Christ-Centered Therapy
Posted: May 31, 2007 Filed under: Book Review 2 Comments
An excellent book to help us on the field who are seeking to provide quality counseling from a spiritual Christian perspective. This book offers good information in how to deal with the secular protocol required while at the same time not requiring the Christian counselor. There are some interesting “counseling assistance tools” in it that could be helpful. The authors explain that all counseling operates from either a Christian or an alternative spiritual worldview. It centers on helping a client to realize his new identity in Christ. The authors present a Biblical strategy for Christian counseling that involves three levels of conflict and seven steps to freedom. I greatly appreciate their positive endorsement of Theology. Some have not understood and messed it up, this approach to counseling ministry without looking into its true theological basis and the incredible outcomes that have an approach worldwide.In order for a counselor to be effective he must be growing himself. Several recommendations are for growth are given. The subject of assessing client’s spiritual condition is examined. The obstacles in counseling in the marketplace are discussed and an explanation of how to present the Gospel in that setting. Issues involving the reality of managed care are also considered. A large section of the book is given to the subject of counseling tools. A summary is given concerning each of these tools. The authors do a good job of exposing the anti-Christian bias in psychology and of explaining the different views of counseling in the Christian community. They have a great respect for the power of God’s Word and the work of the Holy Spirit in counseling. I particularly appreciated the tool kit section, which presented various conditions and the interventions.
If you would like to buy this: http://www.amazon.com/Christ-Centered-Therapy-Neil-T-Anderson/dp/0310231132/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9144075-1219141?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180648646&sr=8-1
Gospel-Centered Musings 
Just so you know, Neil Anderson is one of the leaders of the New Demonology and he is a very dangerous person…
Although he sounds great in telling a person they must focus on who they are in Christ, he means something totally different than what it seems your blog is about…
I do not mean to be cutting or demeaning, but I just felt I should let you know as a brother in Christ that he is not orthodox… you should look up his website on how he does not think we have an inner strife or flesh contending within us and how it really is the influence of demons and/or Satan… God Bless…
after reading and aslo before reading this book i did know about Neil and his belifes on New Demonology. In no means do i believe him to be great or perfect on every doctrine. Although this book did not seem to have as many issues as the others that i have came to that he has written. i only wnated to read this one because i had saw the title of it, and wanted to see what he had to say.