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Grace-Based Counseling: An Effective New Biblical Model
You speak God’s truth when you counsel. But do you also communicate His grace?
The Christian counselor or pastor plays an important role in helping people process the trauma they’ve experienced. Too often, a client leaves the counselor’s office with feelings of guilt and shame. They feel the heavy burden of what they did wrong. But somehow, they’ve missed the grace of God that makes things right again.
A counseling model that stays true to a biblical worldview will overflow with grace . . . not cheap grace, but real grace that acknowledges sin while offering a hopeful path to redemption and healing. In Grace-Based Counseling, professional counselors Richard Fowler and Natalie Ford offer a model that blends the truths of Scripture, the science of psychology, and the everlasting hope of the gospel. In this book you will
New, grace-based counseling modelDetailed application of the model, with case studiesPractical toolbox with surveys, assessments, and counseling helpsA Christian counseling model can’t just be about admonishment. That approach only leads to shame and human efforts that are doomed to fail. But when the gospel is brought to bear in the counseling relationship, real life change is possible. Then the counselor becomes an instrument of divine grace in the hands of a faithful God.
The Christian counselor or pastor plays an important role in helping people process the trauma they’ve experienced. Too often, a client leaves the counselor’s office with feelings of guilt and shame. They feel the heavy burden of what they did wrong. But somehow, they’ve missed the grace of God that makes things right again.
A counseling model that stays true to a biblical worldview will overflow with grace . . . not cheap grace, but real grace that acknowledges sin while offering a hopeful path to redemption and healing. In Grace-Based Counseling, professional counselors Richard Fowler and Natalie Ford offer a model that blends the truths of Scripture, the science of psychology, and the everlasting hope of the gospel. In this book you will
New, grace-based counseling modelDetailed application of the model, with case studiesPractical toolbox with surveys, assessments, and counseling helpsA Christian counseling model can’t just be about admonishment. That approach only leads to shame and human efforts that are doomed to fail. But when the gospel is brought to bear in the counseling relationship, real life change is possible. Then the counselor becomes an instrument of divine grace in the hands of a faithful God.
251 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 3, 2021
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September 2, 2021
What better way to heal than to receive grace? Christ has given us grace, and even instructed us to do the same for others, so it’s especially important to become a vessel of grace to those who need healing and guidance. Whether you are a professional counselor, one who counsels, or one being counseled, grace is a gift that can be seen and felt, and it’s an effective tool in healing the wounded and broken.
Grace-Based Counseling showcases a blend of practical applications and biblical standards that work in a variety of relationships, such as dating, marriage, parenting, and even step-parenting. I love how this book’s focus is on the counselor, displaying the responsibility and rewards of counseling with a solid foundation of grace.
I am not a counselor, but I’ve always had the spirit of a mediator and peacemaker, and my friends often seek me for advice or support. Learning and practicing the standards and tools in this book will certainly aid me in helping and encouraging them. Being given the gift of grace (an unmerited gift of kindness, forgiveness, and understanding) I’m motivated to do the same. And the guidance in this book inspires me to be a vessel of grace when counseling others.
Dɪsᴄʟᴏsᴜʀᴇ: I ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ ᴄᴏᴘʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ. Mʏ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴғʟᴜᴇɴᴄᴇᴅ.
Grace-Based Counseling showcases a blend of practical applications and biblical standards that work in a variety of relationships, such as dating, marriage, parenting, and even step-parenting. I love how this book’s focus is on the counselor, displaying the responsibility and rewards of counseling with a solid foundation of grace.
I am not a counselor, but I’ve always had the spirit of a mediator and peacemaker, and my friends often seek me for advice or support. Learning and practicing the standards and tools in this book will certainly aid me in helping and encouraging them. Being given the gift of grace (an unmerited gift of kindness, forgiveness, and understanding) I’m motivated to do the same. And the guidance in this book inspires me to be a vessel of grace when counseling others.
Dɪsᴄʟᴏsᴜʀᴇ: I ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ ᴄᴏᴘʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ. Mʏ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴғʟᴜᴇɴᴄᴇᴅ.
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