Effective Biblical Counseling A Model for Helping Caring Christians Become Capable Counselors

includes index and biblioraphy

Part 1 : Afew preliminaries 1. The goal of counseling : What are we trying to do ? ...19 2. Christiaity and psychology : Enemies or allies ? ...31 Part II : Basic concepts : What do you need to know about people in order to effectively counsel ? 3. Personal needs : What do people need to live effectively ? ...59 4. Motivation : Why do we do what we do ? ...74 5. Personality structure : Taking apart the watch to see ehat make it tick ...86 Part III : Basic strategy : How to understand and deal with personal problems 6. How problems develop 1 ...113 7. How problems develop II ...126 8. What do you try to change ? ...137 9. A simple model for counseling ...146 Part IV : Developing a counseling program in the local church 10. Counseling in the christian community ...163 11. Chart appendix ...193