BIBLICAL COUNSELING

Biblical Counseling

Biblical Counseling

Biblical Counseling of Steve

In order to develop confidence and rapport in the eyes of Steve, first, consider it as an actor, as a participant and not merely as a beneficiary. The person who comes for counseling is a part of the care and help, it is not only located in the heart.

For real participation possible, we must know and understand: would not this simply the application of the rule of informed consent, and all its nuances. The situation of people in their higher functions must give rise to highly scalable answers, knowing that even much disoriented, advisee can express long wishes, desires and dislikes audible, even if the expression is unusual (Adams, 1973).

For the advisee's participation is possible, it is also the environment, family and professionals, is able to make negotiations to accept, too, proposals or refusal of the advisee that may offend habits or methods. At home these negotiations can be more difficult that can be faced with conflicts of interest between the legitimate desires of the advisee, sometimes difficult to decipher, the attitude of the family, not always consistent, the conditions of activity and proposals or requirements of professionals (Broger, 1991).

Finally, all partners of home care: the advisee, relatives, professionals, government policy makers, funders, evaluators, controllers will have to deal with finesse necessarily unstable balance between security and freedom, between risk and protection, between intrusion and abandonment, intimacy and sociality, these contrasting poles whose use creates living together in society and of each home.

Biblical Counseling Approach

Biblical counseling that is biblical, try to bring people and their problems for the living God. Must be based on the following convictions:

(1) The Word God must be our authority to advice,

(2) Counseling is a part of basic discipleship ministry of the local church, and

(3) God's people can and should be trained to counsel effectively.

While answering Steve's question about Biblical counseling, I suggest that it is for all God's people - for all workers who love and serve God and are involved in ministry. It is not easy to advice on a skilled and disciplined this time in which we live, where the problems are so diverse, the needs are so large and counseling techniques available are often confusing and contradictory. Literally, today is used by thousands of counseling methods. There seems to be so many theories and approaches to counseling as counselors. If one thing we know is that there is no consensus on how right or wrong advice, so we found a cacophony of sounds from the community of directors. With so much activity and criteria, including time professional can completely overwhelmed.

Morris identifies two approaches to counseling - and humanistic approach Biblical approach. Both acknowledge that the thoughts of man cause the direction of their actions. The Biblical counselor wants to help the counselee to find how to change your thought patterns. Or secular humanist approach is limited in its ability to do this because this approach requires man to use his ...