Tim Clinton and George Ohlschlager, Competent Christian Counseling, Volume One: Foundations and Practice of Compassionate Soul Care. Waterbrook Press, 2002.
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LifeandLeadership.com Summary
This is not a “how-to” book, but an excellent introduction to the range of issues involved in soul care. It is an excellent volume for ministers to frame Christian counseling as soul care, and understand its theological, spiritual, biological and psychosocial roots. The authors discusses the components of effective helping relationships, the process of counseling (intake and assessment, diagnosis, solution-based brief therapy, etc.), the various modalities of Christian counseling (role of church, lay counseling, group work, marital therapy, children and teens, crisis intervention, etc.). It is a helpful collection of articles from forty authors associated with the American Association of Christian Counselors.
From the Publisher
Under the guidance of the highly respected American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), more than 40 leading Christian professionals have come together to provide this comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date reference guide for professional and lay counselors, pastors, and leaders in training.
Competent Christian Counseling offers you: the best contributions on spiritual formation and pastoral care from Scripture as well as from giants of church history the latest research, theory, and successful practice methods in Christian counseling a practical, 21st century model of Christian counseling that is not only Òcounselor friendly,Ó but also facilitates effective, biblical client change—all geared to help people mature in the ways and wisdom of Jesus Christ.
Competent Christian Counseling, edited by Timothy Clinton and George Ohlschlager, is destined to be regarded for years to come as the authoritative, trustworthy resource for Christian counseling.
About the Author
Timothy Clinton is president of the nearly 40,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the largest and most diverse Christian counseling association in the world. He is president of and maintains a part-time counseling practice with Light Counseling, Inc., in Lynchburg, Virginia and serves as Pastor of Caring Ministries at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. The host of a national radio call-in program called ‘Christian Counseling Today,’ he is the author of Before a Bad Goodbye and The Marriage You Always Wants and executive editor of The Soul Care Bible. Tim holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in pastoral ministries from Liberty University and Ed.S. and Ed.D. degrees in counselor education from the College of William and Mary.
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