A Word from Bob: One month from now on September 15, 2020, Baker Books will release my new two-book series:
Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling: An Equipping Guide for Pastors and Counselors Gospel-Centered Family Counseling: An Equipping Guide for Pastors and Counselors
Earlier this week, I focused on Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling. You can read that post here:
Marriage Counseling Is Not Just Individual Counseling with an Audience: The central competency in biblical marriage counseling is to equip spouses to be each other’s best biblical counselor.
In my post today, I’m focusing on some central themes of Gospel-Centered Family Counseling:
Family counselors don’t replace parents; they empower parents. Families need godly parents more than just good counseling. Our Typical Training in Family Counseling
Here’s how most of us were trained as family counselors:
We learned a biblical theology of a healthy, godly family. We learned a biblical methodology of individual biblical counseling. Our Typical Practice of Family Counseling
So, what do we then typically do when a family sits in front of us?
We teach them a biblical theology of a healthy family. While the kids listen, we
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