Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective

"Encyclopedic in scope, Counseling and Psychotherapy provides a comprehensive survey of the major approaches in psychological treatment. A lucid and incisive text that advances the field of Christian psychology."--Edward P. Shafranske, Pepperdine University
This text combines cutting-edge expertise with deeply rooted Christian insights to offer a comprehensive survey of ten major counseling and psychotherapy approaches. For each approach, Siang-Yang Tan provides a substantial introduction, assessing the approach's effectiveness and the latest research findings or empirical evidence for it. He then critiques the approach from a Christian perspective. Tan also includes hypothetical transcripts of interventions for each major approach to help readers better understand the clinical work involved.
This book presents a Christian approach to counseling and psychotherapy that is Christ centered, biblically based, and Spirit filled. It will work well for marriage and family, social work, ministry, counseling, and psychology courses. Christian counselors and psychotherapists, pastors, chaplains, and lay counselors will also benefit from Tan's expertise.
Contents
Part 1: Basic Issues in the Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
1. Overview of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice
2. The Person of the Counselor
3. Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Part 2: Major Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques
4. Psychoanalytic Therapy
5. Adlerian Therapy
6. Jungian Therapy
7. Existential Therapy
8. Person-Centered Therapy
9. Gestalt Therapy
10. Reality Therapy
11. Behavior Therapy
12. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
13. Marital and Family Therapy
Part 3: A Christian Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy
14. Christian Theology in Christian Counseling: A Biblical Perspective on Human Nature and Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy
15. Christian Faith in Clinical Practice: Implicit and Explicit Integration
16. The Holy Spirit and Christian Spirituality in Counseling and Psychotherapy
17. Legal and Ethical Issues in Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy
Appendix: Is Psychotherapy Effective?
Index