From personal experiences I have had a counselor who could not separate the church from the counseling. She would bring in religious aspects the few times I went to her, and it was not something I brought up myself. Yes, I chose to go to such a place, however I did not know that religion was going to be the main theme of the sessions with this particular counselor. That experience has colored my view of counseling in religious aspects in such a way that I struggle with believing that counselors can keep their personal values of religion out of the session. Dwight could also struggle with the clients who come from outside of the congregation in keeping his personal values out of the session.…
The article emphasizes the importance for Christian counselors to eliminate the the imposition of their Christian values and to assist the client in obtaining an identity as a valued social being.…
Compare and Contrast Larry Crabb's Christian Counseling Methods with Albert Ellis and Carl Rogers Secular Methods Daniel Coffman Liberty University Part I: Goal of Christian Counseling As I am writing this I am reminded of a conversation I had with someone in my Church that is involved with our Addiction Ministry. He started to tell me of an attendee in one of the Friday night group counseling sessions that was more discouraged when they left the meeting than when they came in. I was curious at the approach the group took and wanted to know what the facilitator does to foster an environment where people can and will talk about their issues.…
I stand not affiliated with religion; nonetheless, I would need to have an open mind with clients. I will pursue my PhD in Neuropsychology or abnormal psychology; therefore, I do not wish to be a counselor. I would never inflict my morals and ethics on perspective clients. If a client needed information or by chance me to church, I would refuse his or her offer. I would decline, citing that I do not feel at ease crossing boundaries.…
In Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling by Mark McMinn, McMinn opens by establishing a base for a Christian worldview in the psychotherapy environment. McMinn describes how “this is a book for those wanting to investigate the frontier of intra-disciplinary integration” (McMinn, 2011, p.9). In examining this frontier, McMinn discusses fundamental views and religious interferences concerning integration as well as the difficulties encountered by Christian counselors. To determine how effective intra-disciplinary integration is, not only are biblical and theological foundations essential, but an individual’s spiritual discipline also plays a significant part (McMinn).…
WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN LIFE COACH? First of all, let's look at what the term Life Coach means. A Life Coach is a professional trained in effective listening, asking, and hearing between words spoken. A Life Coach seeks to be non-judgmental and walks beside you as a support, accountability partner and encourager.…
The psychoanalytic theory of the mind has widely influence today’s culture. Often people would reference to Freud’s theory about the subconscious and its impact on the personality through different forms of defense, such as denial, repression or projection. The concept that radiates through culture is the assumption that things do not happen by chance, but is connect to another thought, past experience, or environmental aspect. There is a combination of nature and nurture within the intrapsychic domain. While psychoanalytic theory is not practiced as often, the core assumption of the conscious and unconscious is still prevalent in counseling.…
“Christian counseling is a dynamic, collaborative process involving at least three persons – the counselor, the client, and the triune God of the Bible – aimed at transformational change for the purpose of producing higher levels of…
Clients are broken and they seek answers, along with healing. As a counselor in secular or faith-based practices, Christian 's in the role of counselor, can offer clients hope. Many clients seek the help of a counselor because they have reached the end of their rope, resulting in feelings of hopelessness. Counselors can offer clients hope by letting them know that by working together as a team, the client will once again find hope. Christian counselors can offer hope to clients that suffer major mental illness, that struggle with not being able to complete daily living activities, or may be facing homelessness.…
As a Christian counselor, we are not supposed to confront the client sin in their lives. They are making the first step already coming to counseling to seek help to gain full control of their lives again. They already know there are problems and they are coming to a counselor to seek the proper guidance and help. When a client is coming to counseling the first thing the counselor needs to do after over the process and paperwork is to be creating a strong relationship with the client by getting to know him or her. After this is taking place, the counselor needs to be able to go back and have self-awareness of on them as a person to make sure that they are not having judgmental attitude toward the client to tell them that they are in the wrong…
I started seeing a Christian counselor when I was in my early teens and my parents starting going through their divorce. I had started to lash out towards my family and was losing faith especially since my they decided to get the divorce, my father stopped attending church. Due to my actions, my mom talked to our pastor and he suggested that I see a Christian Counselor. What stands out the most from my sessions, is the way that prayer seemed to be forced on me during each session. It was like the counselor would not proceed with the session if I did not repent or pray for something…
Discipline is also needed from both the counselor and the client in order for the counseling sessions to work. If a Christian counselor is not committed to God and only working for the money, it will not work. The clients will eventually see through their persona and it will fail; the same with the clients. However, conversion might be possible if the individual has an open…
Siang-Yang Tan also shared his views on using prayer and scripture in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) that was very insightful. The article was about when Christian counselor can integrate the use of prayer and scripture. He believes that both models are a major approach for professional integrated practice. His core points on the matter were the applicable and ethical use of prayer, how prayer can help with inner healing, and how the CBT approach develops an empathic relationship with the client (Tan, 2011).…
Hello Courtney, your post was really instructive and well thought out. I would have to agree with you when you talk about how a counselor should not push or pry a client on their personal views. As a counselor you are there to help those through their situation in a different light than how they are looking at it. Counselors are strictly there to help those who are in need due to mental or physical problem that is hindering their daily life. In McMinn book Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling, he talks about how a counselor is supposed to make a client feel forgiven, not to leave under the assumption that they are okay.…
The book Competent to Counsel: Introduction to Nouthetic Counseling is a great read for people studying counseling and how to counsel others. It was published in 1970 and it was written by Jay E. Adams. Whilst reading the book, readers will understand the difference between nouthetic counseling and secular counseling. Nouthetic counseling means biblical counseling. The word nouthetic means to admonish, to rebuke or to warn in Greek.…