Introduction To Christian Counseling And Counseling Psychology

Author : Heath Lambert
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310518174

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A Theology of Biblical Counseling by Heath Lambert Pdf

Since the beginning of the biblical counseling movement in 1970, biblical counselors have argued that counseling is a ministry of the Word, just like preaching or missions. As a ministry, counseling must be defined according to sound biblical theology rather than secular principles of psychology. For over four decades, biblical theology has been at the core of the biblical counseling movement. Leaders in biblical counseling have emphasized a commitment to teaching doctrine in their counseling courses out of the conviction that good theology leads to good counseling…and bad theology leads to bad counseling. A Theology of Biblical Counseling is a landmark new book that covers the history of the biblical counseling movement, the core convictions that underlie sound counseling, and practical wisdom for counseling today. Dr. Heath Lambert shows how biblical counseling is rooted in the Scriptures while illustrating the real challenges counselors face today through true stories from the counseling room. A substantive textbook written in accessible language, it is an ideal resource for use in training biblical counselors at colleges, seminaries, and training institutes. In each chapter, doctrine comes to life in real ministry to real people, dramatically demonstrating how theology intersects with the lives of actual counselees.

Author : Dr. Pearlie Braswell-Tripp
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781465386748

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Introduction to Christian Counseling and Counseling Psychology by Dr. Pearlie Braswell-Tripp Pdf

My name is Dr. Pearlie Braswell-Tripp, Ph.D. I do not claim to be an expert in religion, psychology, or counseling, but experience has taught me a lot about all three. 2 Timothy, 2:15 says: “study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.” I was born in 1943 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina into a Christian family. My family was attending the Rock of Ages Holiness Church. My mother, Sister Mary Jones-Braswell played the guitar; my sister, Christine Braswell played the piano and the rest of the family sang. There were seven of us girls. My sisters; Frances, Christine, Doretha, Verna, Margaree and Mary Lee were older. We were known as the Braswell sisters. My father was Lee Braswell, the most handsome man in town. I will never forget the great times we had in Rocky Mount, nor will I forget the great Rock of Ages Holiness Church. Our church was two blocks away from our home. That meant we had no real reason not to go. Many of my other relatives attended Rock of Ages also. My mother’s parents attended and so did her brother and his family. Those were what we now call “The good ole days.” I really loved those days. We traveled around singing the gospel until we left home for New York City in 1961. We were rooted and grounded in religion.

Author : Paul D. Meier,Frank B. Minirth,Frank B. Wichern,Donald E. Ratcliff
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801039320

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Introduction to Psychology and Counseling by Paul D. Meier,Frank B. Minirth,Frank B. Wichern,Donald E. Ratcliff Pdf

This standard introduction to psychology and counseling offers an explanation of classic theory and a holistic Christian view of humanity and counseling. The book includes over one hundred "spotlights" (brief essays featuring persons, ideas, and applications relevant to Christian counseling), copious illustrations, a glossary explaining technical terms, and thorough indexes. The text, organized according to the way introductory counseling courses are taught, serves as a helpful reference tool of enduring value. Subject areas include: • personality • classic psychological theory • the biological basis of behavior • emotions and motivation • memory, cognition, self-concept • child and adult development • sensation and perception • social psychology • individual and family counseling • psychology of religion • abnormal psychology • individual and group therapy

Author : Jay E. Adams
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310829546

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Competent to Counsel by Jay E. Adams Pdf

A classic in the field of Christian counseling, Competent to Counsel is one of the first works to fully articulate a vision of "nouthetic" counseling—a strictly biblical approach to behavioral counseling and therapy. Dr. Jay Adams defends the idea that the Bible itself, as God's Word, provides all the principles needed for understanding and engaging in holistic counseling. Using biblically directed discussion, nouthetic counseling works by means of the Holy Spirit to bring about change—both immediate and long-term—in the personality and behavior of the counselee. As he points out in his introduction, "I have been engrossed in the project of developing biblical counseling and have uncovered what I consider to be a number of important scriptural principles. . . There have been dramatic results. . . Not only have people's immediate problems been resolved, but there have also been solutions to all sorts of long-term problems as well." Competent to Counsel has helped thousands of pastors, students, laypersons, and Christian counselors develop: A general approach to (and theology of) Christian counseling. Specific, practical responses to particular problems useful for teaching, study, and personal application. Since its first publication in 1970, this book has gone through over thirty printings. It establishes the basis for and an introduction to a counseling approach that is being used in pastors' studies, in counseling centers, and across dining room tables throughout the country and around the world.

