Overwhelmed with Thanksgiving
Reminders from Psalm 100 amidst overwhelming circumstances
A counselor should be able to point their counselee to thankfulness towards God, and help guide them through Scripture in doing so.
Praising in the Pain: Learning Joy from Habakkuk
For the biblical counselor, it is important that we remind counselees of what is so easy to forget: the goodness and faithfulness of God.
Triggers: Proposing a More Biblical Construct–Part 1
Trigger is a colloquial term that we often use without considering the deeper implications of the heart.
In Memory of Dr. Laura Hendrickson
I was so sad when I received the news that Dr. Laura Hendrickson passed away on Monday, February 24.
Counselors, You Can Offer Gospel Hope Without Shared Trials
Take heart, fellow counselors: you don’t have to share the same trial to share the same gospel. The gospel is enough.
Counseling Discernment from John Newton
Truth in Love 535
Newton goes beyond applying theology to life, with his skill at knowing what was the need of the moment in counseling.
Keeping the Heart
Truth in Love 531
Fear of the Lord captivates and moves the heart towards godliness, being motivated not by legalism, but by a love of Christ our Lord.
A Tale of Two Councils
Is Scripture Sufficient to Counsel Sufferers?
In immense suffering, the psalmist anchors himself in Scripture alone, which offers sufficient guidance, counsel, and hope for the suffering saint.
Helping Our Counselees Learn to Endure
We fix our gaze not on how badly it hurts or on how much longer the race is, but on His promises to walk alongside us and give us what we need to finish the race with endurance.
Do I Need to Change My Agenda for Counseling?
“Your counselee may bring all kinds of issues that were not there when you started…Remember that you don’t need to clean them all up, and you don’t need to clean them up right away. There is wisdom in having a cleaning strategy.”