Critical Stages of Biblical Counseling

by Jay E. Adams

Getting Started: The First Session of Biblical Counseling What you do in the first session will set the tone for what follows--for good or for ill. It will help the counselee gain confidence in your ministry to him and--what is of greater importance--in the Word of God and the God of the Word. Breaking Through: The Turning Point of Biblical Counseling The turning point is crucial because true Christian change always involves a closer approximation of the thoughts and the life of the counselee to the thoughts and the ways of God as these are set forth in the Bible. Finishing Well: The Termination of Biblical Counseling This final book has to do with closing out a series of counseling sessions--how you know when to do so, how you do it, how you can make certain that you have done the right thing, and how you may follow up.

Genres: Counselling

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2004

About the author

Jay Edward Adams is a Reformed Christian author. He has written over 100 books and these have been published in sixteen languages.
He received a Bachelor of Divinity from Reformed Episcopal Seminary, a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from Johns Hopkins University,a Masters in Sacred Theology from Temple University, and a PhD in Speech from the University of Missouri.
Adams' book Competent to Counsel launched the nouthetic counseling movement, a movement whose aim was to use strictly biblical counseling methods. He is the founder of the Intitute for Nothetic Studies.

Reviews

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Must-Read for Biblical Counselors

I am most certain I will return to this book again and again. This is the framework for meaningful, God-honoring counseling.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some solid and helpful content concerning counseling and some presented with such repetition and rigidity that it makes you wonder about the good content. Eat the meat and spit out the bones.

[Seth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful thoughts on the three most critical stages in biblical counseling. I will return to this book often.