Pastoral care takes place in settings such as churches, hospitals, prisons, industrial workplaces, homes, law enforcement agencies, and military combat zones. This is one of the primary distinctions between a pastoral counselor and clinical counselors, such as clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists and social workers. While most clinical counselors are strongly discouraged from interaction outside the professional counseling relationship, and typically have a single contact setting (an office), pastoral counselors typically find ways to relate to the client on multiple levels and are encouraged to build a relationship and dialogue with a person outside of formal counseling settings.Most pastoral counselors believe there is a God or divine power in whose image we are created. They believe that we yearn for a transforming connection with the divine and that psychotherapy can mediate the loving and healing nature of being itself.