Counselor Issues

How do you prioritize what issues to address in a complex counseling situation?

How do you prioritize what issues to address in a complex counseling situation?

How do I navigate compassion fatigue?

August 14, 2025

How do I navigate compassion fatigue?

Book Notes: Volume 6

Book Notes: Volume 6

Michael Gembola

Three Questions to Help Counselors Identify Shame

Three Questions to Help Counselors Identify Shame

Using Exile as a Metaphor in Counseling

Using Exile as a Metaphor in Counseling

Using Scripture to Address Common Patterns of Thinking in OCD

Using Scripture to Address Common Patterns of Thinking in OCD

Bringing Order to Chaotic Emotions

Bringing Order to Chaotic Emotions

Book Notes: Volume 5

December 5, 2024

Book Notes: Volume 5

Michael Gembola

More Than a Proof Text: "Sometimes it's wise to let the sun go down on your anger." (Psalm 4:4–5)

December 5, 2024

More Than a Proof Text: "Sometimes it's wise to let the sun go down on your anger." (Psalm 4:4–5)

"You Are Here": Helping Strugglers Share Honestly

December 5, 2024

"You Are Here": Helping Strugglers Share Honestly

The Connection between Everyday Ministry and Counseling

December 5, 2024

The Connection between Everyday Ministry and Counseling

Finding Refuge: Helping Those Who Re-Experience Traumatic Memories

December 5, 2024

Finding Refuge: Helping Those Who Re-Experience Traumatic Memories

Darby Strickland

What was helpful to encourage and orient you as a brand new counselor?

Psalms 129, 130, and 131: A Framework for Trauma Care

Psalms 129, 130, and 131: A Framework for Trauma Care

When Church Members Are in Secular Therapy

When Church Members Are in Secular Therapy

Book Notes: Volume 2

November 25, 2023

Book Notes: Volume 2

Michael Gembola

Not Everything Is PTSD: A More Balanced View of What Returning Veterans Need

November 25, 2023

Not Everything Is PTSD: A More Balanced View of What Returning Veterans Need

Matthew McCraney

Trauma and Relational Hypervigilance

November 25, 2023

Trauma and Relational Hypervigilance

Darby Strickland

Someone I Know Is Grieving: Responding with Humility and Compassion

Someone I Know Is Grieving: Responding with Humility and Compassion

Book Notes: Volume 1

Book Notes: Volume 1

Michael Gembola

More Than a Proof Text: “Blessed are those who are weary of the struggle.” (Matthew 5:3)

More Than a Proof Text: “Blessed are those who are weary of the struggle.” (Matthew 5:3)

A Case Study to Illustrate the Beginning, Middle, and End of the Counseling Process

A Case Study to Illustrate the Beginning, Middle, and End of the Counseling Process

A Suicide Care Plan: One Church’s Model

November 21, 2022

A Suicide Care Plan: One Church’s Model

Counseling in a Season of Faith Deconstruction

November 21, 2022

Counseling in a Season of Faith Deconstruction

Michael Gembola

JBC Must Reads: On Marriage Counseling

September 28, 2022

JBC Must Reads: On Marriage Counseling

Aaron Sironi, Lauren Whitman, Winston Smith

More Than a Proof Text: “Your filthy clothes are gone.” (Zechariah 3)

More Than a Proof Text: “Your filthy clothes are gone.” (Zechariah 3)

The Lord Comes Near: Using the Name of the Lord in Counseling

The Lord Comes Near: Using the Name of the Lord in Counseling

Foundations of Trauma Care for Biblical Counselors

Foundations of Trauma Care for Biblical Counselors

Darby Strickland

Meat, Metacognition, and Mindfulness: A Reinterpretive Framework Using 1 Corinthians 8–10

Meat, Metacognition, and Mindfulness: A Reinterpretive Framework Using 1 Corinthians 8–10

Speaking Truth in Marital Conflict

Speaking Truth in Marital Conflict

Why Cultural Context Matters in Biblical Counseling

Why Cultural Context Matters in Biblical Counseling

Esther Liu, Mike Emlet, Samuel J. Alex

Is Your Assurance under Assault?

