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Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling, The

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This is a great book. The section on action steps is fantastic. Helps you have confidence in giving homework to people before the next session.

This book is laid out in a quick reference, easy to read format. It is easily consulted under alphabetical topics giviving balanced clinical knowlege and biblical wisdom with refrences. every section suggests an approach, scriptures, prayer, and homework for the session. The counselor can readily glean the appropriate material.

I am a new Christian counselor at my church, I am taking the courses through the AACC in which Tim Clinton is the president of. This guide is a great quick reference in which I'm sure I will be using a lot. There is such a nice range of issues also.

Counseling techniques devoid of theory are nothing more than a smorgasbord approach ... "If this one doesn't work, I'll just try another one." Before one can intervene, one MUST HAVE a solid theoretical orientation that drives the approach to counseling. This book is long on pragmatics, but very short on theory. THIS IS A DANGEROUS APPROACH!!! Why? because what do you do when the technique(s) don't work? Theory leads to case conceptualization that drives treatment planning and intervention. A better choice is Jones & Butman's Modern Psychotherapies.

I received my order well within the times stated and received the book I had requested in new condition as was advertised. I will look forward in doing buisiness with this person again and recommend him to all book seekers.