Author : John MacArthur,Wayne A. Mack
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Discipling (Christianity)
ISBN : 0849910935

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Introduction to Biblical Counseling by John MacArthur,Wayne A. Mack Pdf

From the "Essential Features of Biblical Counseling" to "Developing a Local Church Counseling Ministry", this book explores all aspects of the industry. A discussion of the roles of medicine, psychiatry, and psychology, and a comprehensive index of authors, scriptures, and subjects add to the book's usefulness.

Author : Stephen P. Greggo,Timothy A. Sisemore
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780830863280

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Counseling and Christianity by Stephen P. Greggo,Timothy A. Sisemore Pdf

What does authentic Christian counseling look like in practice? This volume explores how five major perspectives on the interface of Christianity and psychology would each actually be applied in a clinical setting. Respected experts associated with each of the perspectives depict how to assess, conceptualize, counsel and offer aftercare to Jake, a hypothetical client with a variety of complex issues. In each case the contributors seek to explain how theory can translate into real-life counseling scenarios. This book builds on the framework of Eric L. Johnson's Psychology Christianity: Five Views. These include the Levels-of-Explanation Approach, the Integration Approach, the Christian Psychology Approach, the Transformational Approach and the Biblical Counseling Approach. While Counseling and Christianity can be used independently of Johnson's volume, the two can also function as useful companions. Christians who counsel, both those in practice and those still in training, will be served by this volume as it strengthens the connections between theory and practice in relating our faith to the mental health disciplines. They will finally get an answer to their persistent but unanswered question: "What would that counseling view look like behind closed doors?" Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Author : Mark R. McMinn
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 084235252X

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Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling by Mark R. McMinn Pdf

This book will help you evaluate how you can effectively integrate prayer, Scripture, confession, forgiveness, and redemption into your life and counseling practice. Part of a professional series by the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Author : Siang-Yang Tan
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493435074

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Counseling and Psychotherapy by Siang-Yang Tan Pdf

This substantially revised and updated edition of a widely used textbook covers the major approaches to counseling and psychotherapy from a Christian perspective, with hypothetical verbatim transcripts of interventions for each major approach and the latest empirical or research findings on their effectiveness. The second edition covers therapies and techniques that are increasing in use, reduces coverage of techniques that are waning in importance, and includes a discussion of lay counseling. The book presents a Christian approach to counseling and psychotherapy that is Christ-centered, biblically based, and Spirit-filled.

Author : Paul D. Meier,Frank B. Minirth,Frank B. Wichern
Publisher : Baker Publishing Group (MI)
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Pastoral counseling
ISBN : 0801061288

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Introduction to Psychology and Counseling by Paul D. Meier,Frank B. Minirth,Frank B. Wichern Pdf

Author : William T. Kirwan
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441206251

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Biblical Concepts for Christian Counseling by William T. Kirwan Pdf

Kirwan not only sounds a clarion call for thorough integration of psychology and theology, he demonstrates that it can be done.

