Pastoral Care has been a wonderful gift to me - both personally and in my ministry of spiritual direction. I see people come alive when I use a Gestalt Pastoral Care approach. -Fr. Peter Chepaitis, OFM, Franciscan priest. Retreat leader and spiritual director.

Tilda Norberg shares ways of saying "yes" to God's innate healing process; a "yes" which honors persons' boundaries, self-awareness and particular life experiences; a "yes" which has psychological, physical, spiritual, and relational integrity. Not only have I personally benefited from the process described in this book, but I continue to witness the dynamic ways God moves in the lives of those who see me for Gestalt Pastoral Care. This is a valuable resource for all of God's people, and for clergy and spiritual leaders in particular. -Rev. Wanda D. Craner, Minister of Spiritual Nurture, Pennsylvania Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ. Gestalt Pastoral Care minister.

The revolutionary wisdom contained in this book has had a profound impact on my ministry, and was the means through which i was able to address core issues in my own journey toward wholeness and becoming an instrument of healing for others. -Bishop Jane Allen Middleton, Central Pennsylvania Conference, The United Methodist Church

Often a set of symptoms cannot be diagnosed by usual medical tests, nor do they respond to usual medical treatment. Participation in a Gestalt Pastoral Care class has given me new tools to help my patients to identify sources of their anguish, work through their internal conflicts, and to accept the healing available through the grace of God. -Doctor Margaret Y. Groff, M.D., Mechanicsburg, PA

Our congregation has grown to embrace Gestalt Pastoral Care: four lay persons have taken the training described in Consenting to Grace, small groups have benefited from its healing methods and various individualized healing liturgies have been life-changing for some of our members. My pastoral identity and sense of how the Spirit is at work in congregational life have been transformed by the insights in this book. -Rev. Roy Hange, Co-Pastor, Charlottesville Mennonite Church. Overseer, Harrisonburg District of the Virginia Mennonite Conference.

Consenting to Grace is a compelling description of Norberg's unique synthesis of Gestalt therapy and faith-based healing prayer. Its wisdom and vivid stories of God's surprisingly simple way of healing our souls, minds, and bodies will challenge and enrich pastors and all who believe we are called to heal and be healed. -The Very Reverend Diane Nancekivell, Dean, Trinity Cathedral, Trenton, NJ

As so many of us in the fields of psychotherapy, ministry and the medical professions seek to find a more holistic approach to healing and growth, Tilda Norberg's Consenting to Grace offers up a rich banquet that is both quite novel and deeply grounded in Christian tradition. As each chapter unfolds we are invited to taste and see the wonders of God's grace freeing our hearts and souls, bodies and minds. -Rev. Penny Gadzini, Staff therapist, Creative Living Counseling Center, Allendale, PA. Pastor, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Queens, NY. Former faculty member, Blanton Peale Pastoral Care Studies Program, New York City.

Sometimes our inner wounds are so loud that it is difficult to hear the whisper of the Spirit. Gestalt Pastoral Care has given me tools to help others move through noisy, stuck places to awareness of God's voice. -Rev. Betty Voigt, Spiritual director, Sycamore, PA

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