Is Your Assurance under Assault?

Alasdair Groves

I am often emotionally drained with the burdens of others. What do I do?

February 25, 2022

I am often emotionally drained with the burdens of others. What do I do?

Counseling Harmed Spouses as They Contemplate Divorce

November 23, 2021

Counseling Harmed Spouses as They Contemplate Divorce

Darby Strickland

What If Counseling Isn't Encouraging?

November 3, 2021

What If Counseling Isn't Encouraging?

Alasdair Groves

How to Care Well for Your New Counselee

October 21, 2021

How to Care Well for Your New Counselee

A Biblical Counseling Process: Guidance for the Beginning, Middle, and End

September 24, 2021

A Biblical Counseling Process: Guidance for the Beginning, Middle, and End

God Is Making His People Good: Counseling and Virtue Formation

December 20, 2020

God Is Making His People Good: Counseling and Virtue Formation

Michael Gembola

Transgenderism: An Introduction to the Literature for Biblical Counselors

December 20, 2020

Transgenderism: An Introduction to the Literature for Biblical Counselors

An Open Letter to Helpers Who Wonder: Is It Abuse?

September 3, 2020

An Open Letter to Helpers Who Wonder: Is It Abuse?

Darby Strickland

How Do You Know If Someone Is Ready to Change?

August 31, 2020

How Do You Know If Someone Is Ready to Change?

Rehabilitating Habituation

August 31, 2020

Rehabilitating Habituation

Brian A. Mesimer

How is marriage counseling different from individual counseling?

November 13, 2019

How is marriage counseling different from individual counseling?

The Danger of Being Practical in Counseling

The Danger of Being Practical in Counseling

Alasdair Groves, Ed Welch

Methodology

Methodology

Alasdair Groves, Todd Stryd

Self-Care

Self-Care

Aaron Sironi, Alasdair Groves, Mike Emlet

Counsel for Couples: A Biblical and Practical Guide for Marriage Counseling

Counsel for Couples: A Biblical and Practical Guide for Marriage Counseling

Jonathan Holmes

How Can You Help When You Can’t Talk about Jesus?

October 1, 2018

How Can You Help When You Can’t Talk about Jesus?

Loving Others as Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners (Part 2)

August 31, 2018

Loving Others as Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners (Part 2)

Loving Others as Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners (Part 1)

Loving Others as Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners (Part 1)

Power in Counseling with Todd Stryd

February 27, 2018

Power in Counseling with Todd Stryd

Alasdair Groves, Todd Stryd

A Familial Approach to Confidentiality in the Church

December 31, 2017

A Familial Approach to Confidentiality in the Church

Taking the Initiative in Counseling Ministry

August 31, 2017

Taking the Initiative in Counseling Ministry

Searching for Healing: How to Counsel Individuals with Debilitating Chronic Pain

August 31, 2017

Searching for Healing: How to Counsel Individuals with Debilitating Chronic Pain

How to Begin Marriage Counseling

August 31, 2017

How to Begin Marriage Counseling

Existential Psychology with Ric Rodeheaver

Existential Psychology with Ric Rodeheaver

Alasdair Groves

God of the Besieged

God of the Besieged

Ode to the White Board: Helping People Make Connections

December 31, 2016

Ode to the White Board: Helping People Make Connections

How might I start a counseling session with a child?

September 19, 2016

How might I start a counseling session with a child?

How should biblical counselors demonstrate empathy toward those they counsel?

September 15, 2016

How should biblical counselors demonstrate empathy toward those they counsel?

When should a biblical counselor terminate a counseling relationship?

September 8, 2016

When should a biblical counselor terminate a counseling relationship?

How do you help someone who is terminally ill and afraid of the dying process?

