Article Review: Truenorth Christian Counseling

React I am so thankful for the amazing gift of grace that God as gifted us. Grace, as defined by McMinn is, “merciful kindness offered by God to those who do not and cannot ever deserve God’s kindness, and it is our only hope.” Grace is such an interesting concept. The idea that we have already been forgiven for our sins before we even commit a sin is not widely accepted by most people nowadays. When people sin, they feel a sense

Ron Hawkins and Tim Clinton (2015), The New Christian Counselor: A Fresh Biblical & Transformational Approach book, is a resourceful guide for Christian counselors. Hawkins and Clinton (2015) state, “that the discipline of Christian Counseling is growing into a solid and substantiated multifaceted scriptural discipline of wide-reaching distinction” (p. 5).

Many Christians believe that once they have accepted Christ and developed a relationship with him that their problems will vanish. But that could be further from the truth. According to Crabb (1977) when Christians begin to experience that acceptance and fellowship with the Lord, that is most likely when problems that have been hidden will arise (p. 15). It is for this reason that the need for Christian counseling has become essential to helping people cope with the strife of life. There are steps that can be taken that allows people to have a closer walk with Christ while fixing the problems that arise from daily living. Counseling requires caring and understanding and nothing is a more effective way of counseling than modeling the love of Christ. Some professional counselors feel threatened or dismiss the thought of Christian counseling. But they need to become aware that to face the struggles in particular the ones that are happening in society today, a biblical approach with the Lord considered the true head counselor is the most effective way to help people life this life on earth so that they can someday live life eternally with the Father. Crabb believes that biblical counseling is effective and lays out a guideline as to how Christian counselors should counsel. But the three articles on counseling have opposing and sometimes similar views.

Christian Counseling: An Interview and Critique In today’s society many disorders may arise. Some of these issues include eating disorders, anxiety, gender-identity disorders, depression, addictions, and many others. However, there is another issue that brings individuals in the counseling setting, and that is the issue of sex and sexuality. Issues stemming from sex and sexuality can arise from same-sex attraction, pornography, infidelity, hormonal issues, and/or negative, inadequate beliefs and perceptions concerning sexuality. Licensed professionals, such as psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, etc…, are trained and usually prepared for these types of disorders, however, certain types of counselors, licensed or not, are not trained in this area. There are various distorted views on sexuality, and these distorted views are across the board. So it begs the question are Christian counselors equipped to handle these types of disorders and many others. If so, what models do they follow in order to help an individual struggling with these issues? This critique will interview a Christian counselor/Addition specialist concerning her viewpoint on human sexuality and her personal model for decision-making in dealing with individuals who struggle in the area of sexuality and/or in any of the other aforementioned areas.

• The patient has the right to receive information necessary to give informed consent prior to the start of any procedure or treatment.

After reading the discussion board forum I researched North Carolina’s Board of Licensed Professional Counselors website. I then searched for some North Carolina’s counseling websites to find local informed consents. The counselor that I found the most interesting is Robin G. Forgione, M.Ed., LPCS, NCC. I noticed she met most of the ACA code of ethics requirements and North Carolina’s entire requirements.

Legally able to give informed consent Counselors are required by law to take a proactive approach to ensure informed consent is properly applied in accordance with (IAW) Mental Health Act Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) §12-43-214 (2); 12-43-222(1)(p) disclosure shall be made to the child. If the client is a child whose parent or legal guardian is consenting to mental health services, disclosure shall be made to the parent or legal

13) Reliability is the repeatability of findings Validity is the credibility or believability of the research. 14) Standard deviations are scores around the mean of a distribution. 15) Mode: the most frequently-occurring score Mean: the calculated average of all the scores Range - how widely the data is spread out as a whole. 16) O.8% 17) The p-value is the probability, calculated assuming the null hypothesis to be true. 18) H 19) Informed consent is a legal procedure to ensure that a patient, client and research participants are aware of all the potential risks and costs involved in a treatment or procedure.

As I reflected on the message from the video, what is clear is the significance of the informed consent (Laureate, 2012). The video is a reiteration of the importance of the informed consent during the initial counseling session. As stated in the video the informed consent is the foundation

Integrative Counseling Then there is integrative counseling which is still Christian based counseling but it tries to pull together the religious values , morals , and lessons from the Old and New Testament and bring them together with the application of various methods and ideas from traditional psychology. It is not merely a tie in with traditional psychology because it is an attempt to use all the knowledge to improve upon the basic structure of traditional Christian counseling by making it applicable to a broader amount of personal problems.

If done orally, the counselor must document what was addressed in the informed consent. The information that must be presented to clients, first and foremost, are their rights and responsibilities as a client working with a particular therapist. Beyond this, an informed consent should outline the goals of the counseling relationship, the responsibilities of the client as well as the therapist, expectations of the client, limitations of the counseling relationships, fees involved, approximately how long the therapy process will take, and background information regarding the therapist, particularly their past experience and educational qualifications (Corey, 2013). Corey also mentions the informed consent process is an ongoing educational experience that lasts the

Are there any other paths I could follow in this situation? The trust between Heather and me as a Counsellor is a vital part of our therapeutic relationship. I am aware that my client must feel that whatever she discloses in therapy will be treated confidentially. As a counsellor I am not to disclose information unless required by law or authorized by my client. The informed consent document Heather has signed prior to our first session does not state particularly that the Counsellor has to break confidentiality in instances of child abuse.

Biblical counseling is a ministry of the local church whereby transforming individual’s beliefs into following the family of Christ. It is sanctioned to empower us as believers in Christ Jesus, allowing all to know that we can do all things through Him. If one believes in Christ, He can help lead us, guide us, counsel us, provide remedies for us, and show us how to handle any situation through the word of God. In the process He will allow us to let His wisdom shine and to teach us how to help others in this world of sin. We as biblical counselors can learn to help people in every circumstance.

Part I: Goal of Christian Counseling Dr. Larry Crabb’s book “Effective Biblical Counseling: A Model for Helping Caring Christians Become Capable Counselor” Crabb, (1977), this book models how counseling can be gracefully integrated into implementation of the local church. The Goal of Christian Counseling that Dr. Crabb states within his book

Table of Contents Title Page 1 Abstract 2 Table of Contents 3 Summary 4 - Practical Application References 10 SUMMARY Primary Goal The primary goal of Dr. Crabb is to give the new counselor an effective way to ministry to their clients in an easy step by step method. Dr. Crabb focuses his method on the client building their relationship with Christ to develop healing and wholeness in the view of what Christ created them to be. His focus is totally on the client’s personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The counselor’s role is to assist the client in growing in identifying their own problems and solutions based in light of God’s great mercy