Product Description

This proven guide in pastoral counseling has been extensively expanded and revised by the author to include recent developments and research, new resources, and attention to newly urgent needs such as AIDS, eating disorders, homosexuality, and violence. Written with clarity and sensitivity, this volume builds on biblical foundations and the best resources of professional psychology. It reflects the insights the author has gained from many years of Christian counseling.

New Sections include:

• The Legal, Ethical and Moral Issues in Counseling
• The Multicultural, Multiracial Issues in Counseling
• Conflict and Relationships
• Dealing with Death and Grief
• Alcoholism and Other Substance Abuse
• Crises and Trauma
• Counseling and Terrorism

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74651 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 976 pages

Ingram
This guide has been written to help Christian leaders in their counseling work. Case studies are matched with biblical analyses. This then leads to a survey of causes, effects, counseling considerations, and suggested ways to prevent the problem.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Reference for the Professional and Layperson!
Collins has written an excellent that is useful for both the professional (pastor, counselor, church staff, etc.) or layperson.

The author discusses counseling in 6 major areas:

1. Personal - anxiety, loneliness, depression, anger, guilt.
2. Developmental - child rearing, development from adolescence to the later years.
3. Interpersonal - sex, homosexuality, violence and abuse.
4. Identity - inferiority, self-esteem, grief, singleness, choosing a spouse.
5. Family - premarital counseling, marital problems, pregnancy, divorce, remarriage.
6. Other - vocational, mental disorders, alcoholism, addictions, spiritual issues.

Collins addresses these areas based on his extensive Bible knowledge and counseling experience. Periodically I have referred to the book and have benefitted from its insights.

Read, be encouraged, and encourage others with what you learn from reading this title!

Highly recommended!

Excellent Reference for the Professional and Layperson!
Collins has written an excellent and comprehensive book concerning a wide variety of everyday issues.

The book is organized into 7 main issue areas:

1. Personal (anxiety, loneliness, depression, anger, guilt).
2. Developmental (child rearing, adolescence through the later years).
3. Interpersonal (sex, homosexuality, violence and abuse, relationships).
4. Identity (inferiority, self-esteem, physical illness, grief, singleness, choosing a marriage partner).
5. Family (premarital counseling, marital problems, pregnancy, divorce and remarriage).
6. Other Issues (mental disorders, alcoholism, addictions, financial counseling, vocational counseling).
7. Concluding Issues (spiritual issues, counseling the counselor).

Periodically over the years I have referred to the book and the content seems to be solid and biblical.

Whether a pastor, church staff person, professional counselor, or layperson, you will benefit from the wise counsel from an author with extensive counseling experience and a solid biblical background.

Read, enjoy, be encouraged, and use what you learn to encourage others!

The ONLY Valid Counseling
Secular readers won't understand or accept this book. That's a shame. There are no earthly psychologists, only God knows our minds. The shambles of the earthly worldview-based counseling is responsible for causing far more harm than good by instilling a sense of victimhood.

This book targets the heart, not the mind, and doesn't rely on feelings but a strong sense of what is absolutetly right and absolutely wrong.