среда, 7 сентября 2016 г.

During Christian Counseling Minneapolis MN Believers Can Grow Closer To God

By Mark Graham


Modern life is stressful and competitive. Many people struggle to cope with all the demands made upon them and they do not always get the support that they need from their own loved ones. The answer is to seek therapy from a qualified professional. Seeking therapy is not a weakness, as some people still seem to think. For those seeking Christian counseling Minneapolis MN is the ideal place to go.

Secular therapy is generally based upon the principles of psychology. There are, however, therapists that base their interventions on a wide variety of theories and beliefs, ranging from vague, mystic belief systems to primitive customs to modern cognitive science theories. Christian therapy, however, is wholly Bible based and focus on the faith in God the father, God the son and God the holy ghost.

Faith based therapists believe that the answer to all the problems of life on earth van only come from God, who is almighty and who can do anything. Their approach to therapy is therefore to help their patients to find the answers to their problems by studying the Bible, by renewing their faith and trust in God and by committing themselves to sin no more.

Therapists using Christianity as the foundation for treating their patients by no means deny the value of scientific psychological theories and methods. They use these therapies as part of their counselling and many faith based therapists are, in fact, qualified psychologists. Their approach differ from traditional therapists only in that they believe that the final solution to all problems can be found in the Bible.

Many faith based therapists specialize in specific fields. Some focus on relationships and marriage counselling, others on trauma therapy and others on behavioural disorders such as substance abuse. In most cases therapy consist of an initial interview, followed by one on one sessions and in many cases, group therapy as well. Patients have to understand that therapy often requires many sessions over a long period of time.

Faith based therapists are quite often faced with patients with unrealistic expectations. Such patients think that the counsellor has a direct line to God and that their problems will be solved instantly. Instead, the role of the counsellor is to lead the patient towards an understanding of his problems and feelings and towards the discovery of the solutions to those problems.

Critics of faith based therapy are often also critics of religion in general. They argue that it is irresponsible to lead people to believe in a deity that has not been proved to exist and a book that is at best an inaccurate historical record. Critics believe that all psychological treatment should be based upon scientific principles and nothing else.

Supporters of faith based therapy argue that Christianity is a religion based on love, mercy and tolerance, with eternal life as the end reward. There is no harm when a troubled person seeks a solution for his problems within his faith. After all, they believe that God created mankind with free choice.




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