Two Streams About a decade before Jay Adams began his quest to make the Bible the foundation and guide for all counseling, Christian people who were trained in non-Christian psychology began to see that the church was lacking in the proper care of souls. Churches were either not teaching the Word of God because they […]
A stark contrast
All counseling is about change. Every psychotherapeutic theory seeks some type of change in the counselee’s life. But there is a major problem that is fundamental to the field of psychotherapy. It may surprise you to learn there are over 300 distinctive theories of psychotherapy in the world today. Depending on the type of therapy […]
Jenn Chen’s Biblical Counseling Testimony
This link takes you to a great testimony of a young woman’s struggle with psychology as it came face to face with her real life. And her joy at meeting God in the struggles of her life through Biblical Counseling. Jen is part of the LightHouse Community Church in Torrance, CA.
No Place For Integration
I’m coming to a harder and harder position concerning the ability of secular psychology to address the ills that plague our minds and behaviors. I think non-Christians do a great job at the research end of things, but as soon as they begin interpreting or explaining what they see, because of their faulty philosophical presuppositions, […]
Biblical Counseling is Not Secular Psychology
“I can’t come to your conference because I don’t like psychology. All that stuff makes my head hurt.” “You have to learn a new vocabulary and you have to buy a couch, and you have to go to school for a long, long time.” “Counseling is hard. You have to be able to get inside people’s […]
Much Richer than Psychology
“Counseling in a church context is far richer than “designated expert” meets with “needy client.” –David Powlison
Blind Interpretation
Our world is fallen, and so are we. Therefore, secular psychology is like a game of hide-and-seek played by the blind. Secular social scientists search a dark world with darkened eyes looking at darkened image bearers. The “facts” that they research do not portray life as God originally designed it. They then filter their interpretations […]
The Real Problems With Psychiatry
This is a great article on the DSM V. But more than that it is a great article on the world of psychiatry. Remember that it is a world view and comes from a philosophy of life. If you are interested in the area of counseling and/or helping people with their problems with living, this […]
National Association of Nouthetic Counselors
The Center for biblical Counseling is in the process of becoming a certified NANC Training Center. We anticipate that this process will be complete some time this summer. Once CBC becomes a certified training center, any training we will do or will have done will be accepted in the NANC counselor certification process. This means that anyone taking […]