Christian Counselor's Manual

AC94Jay AdamsAn introduction to nouthetic counselling, which emphasises sin and repentance, with application to several common counselling concerns. Includes comprehensive indexes. 476 pages, from Zondervan.Jay Adams Here Adams applies nouthetic counseling principles introduced in COMPETANT TO COUNSEL to a wide range of topics, issues and techniques in counseling. He addresses hundreds of counseling questions, such as: Who is qualified to counsel? How does the Holy Spirit work? What role does hope play? and What often lies behind depression? A full set of indexes, a detailed table of contents, and a full complement of diagrams make this one of the best, most comprehensive reference books available to Christian counselors. 476 pages.

The Christian Counselor's Manual is a companion and sequel to the author's influential Competent to Counsel. It 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: \*Who is qualified to be a counselor?\*How can counselees change?\*How does the Holy Spirit work?\*What role does hope play?\*What is the function of language?\*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 in this comprehensive resource for the Christian counselor. A full set of indexes, a detailed table of contents, and a full complement of diagrams and forms make this an outstanding reference book for Christian counselors.Read less