Biological Issues Play In Counseling Essay

Understanding the roles that biological issues play in counseling gives counselors the ability to better counsel those whom God has entrusted to their care. There are two main areas where this grave importance comes to light in terms of philosophy and methodology: when dealing with a counselee who has a heart issue that has been labeled as a disease, and when a counselee currently takes psychoactive medications. Both of these situations contain multifaceted areas of consideration and should be taken seriously by biblical counselors. Viewing first the situation of mislabeled diagnostic terms, counselors need to know if their counselees have been given, or sees themselves as having a “disease.” If their counselees are giving up hope in trying …show more content…
There is a profusion of reasons why counselees may be taking psychoactive medications, even threat of self-harm. Taking stock of this situation becomes a daunting task that can only be achieved by God’s abounding grace and mercy. Once all of the reasons for the medication and background information have been sufficiently brought forth, counselors then have the all-important job of depending on God to give them the wisdom to take the next steps. In some cases, the philosophies of counselors may be tested and tried as they deal with counselees dealing with extreme cases of psychotic behavior. Another issue faced by counselors concerns the counselees currently on psychoactive medications that wish to stop taking them. Counselors must not ever encourage counselees to quit taking their medications without speaking with a physician. Failure to do so may have serious detrimental consequences to both counselors and counselees. Closely related, counselors often face a question of philosophy and methodology when counselees on psychoactive medications begin responding to biblical counseling and counselors then must decide when the right time for counselees to begin ending their psychoactive medication