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How to Help People Change  
Author: Jay Edward Adams
ISBN: 031051181X
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
Change is the essential goal of the counseling process, as the author reminds us. This book provides us with an explanation of the idea that "substantial change requires the alteration of the heart."


From the Author
Dr. Jay E. Adams is Director of Advanced Studies and Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido, California. He received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, his B.D. from the Reformed Episcopal Theological Seminary, his S.T.M. from Temple University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. In addition to having served as a pastor and then a Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Dr. Adams has been the Dean of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation, Laverock, Pennsylvania, since its founding in the early 1970s. He has written over fifty books, translated the New Testament into English (The Christian Counselor’s New Testament), and lectured throughout the world. His books deal with many aspects of pastoral ministry and counseling as well as Bible study and practical Christian living


From the Back Cover
"While touching on many aspects of counseling, this book . . . is specifically designed to elucidate the process of counseling. I have often mentioned and illustrated that process, but not in the focused and systemic way that the four-step biblical process is set forth here. . . . This book presents a fresh perspective not only on how to counsel, but also on what measures to take at what stages of counseling."—Jay Adams, from the preface Change is the essential goal of the counseling process. And, in the author’s words, "substantial change requires the alteration of the heart." How can a Christian counselor facilitate such change? The answer, of course, may be found in Scripture, specifically in 2 Timothy 3:14–17. Jay Adams is a well-known counselor who bases his whole approach on Scripture. This book provides an unparalleled opportunity to see how he discovers and applies biblical priniciples as well as the way in which Scripture functions as the basis for his counseling approach. This book answers two questions: "How does a counselor help people change?" and, "How does Scripture provide the source of a counselor’s method?" How to Help People Change has much to say about the ongoing discussion of the relationship between theology and psychology in the enterprise of Christian counseling.


About the Author
Jay E. Adams (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is a former director of advanced studies and professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary and a retired pastor. He has written over fifty books on pastoral ministry, preaching, counseling, Bible study, and Christian living, including Competent to Counsel, The Christian Counselor’s Manual, and Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the Bible.




How to Help People Change

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"While touching on many aspects of counseling, this book . . . is specifically designed to elucidate the process of counseling. I have often mentioned and illustrated that process, but not in the focused and systemic way that the four-step biblical process is set forth here. . . . This book presents a fresh perspective not only on how to counsel, but also on what measures to take at what stages of counseling."--Jay Adams, from the preface

Change is the essential goal of the counseling process. And, in the author's words, "substantial change requires the alteration of the heart." How can a Christian counselor facilitate such change? The answer, of course, may be found in Scripture, specifically in 2 Timothy 3: 14-17.

Jay Adams is a well-known counselor who bases his whole approach on Scripture. This book provides an unparalleled opportunity to see how he discovers and applies biblical priniciples as well as the way in which Scripture functions as the basis for his counseling approach. This book answers two questions: "How does a counselor help people change?" and, "How does Scripture provide the source of a counselor's method?"

How to Help People Change has much to say about the ongoing discussion of the relationship between theology and psychology in the enterprise of Christian counseling.

Author Biography: Jay E. Adams is a former director of advanced studies and professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary and a retired pastor. He has written over fifty books on pastoral ministry, preaching, counseling, Bible study, and Christian living, including Competent to Counsel, The Christian Counselor's Manual, and Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in theBible.

SYNOPSIS

Change is the essential goal of the counseling process, as the author reminds us. This book provides us with an explanation of the idea that "substantial change requires the alteration of the heart."

     



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