In the stream, The ripples part, Around a sun warmed knob. Submerged and surrounded. Wet and gleaming. The […]
Author: Beauty4TheSoul
Bring me your confusion to this harrowed ground And with your seeds Transformed Beauty and grace Abound by […]
Like a button: smooth and round Weighty like a silver dollar The stone gripped by her index finger […]
“As above, a major obstacle for the Biblical Counseling movement is comprised of the facts that neither biblical attestation nor empirical findings demonstrate the truthfulness of a […]
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves…Live the […]
Almost fifty years ago, in 1970, Jay Adams wrote his controversial book, Competent to Counsel, insisting that Christians reclaim counseling from psychologists and psychiatrists and redistribute humanity’s problems into categories using labels that maintained a theological tone: sin, disobedience, and rebellion.
I have encountered Christian professionals, both counselors and pastors, who argue with some contempt, that the DSM-5 does not offer “Christian” solutions to mental health issues. This blog post is about the making of the DSM-5 and why it’s not designed to offer Christian advice on mental health issues.
**Update: this was a school project: to give up a substance for 6 weeks** Sugar, When I think […]
For we Academicians are not men [or women] whose minds wander in uncertainty and never know what principles […]
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (2013), indicates for those aged six and older, a diagnosis […]
*This is not a “counseling” related paper, rather a reflective theological paper written when I was in seminary. […]
This is a Review of the book: 40 Techniques Every Counselor Should Know by Bradley T. Erford (2015). […]
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth. […]
In order to really understand, we need to listen, not reply. We need to listen long and attentively. […]
“Running With Scissors”, an adaptation of the memoir with the same title by Augusten Burrough is a film […]
Please be aware that the content in this book has detailed accounts of traumatic events. If you find […]
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) code of ethics focus on the medical model and the American Counseling Association’s […]
This is an “I Am From Poem” written for an assignment in my multiculturalism class. It’s not Shakespeare, […]
Introduction The collaborative nature of counseling involves a specific kind of interaction, unique to the counseling relationship, where […]
This post offers three brief examples of assessments (non-standardized, norm-based, and standardized) for evaluating those at risk of […]