August 30, 2016

How do you help someone who is terminally ill and afraid of the dying process?

Alasdair Groves

Legal protection in counseling?

August 18, 2016

Legal protection in counseling?

Cecelia Bernhardt, Laura Andrews

What is the #1 mistake people make in using Scripture in giving advice?

August 17, 2016

What is the #1 mistake people make in using Scripture in giving advice?

Don't take too many notes

Don't take too many notes

Alasdair Groves, Mike Emlet

Helping people find the watershed moments

Helping people find the watershed moments

Alasdair Groves, David Powlison

How can I counsel someone who feels detached from God?

How can I counsel someone who feels detached from God?

How directive should a counselor be?

How directive should a counselor be?

Mike Emlet, Winston Smith

How do biblical counselors measure the effectiveness of their counseling?

How do biblical counselors measure the effectiveness of their counseling?

Cecelia Bernhardt, Winston Smith

How to guard against pride as a counselor

How to guard against pride as a counselor

David Powlison, Mike Emlet

Using secular resources in counseling

Using secular resources in counseling

Cecelia Bernhardt, Winston Smith

Is there value in a biblical counselor pursuing a PhD at a secular institution?

Is there value in a biblical counselor pursuing a PhD at a secular institution?

Fees for biblical counseling

Fees for biblical counseling

Julie Lowe, Mike Emlet

Inexperienced counselors

Inexperienced counselors

Mike Emlet, Winston Smith

Help! I am an emotionally drained counselor

Help! I am an emotionally drained counselor

Do you have to be a professional to counsel people?

Do you have to be a professional to counsel people?

David Powlison, Tim Lane

A Look into a Counselor's Office for Children & Family

A Look into a Counselor's Office for Children & Family

Does a troubled past disqualify someone to be a counselor?

Does a troubled past disqualify someone to be a counselor?

David Powlison, Winston Smith

The challenges of counseling licensure

The challenges of counseling licensure

What if a counselee is attracted to me?

What if a counselee is attracted to me?

How do you counsel a person who is a victim and perpetrator?

How do you counsel a person who is a victim and perpetrator?

Book Review

Book Review

It's complicated

It's complicated

A discussion on sexual misconduct in counseling

A discussion on sexual misconduct in counseling

Aaron Sironi, Alasdair Groves, Tim Lane

Am I a credible counselor?

Am I a credible counselor?

Tim Lane, Winston Smith

Do You Skype? Counseling in the Age of Technology

Do You Skype? Counseling in the Age of Technology

Priorities: Discerning the “whatevers” from the worthy in biblical counseling

Priorities: Discerning the “whatevers” from the worthy in biblical counseling

Ever Have a Counselee Quit after Just One Session?

Ever Have a Counselee Quit after Just One Session?

Alasdair Groves

Edit Your Counseling

Edit Your Counseling

The counselor's character: Does it matter?

The counselor's character: Does it matter?

Counselor Self-Disclosure: How Much Should I Talk about Me?

Counselor Self-Disclosure: How Much Should I Talk about Me?

Resistance in counseling: Two reasons

Resistance in counseling: Two reasons

Power Differences in Counseling

Power Differences in Counseling

Sock puppets and other godly provisions

Sock puppets and other godly provisions

Preventing Sexual Misconduct in Counseling: Some Practical Suggestions

Preventing Sexual Misconduct in Counseling: Some Practical Suggestions

Aaron Sironi, Alasdair Groves

Do you Skype? Part 2...things I’ve learned

Do you Skype? Part 2...things I’ve learned

Alasdair Groves

Counselor as host

Counselor as host

“Nice” Counselors and Vital Faith

“Nice” Counselors and Vital Faith

Biblical counseling for unbelievers

Biblical counseling for unbelievers

Man's Search for Meaning: Viktor Frankl's Psychotherapy

December 31, 2015

Man's Search for Meaning: Viktor Frankl's Psychotherapy

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