The Christian Counselor's Manual

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pt. 1: The persons -- The persons involved in counseling -- The Holy Spirit Is the principal person -- The human counselor -- The Counselee -- Pt 2: The presuppositions and principles -- Presuppositions and Principles Basic to Counseling -- Hope -- Prayer: The base for Christian counseling -- The reconciliation/discipline dynamic -- Reconciliation -- Presuppositions and methodology -- Technique -- pt. 3: The practice and process -- The language of counseling -- The language of emotion and action -- Sin is the problem -- Love in counseling -- Support, sympathy, and empathy -- The motivation for change -- Effecting biblical change -- Elements of dehabituation and rehabituation -- Getting started -- Goals and terminal dates -- The commitment of the counselee -- Is there a problem? -- Two basic approaches -- Ways of gathering data -- Asking questions -- Helping through homework -- An analysis of homework -- Ways of using homework -- Gifts that differ -- How to handle anger -- Dealing with envy, brooding, fretting, and self-pity -- Helping depressed persons -- Helping the "schizophrenic" -- Resolving sexual difficulties -- Helping those who fear -- Counseling those who fear that they have committed an unpardonable sin.