“What can we do to help you?”<\/p>\n
That’s the way it may begin. Where it will go from there, no one but God can know beforehand.<\/p>\n
I’m talking about a counseling session, of course.<\/p>\n
Because it may take any number of possible turns from that moment on, it will be necessary for a biblical counselor to be able to handle each one—no matter what direction counseling takes.<\/p>\n
You may have to deal with a husband’s resistance to help, a wife’s weeping, a son’s wild behavior, a . . .<\/p>\n
You name it—and the seasoned Nouthetic Counselor has faced it.<\/p>\n
Now, if you want to counsel effectively, so as to help rather than hurt people, you will need three basic things:<\/p>\n
Ability to exegete the Scriptures A thorough understanding of theology A biblical method of counseling. <\/p>\n
If you are interested in training in Nouthetic Counseling, be sure that any program in which you enroll has at least those three elements.<\/p>\n
Other things are very helpful, as well, but those three are absolutely essential.<\/p>\n
There are a number of training programs out there, but not all are the same. In order to evaluate the training offered, it might be well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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