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What is Biblical Counseling?
While the name is new, the sort of counseling done by biblical or nouthetic counselors is not. From Biblical times onward, God's people have counseled nouthetically. The nouthetic comes from the Greek noun nouthesia, which is translated to "admonish, correct or instruct.”
The three ideas found in the word nouthesia are confrontation, concern, and change. Simply put, nouthetic counseling consists of lovingly confronting people out of deep concern in order to help them make those changes that God requires.
By confrontation we mean that one Christian gives counsel to another from the Scriptures. He does not confront him with his own ideas or the ideas of others. He limits his counsel strictly to that which may be found in the Bible.
The nouthetic counselor believes all that is needed to help another person love God and his
neighbor may be found in the Bible.
By concern we mean that counseling is always done for the benefit of the counselee. There is always a warm, family note to biblical counseling which is done among the saints of God who seek to help one another become more like Christ. Christians consider their counseling to be a part of the sanctification process whereby one Christian helps another get through some difficulty that is hindering him from moving forward in his spiritual growth.
By change we mean that counseling is done because there is something in a Christian's life that fails to meet biblical requirements and that keeps him from honoring God. All counseling attempts change. Only biblical counselors know what a counselee should become as the result of counseling: he should look more like Christ, who is the Standard. Biblical counseling is done by Christians who are convinced that God is able to make the changes that are necessary as His Word is ministered in the power of the Spirit.*
Excerpted from www.nouthetic.org
Biblical counseling is for those who repeatedly struggle with the same problems or issues again and again.
It is ideal for solving persistent marriage conflicts or division; confronting sinful habits like drug or alcohol abuse, pornography, lying, anger, or pride; dealing with depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorder, ADHD and a variety of other so-called mental health problems; repairing relationships; dealing with the past; and a host of other problems. In addition, pre-marital counseling is an excellent means by which to lay a biblical foundation in the union between a couple prior to the wedding ceremony.
Counseling is provided free of charge.