The Christian Counselor's Manual

<p>The <em>Christian Counselor's Manual</em> is a companion and sequel to Dr. Jay Adams' influential <em>Competent to Counsel</em> which first laid out a vision of nouthetic counseling--a strictly biblical approach to behavioral counseling and therapy.</p><p>This practical guide takes the approach of nouthetic counseling introduced in the earlier volume and applies it to a wide range of issues topics and techniques in counseling including: </p><ul><li>Who is qualified to be a counselor?</li><li>How can counselees change?</li><li>How does the Holy Spirit work?</li><li>What role does hope play in therapy?</li><li>What is the function of language in a counseling session?</li><li>How do we ask the right questions?</li><li>What often lies behind depression?</li><li>How do we deal with anger?</li><li>What is schizophrenia?</li></ul><p>These and hundreds more questions are answered and explained from a biblical perspective in this comprehensive resource.</p><p>A full set of indexes a detailed table of contents and a full complement of diagrams and forms make this a classic reference book for biblical counseling.</p>