McGinnis, Carol Z.A. Assistant Professor and Pastoral Counselor in the Graduate Counseling
Department at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, PA. She is currently Track
Coordinator for the Clinical Mental Health Program, an ACA Awards Committee
member (2012-2015), and Director of the AWI @ Fairview UM Church Counseling
Center in Phoenix, Maryland. Research interests and publications have included a
theory for anger processing and counseling of clients who participate in online home
console video gaming.
The article emphasizes the importance for Christian counselors to eliminate the
the imposition of their Christian values and to assist the client in obtaining an identity as a
valued social being.