Emotionally Faithful Care

God created human beings with emotions that expose both the worship of the heart and our experience of the world around us (Psalm 42:10–11). Counselors must therefore learn to engage emotions with both compassion and biblical wisdom. How do we care for suffering people without minimizing pain or unintentionally cultivating victim identities? How do we honor emotions without allowing feelings to govern truth? This session will equip counselors to enter a person’s emotional world with compassion and discernment, patiently guiding them toward a steady posture of Christ-centered hope.