Everett Worthington provides a Christian perspective and biblically based theory of marriage and marriage counseling. With an analysis of the individual, the couple and the family, Everett uses techniques drawn from several psychological schools of thought, combined with solid biblical principles to help guide counselors through the process of intervention, assessment and implementation of methods for change.
So Worthington concludes with suggestions for solidifying change and effectively concluding the counseling relationship. Here is a text that will be a standard for counselors, pastors and mental health professionals in the years to come.
Everett L. Worthington Jr. provides a model for short-term marriage counseling that is biblical, practical and compassionate.
Building on the research presented in their previous book Family Therapies, Mark Yarhouse and James Sells have developed a resource to train pastors and counselors in restoring high conflict relationships.
If you are or have been in this situation before, this book offers you a practical guide to get started with the first sessions and then offers specific guidance on nine of the most common topics that come up in marriage counseling.
This book is a valuable resource for the pastor, the counselor, and the church leader (as well as other individuals) who are struggling to understand and apply scriptural principles to the problems of divorce and remarriage.
I have no doubt that this work will become a go-to reference for ministry leaders and counselors for years to come.
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"Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling weds sound theology with practical explanations and applications to the actual counseling process. Every pastor and biblical counselor should add this important work to their library.
Then he treats many of the specific kinds of problems that typically arise: life patterns, priorities, children, sex roles, in-laws, and so forth.This is a book that belongs on every pastor's and every counselor's shelf.
President N. Eldon Tanner gave some wonderful financial advice years ago in general conference . His five main points were : ( 1 ) pay an honest tithing , ( 2 ) live on less than you earn , ( 3 ) distinguish between needs and wants ...