Many preachers don’t consider themselves counselors, but as David Powlison points out in The Pastor as Counselor, all of us are, to one degree or another, either for good or for ill.
Even if you don’t do much counseling officially, all preachers should welcome the return of the excellent counseling resource, The Journal of Biblical Counseling, now available online. And counseling is not only for pastors, but is also for any believer who takes seriously the “one another” commands of Scripture, which should be all of us.
Take advantage of this good resource.