Illustrations
Preface
1. The Best of News: A Reason to Get Up in the Morning
2. In the Hands of the Redeemer
3. Do We Really Need Help?
4. The Heart Is the Target
5. Understanding Your Heart Struggle
6. Following the Wonderful Counselor
7. Building Relationships by Entering Their World
8. Building Relationships by Identifying with Suffering
9. Getting to Know People
10. Discovering Where Change Is Needed
11. The Goals of Speaking the Truth in Love
12. The Process of Speaking the Truth in Love
13. Establishing Agenda and Clarifying Responsibility
14. Instilling Identity with Christ and Providing Accountability
Appendix A: Opening Blind Eyes: Another Look at Data Gathering
Appendix B: What the Counselor Brings to the Process of Data Gathering
Appendix B: Strategies for Data Gathering
Appendix B: Doctrines that Drive Homework
Appendix B: Homework and Four Phases of Counseling
Notes
Index of Scripture