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The authoritative new reference guide that equips counselors, pastors and church leaders, and caregivers for an effective ministry of soul care.
Under the guidance of the highly respected American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), more than 40 leading Christian professionals have come together to provide this comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date reference guide for professional and lay counselors, pastors, and leaders in training.
Competent Christian Counseling offers you:
• the best contributions on spiritual formation and pastoral care from Scripture as well as from giants of church history
• the latest research, theory, and successful practice methods in Christian counseling
• a practical, 21st century model of Christian counseling that is not only “counselor friendly,” but also facilitates effective, biblical client change--all geared to help people mature in the ways and wisdom of Jesus Christ.
Competent Christian Counseling, edited by Timothy Clinton and George Ohlschlager, is destined to be regarded for years to come as the authoritative, trustworthy resource for Christian counseling.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Be forwarned...!, 2008-09-14
I was requested to purchase this text for a graduate level course at a respected seminary. It was one of four texts yet it was assigned without the forewarning as to how it may inform the instructors pedagogical choices. It is written by a graduate of Jerry Falwell's 'Liberty University.' The book unabashedly defies the American Psychiatric Associate and every other respectable accrediting institution in many approaches. The theology is 'literalist' so it perpetrates a rather unacademic approach to the Bible. Yes you may have to counsel those who see the Bible as the literal word of God, but do know it is at it's best controversial, and at its worse offensive.
And then there is the issue of lining the authors pockets - and I as a Christian may pray for right wing extremists, but and certainly not prepared to pay for them.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Easy read for great stuff, 2008-06-10
This book is packed with a lot of great articles by some heavy hitters in the Christian counseling community. It was a required book for my master's program but is one of my favorites.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Competent Christian counseling, 2007-05-14
It is an excellent resource. It uses language that lay persons can understand and yet offers excellent info. Money well spent. L Wilson
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A Good Resource, 2007-01-31
Competent Christian Couseling is an excellent resource book for biblical counselors of all types, be it: pastors, lay counselors, clinical, or private sector counselors. However, the book reads more like a compilation of articles and insights that a person can find in Psychology Today, or other counseling magazines. Although it is put together nicely, and it can be very useful in practical application, I feel it does not reach the potential that it can reach.
Students will find this work helpful in their pursuit of a counseling major, although, they may not refer to it much once they are in their own practice.
Overall, the work is good and worth the money and study, but it was not what I had expected.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
 Too much statistical details, 2006-08-21
I got defocused with all the statistics and accrediting details. Of course this probably should be wholly contributed to the instructor's purpose for this assigned reading. However, there were parts of this book that were quite informative and spiritually stimulating.
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