Reflection Paper On Christian Counseling

What has been Learned This has been a very interesting class which has covered a very interesting topic , christian counseling. What that is is simply counseling with a base in traditional christian values and keeping in mind both the teachings of the Old and New Testament. There are many different things that come in to play here , far more than just simply using the values in tandem with counseling. The one other major things that comes to play is also applying the faith to the counseling , trying to use the faith together with the traditional psychological methods to counsel. One must be able to keep in mind everything and not only apply these things to their problems but also try and do it in such a way that it enriches their lives …show more content…
Applying these values can have many positive effects , there are many things to be gained by using it but there are also some qualms that I have with using it. The most important thing would be learning when to and when not to use it in a counseling situation because some people may feel like it is pushy or just not very comforting to them. The good points are obvious , I have learned many things but this thing is always close to heart. There is a lot of comfort to the worlds of the scriptures and many people feel the same way , many good examples of how to live ones life or decent examples to compare to our everyday lives and as such there is plenty there. Some people may take a lot of comfort in a psychiatric setting from it , say you have a person who is scared about why they are there but they take a great deal of comfort in their religion. It would make the person feel more at ease with themselves if you applied ideals that they could relate to as opposed to techniques and theories they don 't understand. It would foster a lot of trust in a person which is very ideal in a psychiatric setting and as such it is very …show more content…
Some people may come in who are not religious and then they may not want anything to do with religion and may even be offended by someone trying to push it in a clinical setting. There are of course religious people who will come in from time to time and they may or may not want a religious counseling session. The reasons why are quite obvious but the reasons why not are not are not so obvious. Some people may feel a little more trust with a person who is more clinical than religious because at times people just innately trust a doctor. They often hear of the Lord and such in church but they may have trouble understanding it or interpreting it , it could be easier for them to just accept the words of a trained