PD171 Biblical Soul Care
Overview
Biblical Soul Care (PD171) presents the intersection of psychology and faith in the practice of counseling. The course explores the increasing need for a response to the stresses of twenty-first century American life. It focuses on attachment theory and presents a counseling approach to achieve emotional and spiritual well-being, through a journey of recovery. The course draws on numerous biblical passages to augment psychology’s explanations and suggested treatments for a distressed person’s needs and is replete with examples of Dr. Clinton’s experience as a practicing counselor.
Top Highlights
“Henri Nouwen once penned this statement that I chalked in my notes a long time ago: ‘Our lives are full of brokenness—broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How shall we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful,’ he said, ‘except by returning again and again to God’s faithful presence in our lives.’” (source)
“Dan Allender, in the book The Healing Path. Dan penned these words, ‘When we demand …’—he and Tremper Longman—‘When we demand that another person or thing provides safety, certainty, and fulfillment for our deepest desires, we have turned from God to an idol for fulfillment of our needs.’” (source)
“If you don’t see them’—and he was meaning people—‘if you don’t see them, if you can’t meet them at their point of need,’ he said, ‘Tim, I doubt that you’re going to have the opportunity to lead them to Him.’” (source)
“I’ve started to see an addiction as something that, ‘Fills a deep longing in my heart.’ That’s why it’s hard for me to let go. It’s hard to release.” (source)
“about one in four churchgoers, it’s estimated, wrestle with, what we would call, a ‘diagnosable mental disorder.’” (source)
- Title: PD171 Biblical Soul Care
- Author: Tim Clinton
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Christian life; Pastoral counseling; Counseling › Psychology; Education › Christian life; Education › Pastoral counseling; Education › Counseling--Psychology
- Resource ID: LLS:PD171CLINTON
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:02:53Z
Dr. Tim Clinton, EdD, is president of the nearly 50,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the largest and most diverse Christian counseling association in the world. He is professor of counseling and pastoral care, and executive director of the Center for Counseling and Family Studies at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Licensed in Virginia as both a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist, Dr. Clinton now spends a majority of his time working with Christian leaders and professional athletes. He has authored over 20 books and is recognized as a world leader in issues of faith and mental health. Dr. Clinton is married to the love of his life, Julie, and they have two children, Megan and Zach.