An Analyses Of The Work- Life Motivational Nexuses Between Counseling Engagements And Mental Health Outcomes Among The United States Clergy.

Professional counselling, been an unconditional task unlike other engagements such as guidance may impact some inert- involuntary psychosocial behavioural outcomes, especially from its intensive engagements, or after prolonged practical exposures, such as among the Clergy. This study was hence conducted to analyze the nexuses between pastoral counseling frequency and Clergy mental health outcome in the United States, using a representative 1500 samples survey data, obtained from the National Survey of Religious Leaders (NSRL), and analyzed with parametric, and nonparametric statistical tools. The results obtained showed that mental health outcome of Depression (Feeling down, depressed or hopeless) is least (not at all) experienced among majorities group (76.93%) of the Clergy, in addition to; Clergy not bothered, not lack interest or pleasure in doing things (77.9%), while majority group who experiences satisfaction with life daily (87.23%), counsels daily/ often, but majorities of the Clergy (83.72%) experiences satisfaction with life daily, with a high correlation significance probability level (1%). Besides, happiness feelings is most experienced almost every day by a majority Clergy group (51.66%), while within this category, a majority (about 51%) engages in counselling weekly, and closely followed by those who counsel daily/often (50.70%) within same group, and this relationship has a very high correlation coefficient significance at 1% level. Furthermore, a majority group (49.96) who think they received moderate congregational cares counsels less frequently, and within this group, a majority (51.50%) counsels monthly, while this variable correlates with counselling frequency with a high probability significance (1%). Findings from this study hereby provides an empirical bases for understanding the existing significance of Pastoral Counseling Frequency and Clergy Mental Health interplays in addition to the need for necessary consolidations for more effective ministerial professional adjustments.