Here are three current approaches to biblical counseling,
Approach #1: CHBC (My Approach): Christian Historical Biblical Counseling
This approach builds its model on the Bible and is informed by 2,000 years of Christian soul care/Christian pastoral care throughout church history (100-2025).[i]
Approach # 2: CIBC: Clinically-Informed Biblical Counseling
This approach builds its model on the Bible and is informed by clinical research.[ii]
Approach #3: CNBC: Classic Nouthetic Biblical Counseling
This approach builds its model on the Bible and is informed by Jay Adams’s modern nouthetic approach (1970-2025).[iii]
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If you had just four letters for an acronym (like CHBC, CIBC, or CNBC), how would you label your approach to biblical counseling?
Notes
[i] For more about my approach, see, 6 Biblical Counseling Convictions. I summarize my model as follows: “As biblical counselors we seek to be: Gospel-Centered/Christ-Centered, Theologically-Saturated, Relationship-Focused, Church History-Informed, Research-Aware Soul Physicians of Embodied-Souls.” For more about the history of Christian soul care see my PhD. Dissertation, and see my three books on historical Christian soul care.
[ii] For more about CIBC, see 15 Resources About Clinically-Informed Biblical Counseling.
[iii] Many who describe themselves as classic/historic nouthetic biblical counselors actually diverge significantly from Jay Adams original
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