Ready to Restore: An Introductory Guide to Biblical Counseling

by Jay E. Adams

This accessible introductory volume brings Jay Adams’s counseling expertise to ordinary Christians who want to counsel peers in need. Redesigned for its fortieth anniversary and celebrating more than 60,000 copies sold, this edition includes updated lists of critical resources.

Genres: Counselling

160 pages, Paperback

Published November 10, 2021

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

[Kaitlyn B. · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I could give it less stars, I would

[Samuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

For anyone just jumping into the counseling world, this is a helpful primer that does not feel like a daunting read. Adams is quick to point out that this book is meant only to help lay the groundwork as you prepare to become a biblical counselor, but it does cover the general basics of counseling. The chapters are short, which helps with the feeling of accessibility.


I will say, though: P&R did a disservice to this book with the amount of typos and errors inside. I can’t tell you how many times I found a misspelled word or misplaced punctuation. I even found a few words that were spelled correctly but were one letter difference from the intended word. It took away from the book, honestly, and these were big mistakes that most people would notice. (Aka, not just grammar nerds analyzing every little detail could find a lot of the mistakes.)

[vince watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Thought provoking,

A fast pace guide to biblical counseling, but some grammatical error and odd usage of women versus men accusations to make some dated analogies.
Overall concept is on point to separate biblical counseling from clinical counseling!

[Joel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extraordinary, fantastic.

[Luke Rasmussen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This introductory guide is so helpful. I found it both whet my appetite but also offered some very helpful insight to develop this skill.

[Kenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good intro to biblical counseling book. The task of counseling people is the burden of every Christian with the goal of restoring people to usefulness in the church (Gal 6:1).