{"id":31932,"date":"2021-03-19T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=31932"},"modified":"2021-03-19T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:49:21","slug":"a-biblical-counselors-self-assessment-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=31932","title":{"rendered":"A Biblical Counselor\u2019s Self-Assessment Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Amazon-Consider-Your-Counsel-7.jpg\"><\/a>40 Biblical Counseling Self-Evaluation Questions<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>My upcoming book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmministries.org\/store\/consider-your-counsel-addressing-ten-mistakes-in-our-biblical-counseling\/\">Consider Your Counsel: Addressing Ten Mistakes We Make In Biblical Counseling<\/a><\/em>, is like supervision in writing. To maintain that practical improvement focus, I conclude each chapter with four self-evaluation\/assessment questions. Today\u2019s post collates those evaluations so you can have access to this 40-question assessment of your biblical counseling.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about <em>Consider Your Counsel<\/em>, including several free resources related to the book, <a href=\"https:\/\/rpmministries.org\/consider-your-counsel\/\">click here<\/a>. If you\u2019d like to pre-order the book, <a href=\"https:\/\/rpmministries.org\/store\/consider-your-counsel-addressing-ten-mistakes-in-our-biblical-counseling\/\">visit the RPM Store here<\/a>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Mistake #1: We Elevate Data Collection Above Soul Connection<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>  In our biblical counseling, would people say of us, \u201cI feel like a soul to be heard, known, understood, and cared about?\u201d Or would they say of us, \u201cI feel like a specimen to be probed, dissected, examined, and diagnosed?\u201d In our biblical counseling, would people say of us, \u201cShe loves me like a tender, gentle mother? He loves me like an encouraging, comforting father?\u201d Would the people we counsel say of us, \u201cThey share Scripture and soul? They model intimacy and intensity? 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