Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality
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Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality Liberty University
Abstract
McMinn, M. (1996). Psychology, Theology, and Spiritual in Christian Counseling: Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers. McMinn (1996) presents a comprehensive model on counseling process and techniques, as well as problems counselor faces in interdisciplinary integration within counseling, while maintaining a profession and personal life with clients. McMinn (1996) point out that Christian counselors are healing agents, therefore in interdisciplinary integration counselors must evaluate the goals and challenge the view of healing in mental health profession. In addition, Christian counselor techniques various, and the problem their facing are not spiritual-guidance techniques, but choosing the correct techniques (McMinn, 1996). Next, McMinn (1996) indicates that Christian counseling is multifaceted, given that counselors deals with spiritual growth and mental health. Thus to help clients reach a healthy sense of self McMinn (1996) offers a simple model of healing from a psychological and spiritual perspective. Psychological and spiritual health requires an accurate sense of self, accurate sense of need, and understanding of healing relationship by the grace of God (McMinn, 1996). He suggests that “effective counseling requires an ongoing assessment of treatment goals and the client, as well as an accurate self-assessment of the counselor†(McMinn, 1996 p. 56). When we integrate foundational perspective of psychological, theological and spiritual-formation, a model of psychological and spiritual health is produced to help with the professional challenges Christian counselor faces in intradisciplinary integration (McMinn, 1996). The remaining chapters covers how foundational perspectives relevance to Christian counseling, evaluating model of psychological and spiritual health, and six
Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality Liberty University
Abstract
McMinn, M. (1996). Psychology, Theology, and Spiritual in Christian Counseling: Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers. McMinn (1996) presents a comprehensive model on counseling process and techniques, as well as problems counselor faces in interdisciplinary integration within counseling, while maintaining a profession and personal life with clients. McMinn (1996) point out that Christian counselors are healing agents, therefore in interdisciplinary integration counselors must evaluate the goals and challenge the view of healing in mental health profession. In addition, Christian counselor techniques various, and the problem their facing are not spiritual-guidance techniques, but choosing the correct techniques (McMinn, 1996). Next, McMinn (1996) indicates that Christian counseling is multifaceted, given that counselors deals with spiritual growth and mental health. Thus to help clients reach a healthy sense of self McMinn (1996) offers a simple model of healing from a psychological and spiritual perspective. Psychological and spiritual health requires an accurate sense of self, accurate sense of need, and understanding of healing relationship by the grace of God (McMinn, 1996). He suggests that “effective counseling requires an ongoing assessment of treatment goals and the client, as well as an accurate self-assessment of the counselor†(McMinn, 1996 p. 56). When we integrate foundational perspective of psychological, theological and spiritual-formation, a model of psychological and spiritual health is produced to help with the professional challenges Christian counselor faces in intradisciplinary integration (McMinn, 1996). The remaining chapters covers how foundational perspectives relevance to Christian counseling, evaluating model of psychological and spiritual health, and six