Exam 1 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Three Objectives for Christian Counseling
- seeks to bring resolution
- the counselor seeks to help prepare for situations
- the counselor seeks to apply God’s wisdom
Uniqueness of Christian Counseling
Unique view of the world and its problems. We have a teocratic view.
Teocratic view
WE believe that God knows us, he cares for us, he hears our prayers and he helps up in times of trouble.
Uniqueness of Christian Counseling
Unique Goals
Present the message of the gospel
Encourage the counselee to give his/her life to Christ
Help the counselee in the process of recognizing and confessing his/her sins.
Help others in experiencing the forgiveness of God.
Encourage spiritual growth.
Encourage others to live their lives according to Biblical teaching.
Be an example in word and deed.
Uniqueness of Christian Counseling
Methods
Prayer
Bible Readings
Use of church groups
Spiritual Practices that can stimulate and help counselee.
Working definition of culture.
An integrated system of:
-patterns, ideas, values and learned behavior
-institutions characteristic of a society
A sum total of daily life developed by a community and transmitted from one generation to another.
Personal Culture
A combination of…
The culture acquired through our parents
The culture acquired through our environment
Our choice to accept or reject any aspects of either culture.
Culture defines who I am…
It is in the mind of the individual
It is a pattern for the relationships established within his/her culture
It is a pattern for social behavior
Shared Culture
Shared beliefs
Shared values and ways of life within our immediate environment.
General Christian Model
Combines insights from secular counseling with relevant biblical principles to help clients toward wholeness. May use directive, non-directive or interactive approaches.
Nouthetic (BCM)
Exhorts counselee to pattern thoughts and actions according to the counselor’s understanding of a biblical model. Usually directive.
Directive
you lead the process
Non-directive
you let the client lead the process
interactive
counselee is part of the process, both work toward a solution.
Cognitive
changing the thought pattern to change the emotion.
Behavioral
changing the behavioral pattern
Cognitive Behavioral
CBT - change thought pattern to change the emotion leading to change in behavior.
Kollar’s Guiding Assumptions
Complex problems do not demand complex solutions
The counselee is the expert and defines goals.
The counselee is not the problem, the problem is…
The counseling relationship is positional
If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.
Complex problems Do Not Demand complex solutions
Focusing on the good or the positive…leads to paradign shift.
-helps counselee see what made a situation good, leads to the beginning of a solution.
The counselee is not the problem, the problem is…
What prevents the counselee from moving forward in his journey.
The counseling relationship is positional
Willing-position seek resolution
Blaming position - projects the problem on someone else.
Attending position - an unwilling pariticipant.
If it’s not broken, don’t fix it
Tenets
- if it’s not broken, don’t fix it
- Once you know what works, do more of it.
- If it’s not working, do something different.
The counselee is the expert and defines goals
when a counselee chooses the goal and works on it with the counselor, he is more likely to succeed.
The Salvation Army services are to…
- Be available to all persons because we affirm that all have been created in the image and likeness of God
- Focus on the physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of human life because we affirm that persons are in need of help in all these areas.
