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The Goal: Biblical Counseling is Purposeful Every counseling system has specific goals toward which it is aiming: Every counseling system has a “way” for people to change: 1) Psycho‐dynamic counseling – provide insight concerning inner motivations so that psychic pain will be reduced (Freud) 2) Behavioristic counseling‐ change maladaptive behavior patterns into more adaptive ones (Skinner/Dr. Laura) 3) Cognitive counseling – change irrational, destructive thought patterns into more realistic constructive thought patterns (Beck) 4) Existential Humanist/ Client centered – this approach helps the counselee to become more congruent, authentic, in touch with his feelings, develop more self‐esteem and better self‐image (Rogerian) 5) Family Systems – reduce dysfunctional family relationships and promote more functional, harmonious relationships in the family. Family systems counseling makes the family the highest good and ultimate value in counseling. Whatever promotes harmony is right. God and His will are not the central focus. 6) Medical‐ Model counseling‐ Problem lies in the brain – medication Every counseling system has a source, problem, solution, change, system of help and apologetic. Example using Skinners behaviorism system: Source of authority: Skinner/Pavlov Problem: Humans are animals who have been programed incorrectly Solution: Re‐program – Re‐train people
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Change: Rewards/punishments (ECST in the past) System of help: Your psychotherapist Apologetic: DSM4 (changed numerous times over the years) Example using Biblical Counseling approach: Source of authority: Word of God Problem: Sinful nature (Sin)/healing/wounded Solution: Repentance/forgiveness/healing Change: Sanctification System of help: Holy Spirit; community; Word of God; accountability *** Secular psychology may describe the behavior of someone better than the Bible but where they go wrong is the why the behavior is present in a persons life. The DSM4 does NOT diagnose a person, it describes their behavior. “Biblical Psychology” – A biblical study of the soul. *Who knows better the soul of a person than the creator of that soul? Psychology is the study of a person’s soul. God is the final authority on our souls. Biblical Counseling is using His authoritative wisdom to diagnose and deal with our problems. Biblical Counseling Model: The goal: Christlikeness (for the glory of God) The Word of God applied to our hearts by the Holy Spirit is our method. The Word of God is:
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1) Inspired: 2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is inspired by God…” The Word of God, inspired, means that the Holy Spirit accurately conveys what God intended through the written Word. 2) Inerrant: Num 23:19, “God is not a man, that He should lie…” – The Word of God as inerrant is the conviction that, because the Bible is God’s very word, it is completely free from error of everything it teaches. 3) Infallible: Isa 55:11, “It will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire…” – The Word of God as infallible means that the Bible will not fail in its ultimate purpose of revealing God and the way of salvation to humans. 4) Sufficient: 2 Pet 1:3, “Seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness…” – The Word of God as sufficient means that God has provided in His Word all that man needs to know about spiritual matters. Further, Scripture teaches that the Word of God a) Guides and Delights (Ps 119:1‐176) b) Cleanses (John 15:3; Eph 5:26) c) Sanctifies ( John 17:17) d) Teaches and gives hope (Rom 15:4) e) Judges thoughts and attitudes (Heb 4:12) f) To make wise the simple (Ps 19:7) Jesus performed 4 types of miracles Nature – food/wine; calm storms Diseases – physical Demonic – spiritual Death – power over life and death
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Jesus has the power over anything that frustrates humans: illness, demons, earthquakes, sickness, and marriage.
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805 684 5247