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Category Archives: The Counseling Process
Using your counseling to help counselee’s minister to each other
Winston Smith’s session at the CCEF (see their website at ccef.org) annual conference last year was my favorite session because he showed a video of some of his counseling where he encouraged his counselees to minister to one another. It … Continue reading
Five Reasons why being involved in Gospel Centered Counseling is Rewarding
Anyone who has ever stepped into the counseling room knows that counseling is not easy. People are hurting. Sometimes biblical counseling can be discouraging. So here is just a little encouragement for all of you to keep gospel centered counseling … Continue reading
Panic Attacks: Insights from David Powlison
Last week our church had the opportunity to host the NANC (National Association of Nouthetic Counselors) annual conference. I thought it would be helpful to share a few insights about Panic Attacks from a workshop given by David Powlison. Insight … Continue reading
Can Counselors be deceived in their ministries?
The last two posts have been dedicated to subject of changing the counselee’s goals. “Diana” posted a comment that deserves much more attention. In essence, she argued that counselors have be careful of their goals lest they miss importance of … Continue reading
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Tagged ccef, deception, education, humility, iabc, nanc, training
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Changing the Counselee’s Goals Part 2
In our previous post, we briefly discussed the important of helping your counselee’s change their goal from a goal of relief to a goal of giving Christ first place in everything. We argued that changing their goal involved (1) listening … Continue reading
Changing the Counselees’ Goals
Admitting that one needs help is not easy. Even in a church where it is clear that “everyone needs counseling” there still requires a certain amount of humility or desperation to motivate the person to seek spiritual guidance. In many … Continue reading
Union with Christ and the Real Power for Change
Have you ever acted like a personal trainer in your counseling? You know what that looks like; it is “3 truths for this,” “2 principles for that,” and “5 ways for accomplishing this…” In other words, the Bible becomes simply … Continue reading
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Helping Counselees Steward Life’s Checkpoints
From time to time the Lord provides a checkpoint in life. Consider with me some of the many that could be mentioned: The death of a close friend or family member. The reception of some very unwelcome news (e.g. job loss, … Continue reading
Homework Follow Up For the Suffering Journal
In the last post (Identifying with the Sufferer without excusing his sin), we suggested a couple homework assignments. In this post I would like to follow up on that homework – specifically on the points of suffering. As you begin … Continue reading
Identifying With the Sufferer Without Excusing His Sin
Have you ever been in a situation where you really wanted to identify and empathize with the suffering that one of your counselees was facing but you were afraid to do so lest you make excuses for your counselee? I … Continue reading