Author : Everett L. Worthington Jr.,Eric L. Johnson,Joshua N. Hook,Jamie D. Aten
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830864782

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Evidence-Based Practices for Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy by Everett L. Worthington Jr.,Eric L. Johnson,Joshua N. Hook,Jamie D. Aten Pdf

Are Christian treatments as effective as secular treatments? What is the evidence to support its success? Christians engaged in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy and counseling are living in a unique moment. Over the last couple decades, these fields have grown more and more open to religious belief and religion-accommodative therapies. At the same time, Christian counselors and psychotherapists encounter pressure (for example, from insurance companies) to demonstrate that their accommodative therapies are as beneficial as secular therapies. This raises the need for evidence to support Christian practices and treatments. The essays gathered in this volume explore evidence-based Christian treatments, practices, factors and principles. The authors mine the relevant research and literature to update practicing psychotherapists, clinical researchers, students, teachers and educated laypersons about the efficacy of certain Christian-accommodative therapies. Topics covered in the book include: devotional meditation cognitive-behavior therapy psychodynamic and process-experiential therapies couples, marriage and family therapy group intervention The book concludes with a review of the evidence for the various treatments discussed in the chapters, a guide for conducting clinical trials that is essential reading for current or aspiring researchers, and reflections by the editors about the future of evidence-based Christian practices. As the editors say, "more research is necessary." To that end, this volume is a major contribution to a field of inquiry that, while still in its infancy, promises to have enormous implications for future work in Christian counseling and psychotherapy. Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Author : Eric L. Johnson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830876617

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Psychology and Christianity by Eric L. Johnson Pdf

How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest (and sometimes concern) to Christians because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature. Psychology can sometimes seem disconnected from, if not antithetical to, Christian perspectives on life. How are we to understand our Christian beliefs about persons in relation to secular psychological beliefs? This revised edition of a widely appreciated Spectrum volume now presents five models for understanding the relationship between psychology and Christianity. All the essays and responses have been reworked and updated with some new contributors including the addition of a new perspective, the transformative view from John Coe and Todd Hall (Biola University). Also found here is David Powlison (Westminster Theological Seminary) who offers the biblical counseling model. The levels-of-explanation model is advanced by David G. Myers (Hope College), while Stanton L. Jones (Wheaton College) offers an entirely new chapter presenting the integration model. The Christian psychology model is put forth by Robert C. Roberts (Baylor University) now joined by Paul J. Watson (University of Tennesee, Chattanooga). Each of the contributors responds to the other essayists, noting points of agreement as well as problems they see. Eric L. Johnson provides a revised introduction that describes the history of Christians and psychology, as well as a conclusion that considers what might unite the five views and how a reader might evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of each view. Psychology and Christianity: Five Views has become a standard introductory textbook for students and professors of Christian psychology. This revision promises to keep it so. Spectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format.

Author : David J. Hesselgrave
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725202856

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Counseling Cross-Culturally by David J. Hesselgrave Pdf

"Christians are being called upon increasingly to care, counsel, and cure across cultural boundaries," writes the author. Of course foreign missionaries counsel people from other cultures, but so do many pastors - particularly those in urban settings. Because Christian counseling theory presupposes that counselor and counselee share the same culture, the insights of this discipline must be brought together meaningfully with the cross-cultural perspectives of missiology. Counseling Cross-Culturally pioneers this new field. After surveying approaches to counseling in the West and those in the non-Western world, the author develops a theory of Christian cross-cultural counseling. The final part, consistent with the author's broad view of counseling, discusses counseling concerned with the well-being of people, Christian conversion, spiritual growth and development of a Christian life style, and Christian service. Numerous case studies, drawn from a variety of cultures, provide realistic examples of the questions that counselors will encounter. A psychologist who trains Christian workers for cross-cultural service describes this book as "a helpful, thoughtful study of complex issues surrounding counseling.... It is extremely valuable to expose any missionary candidate to this type of book. It broadens awareness to cross-cultural issues and touches on common problems of missionary-counselors.... Counseling Cross-Culturally is an admirable attempt to integrate a conservative, evangelical theology with the complexities of culture and life."

Author : H. Newton Malony,David W. Augsburger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0687332834

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Christian Counseling by H. Newton Malony,David W. Augsburger Pdf

Introduces the foundations of a distinctively Christian approach to counseling.

Author : Gary R. Collins,Eric L. Johnson,Stanton L. Jones
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830822638

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Psychology & Christianity by Gary R. Collins,Eric L. Johnson,Stanton L. Jones Pdf

This collection of essays edited by Eric Johnson and Stanton Jones offers four different models for the relationship between Christianity and psychology.