Author: Kathy Hutton

Counseling parents of lost teens: Giving hope and perspective

Counseling parents of lost teens: Giving hope and perspective

Posted by | Oct 31, 2023 | |

As the Faith Christian School Biblical Counselor, I get to partner with parents by coming alongside them with God’s Word to encourage, teach, and guide them in parenting their children. I would be unable to meet with all 720 students myself. Instead, I meet with parents and students to offer biblical counsel to help guide… read more
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Counseling Teens with Big Emotions through God’s Design

Counseling Teens with Big Emotions through God’s Design

Posted by | May 2, 2023 | |

Writing this section reminds me of my first day as the biblical counselor, working with students here at Faith Christian School.  It was freshman orientation day, and I was a part of the team working with the students. Can you imagine this? There were 70-plus freshmen; some knew each other from the years before, some… read more
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Counseling the Weary Counselor – The Counselor’s Ethos (Part 3)

Counseling the Weary Counselor – The Counselor’s Ethos (Part 3)

Posted by | Aug 9, 2022 | |

As I asked the LORD to give me an example of what is sustaining empathy in counseling weary counselors, which is what this blog will explore, the story of our oldest daughter came to mind. She was home from college during the 1st semester of her senior year. In her degree program, she got hands-on… read more
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Counseling the Weary Counselor-Hope (Part 2)

Counseling the Weary Counselor-Hope (Part 2)

Posted by | Jan 11, 2022 | |

In my last blog, I took a closer look at what the world would call counselor fatigue as compared to what the Bible calls the affliction of the minister of the Word.  Affliction may come because the counselor obeys God by choosing to minister to the church through the Word of God.  I told my… read more
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Counselling the Weary Counselor

Counselling the Weary Counselor

Posted by | Oct 5, 2021 | |

My husband and I minister at the community center, where he is both a pastor of our campus church and the director. Early on, my husband and I would work the opening shift of the community center on Sundays. One particular Sunday, a community family booked a room to celebrate a birthday. After they had finished up, an angry and dissatisfied family member verbally attacked my husband unjustly and publicly while leaving a huge mess in her wake. I was shell-shocked and shaken by her meanness… read more

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