The Christian Counselor's Manual: The Practice of Nouthetic Counseling

The Christian Counselor's Manual is a companion and sequel to Dr. Jay Adams' influential Competent to Counsel, which first laid out a vision of "nouthetic" counseling--a strictly biblical approach to behavioral counseling and therapy.This practical guide takes the approach of nouthetic counseling introduced in the earlier volume and applies it to a wide range of issues, topics, and techniques in counseling, including: Who is qualified to be a counselor?How can counselees change?How does the Holy Spirit work?What role does hope play in therapy?What is the function of language in a counseling session?How do we ask the right questions?What often lies behind depression?How do we deal with anger?What is schizophrenia?These and hundreds more questions are answered and explained from a biblical perspective in this comprehensive resource.A full set of indexes, a detailed table of contents, and a full complement of diagrams and forms make this a classic reference book for biblical counseling.

• | Author: Jay E. Adams
• | Publisher: Zondervan
• | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2024
• | Number of Pages: 496 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0310176107
• | ISBN-13: 9780310176107