Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling
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Jason Wilkerson Liberty University COUN 506
Integration of Psychology and Theology March 31, 2013
Abstract
In his conceptual book, Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling
(1996), McMinn offers s a presentation of a counselor multitasking but has developed his own
Who has developed approach I in the counseling world? Most New age Christian counselors
have begun to develop synchronized skills which embark on the core components of,
Theology, psychology and spirituality. Our journey begins exploring the pathways of
understanding the values and perspectives that can be discovered through the work of a well
rounded solid, Christian counselor. The book is filled with illustrations of life and brief
counseling scenarios, McMinn (1996) does provide the reader with a fully functional working
model that identifies the relating life experiences to Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality. The
resistance of modern psychology and theology in today’s practices is divisive as it tries to
deliver contemporary messages concerning mental health on different approaches. As
Psychologist Albert Ellis wrote, “The emotionally healthy individual should primarily be true to
himself and not masochistically sacrifice himself for others.” Versus Christian spirituality that
identifies and states in scripture that as individuals we are instructed to look out for the interest
of others (Phil. 2:4) and to prefer one another in honor (Rom 12:10) (McMinn, 1996).
McMinn successfully attempts to integrate the concepts of these three distinct
disciplines, Christian counseling then
Jason Wilkerson Liberty University COUN 506
Integration of Psychology and Theology March 31, 2013
Abstract
In his conceptual book, Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling
(1996), McMinn offers s a presentation of a counselor multitasking but has developed his own
Who has developed approach I in the counseling world? Most New age Christian counselors
have begun to develop synchronized skills which embark on the core components of,
Theology, psychology and spirituality. Our journey begins exploring the pathways of
understanding the values and perspectives that can be discovered through the work of a well
rounded solid, Christian counselor. The book is filled with illustrations of life and brief
counseling scenarios, McMinn (1996) does provide the reader with a fully functional working
model that identifies the relating life experiences to Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality. The
resistance of modern psychology and theology in today’s practices is divisive as it tries to
deliver contemporary messages concerning mental health on different approaches. As
Psychologist Albert Ellis wrote, “The emotionally healthy individual should primarily be true to
himself and not masochistically sacrifice himself for others.” Versus Christian spirituality that
identifies and states in scripture that as individuals we are instructed to look out for the interest
of others (Phil. 2:4) and to prefer one another in honor (Rom 12:10) (McMinn, 1996).
McMinn successfully attempts to integrate the concepts of these three distinct
disciplines, Christian counseling then
Bibliography: McMinn, M. R. (1996). Psychology, theology, and spirituality in Christian counseling. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. The Holy Bible: New International Version®. NIV®.1984 Zondervan Publishing House