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How Christian is Christian Counseling?: The Dangerous Secular Influences That Keep Us from Caring for Souls [Paperback]

Gary L. Almy (Author)

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Crossway Books (February 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1581341350
ISBN-13: 978-1581341355
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars This author sent to prison, July 14, 2005

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This review is from: How Christian is Christian Counseling?: The Dangerous Secular Influences That Keep Us from Caring for Souls (Paperback)

It's official; Gary Almy has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing boys. Almy was a leading proponent of rigid "bible-only" counseling (no integration of social sciences)and was a board member of the International Association of Biblical Counselors (IABC).

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Psychiatrist gets 7 years for sexually abusing boys
Published June 8, 2005

LAKE COUNTY -- A Long Grove psychiatrist was sentenced Tuesday to 7 years in prison for sexually molesting three boys at a school he operated in his home.

Gary Almy, 61, of the 3100 block of Old McHenry Road pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse on Tuesday as part of a plea bargain before Lake County Circuit Judge Victoria Rossetti.

Almy admitted molesting a boy, 14, from Indiana in 2003. The boy attended Almy's Truth in Action Academy.

He also admitted fondling a 14-year-old boy in the summer of 2003 and a 10-year-old boy in 2000, both at his house.

Almy was a staff psychiatrist at LYDIA Home Association, a faith-based child-welfare agency in Chicago, but resigned in February. He also is a former chief of staff at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Chicago.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great Christian book., July 14, 2000

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I have been waiting for a Christian book like this all my Christian counseling life. I respect and admire the courage of Dr. Almay to speak his spirit and write such a thoughful, insightful book. As a Christian counselor with a Ph.d working in the field of Christian counseling. I always wondered how christian counselors could cross and blurr the line of psychological and biblical counseling. If you want to where the line is and how not to cross it, I recommend to you this book. I will not only recommend it to all Christian counselors, I will recommed it to all Christians. Job well done Dr. Almay and God bless you.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Christians beware, January 11, 2001

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I teach Biblical Counseling at a Seminary in California. After reading this text, I have made it my lead textbook. As Christians we have the Great Counselor to help us. If there is no repentance there will be no change. Dr. Almy helps to show this and the book is a must read for all who are going into Biblical-Christain Counseling.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Support the Pedophile!
Who cares if this is a good book or not? I lived with gary almy at the Truth and Action Academy. I also saw him for counseling at the Lydia Home. He is a terrible person. Read more

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I am writing to say that Gary Almy was my psychiatrist at the U.S. Naval hospital in Oakland, CA, in 1972. I found Dr. Read more

Published 15 months ago by D. Miller

5.0 out of 5 stars How Christian is Christian Counseling? by Dr. Almy
At first I was confused as to whether this was a page for book reviews OR a page for news journalism and the personal condemnation of a man who succumbed to temptation while... Read more

Published on July 16, 2006 by G. E. Hoover

1.0 out of 5 stars Pedophile behind the Degree!
Dr. Gary Almy charged with child molestation. I personally worked with this man. I saw his questionable actions with boys in his care, and unethical admistering of drugs... Read more

Published on October 12, 2005 by Jo Salem

1.0 out of 5 stars Former Patient of Almy's - He's Sure Changed His Tune
When I was 12 years old, Dr Gary Almy admitted me to a residential psychiatric hospital in Des Plaines, IL which no longer exists, pumped me with antipsychotic drugs, and did... Read more

Published on August 24, 2005 by Notquiet

4.0 out of 5 stars don't throw the bathwater out with the baby!??
The book is ex. Pity the author has crashed.That is extremely dissappointing. No doubt, not everyone can make the distintion (between the baby and the bathwater, that is ! Read more

Published on July 30, 2005 by astute observer

1.0 out of 5 stars More legal charges / problems for Dr. Almy!
Here are some additional charges brought against Dr. Gary Almy (See Chicago Tribune 5 March 2005). Hardly the work of a Christian Counselor, maybe he should add an additional... Read more

Published on March 7, 2005 by traveler

5.0 out of 5 stars Neg. reviews don't confess Christianity but only counseling.
Dr. Gary Almy was my psychiatrist. HE IS AN UNSUALLY GIFTED THEOLOIGIAN AN PHILOSOPHER. SINCE REVIEWS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE ARE ALLOWED THEN I WILL DEFEND HIM THROUGH MY... Read more

Published on March 3, 2005 by jimc

1.0 out of 5 stars How Christian is child molestation?
Well, I don't if I would trust anything written by this author. He was recently arrested after admitting to sexually molesting some of the young boys who were his patients... Read more

Published on February 28, 2005 by Critical Thinker

1.0 out of 5 stars This author is a child abuser!
For those of you who are considering buying this book, I would just like to caution you to take what Dr. Gary Almy has to say with a grain of salt. Read more

Published on February 20, 2005 by Concerned Reader

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The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (The Standard Edition) (Vol. 1-24 Volume Set) (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) by Sigmund Freud on 5 pages
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Kinds of Minds (Science Masters S.) by Daniel C Dennett on 4 pages
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman on page 255, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Vol. 1: A Christian Directory by Richard Baxter on page 211, page 217, and Back Matter

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