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Category Archives: Counseling
Understanding human behavior
What is the starting point for breaking cycles of destructive behavior? Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Accountability, Addiction, Alcohol addiction, Behavior, Biopsychology, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Drug addiction, Psychology, Social work, sociology, Spiritual transformation, Wisdom
Tagged abuse, ACEs, Addiction, Childhood trauma, counseling advice, human behavior, pscholoogy, sociology
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Dealing with anxiety
Anxiety distorts our ability to focus on God and to experience His protective shield of His peace. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Anxiety, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Worry, Worship
Tagged Anxiety, anxious, Joy, Worry
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A difficult ministry of love
Four truths about being an instrument of godly sorrow. Continue reading
Great leaders battle depression
Should the power of depression be more than ordinary, do to think that all is over with your usefulness. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Encouragement, Loss, Sadness, Suicide
Tagged Depression, Despair, disappointment, feeling discouraged, fighting depression, Grief, hope for depressionn, loneliness, lonely, Loss, sad, Sadness
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Normal sadness or depressive disorder?
Have we lost our ability to distinguish biologically based depression from normal sadness? Continue reading
How to be a caring friend
Guidelines for being a caring friend – especially when offering counsel to others.
Answers won’t help if we don’t understand the actual problem. Sympathetic and discerning ears are key to caring for others. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Accountability, Call to ministry, Christian Counselor, Christian life, Counseling, friendship, Holistic ministry, Love, mentorship, Wisdom
Tagged Christian counseling, Counseling, help with counseling others, how to be a caring friend, how to help others, mentorship
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Expectation→ Disappointment→ Anger → Resentment
Don’t miss seven steps for uprooting bitterness and dealing with revenge. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Anger, Bitterness, Change, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Resentment, Revenge
Tagged anger, bitterness, resentment, Revenge
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The human will and the findings of Neuroscience
Sometimes life is not easily reduced to raw choosing. If we treat people only as volitional beings, we fail to relate to them based on the Imago Dei and the human fall from it. One must consider matters related to nurture and nature when addressing complex issues of life in this world. Continue reading
Counseling the whole person in the truth
Total and thorough transformation of every dimension of life. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Counselor, Counseling, Pastors
Tagged approach to counseling, Counseling, How to counsel others
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Anxiety loses!
Total, Total, Total attack on anxiety! Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Fear, Peace, Worry
Tagged Anxiety, Fear, Peace, Philippians 4:7, Worry
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