Pastoral counseling as a ministry of the church: the promise of Karl Barth -- Barth and counseling: a survey. Shirley Guthrie: Barthian insights for pastoral counseling ; Dorothy Martyn: Barth in clinical practice other than pastoral counseling ; Thomas Oden: dialogue at the theoretical level between Barth and secular counseling ; Daniel Price: dialogue at the theoretical level between Barth's theological anthropology and object relations psychology -- The Chalcedonian pattern: a Barthian approach to method. The Chalcedonian pattern ; Uses of the Chalcedonian pattern: theory ; Without separation or division: critique of Thurneysen ; Without confusion or change: critique of Edinger ; Asymmetrical order: critique of Tillich ; Uses of the Chalcedonian pattern: practice -- God's representation and knowledge of God: methods and norms. Rizzuto's psychoanalytic study: representation of God ; Barth's theological method: knowledge of God ; Definitions: theological adequacy and psychological functionality ; Possible relationships between theological and psychological norms: four classifications -- Case study: Eva and her "black dispairs." A paradigmatic case ; A psychological perspective: the dynamics of shame ; A theological perspective: the dynamics of grace -- Conclusion: a new interdisciplinary approach for postoral counseling.