Counseling Stewarding Our Emotional Energy 22 Jun 2017 Earlier this year we had a pretty terrible wind storm around the metro. It caused no small amount of damage in some areas. A giant pine tree on our church…
Counseling On the “Unforgivable Sin” 15 Jun 2017 This is a topic that has stirred up no small amount of controversy and consternation. As a pastor and a counselor I have sat with many heavy-hearted individuals who have…
Counseling Crafting Effective Homework: The Purpose 2 May 2017 Early on in my counseling practice it was common for me to give homework simply because that was the expectation. I would assign Scriptures to study or books to read.…
Counseling Crafting Effective Homework: The Rationale (Part 2) 25 Apr 2017 Last week I explored several key reasons that Biblical Counselors give homework. I focused particularly on the benefits it provides to counselors as they seek to be the most help…
Counseling Crafting Effective Homework: The Rationale (Part 1) 18 Apr 201718 Apr 2017 Counseling is not, to quote Jay Adams, the "magic hour." That is to say, one hour a week, meeting with a counselor, does not resolve problems. Real transformation happens as…
Counseling Responding to the Narcissistic Prayer Life 10 Feb 2017 Proud people abuse prayer. Jesus teaches us that prayer is about communion with our heavenly Father. Prayer involves adoration, confession, intercession for others, expressions of gratitude, and more. The arrogant…
Counseling Strategic Issues in Counseling: Consider the Personality of Your Counselee 2 Feb 2017 God has given to each of us a unique personality, an essential component of the way we express ourselves. Personality tests attempt to categories us, but each of us is at…
Counseling Strategic Issues in Counseling: Consider the Context of Your Counselee 26 Jan 201726 Jan 2017 When Sarah’s mother passed away it stirred up in her all kinds of fear and anxiety. She had been living with her mom now for almost thirty years and depended…
Counseling Strategic Issues in Counseling: Consider the Development of Your Counselee 19 Jan 2017 I had totally messed up this case. It wasn't intentional; I had really tried to be helpful gave lots of instruction, listened sympathetically, and assigned homework that I thought best…
Counseling Strategic Issues in Counseling: Consider the Age of Your Counselee 12 Jan 2017 Time changes us all. Or rather, we all change over time. As a young man I was impetuous and impulsive, but over time I find myself much more careful, slow…
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