Competent
to
Counsel
Introduction to
Nouthetic Counseling
Jay E. Adams
Copyright © 1970 by Jay E. Adams
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Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530
Library of Congress Cataloging–in–Publication Data
Adams, Jay Edward.
Competent to counsel.
(The Jay Adams library)
Reprint. Originally published: Phillipsburg, N.J.:
Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co., © 1970.
ISBN 0-310-51140-2
1. Pastoral counseling. I. Title. II. Title: Nouthetic counseling. III. Series: Adams, Jay Edward. Jay Adams library.
BV4012.2.A323 1986 253.5 86–5233
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I. Christianity and Psychiatry Today
II. The Holy Spirit and Counseling
Counseling Is the Work of the Spirit
How Does the Holy Spirit Work in Counseling?
The Holy Spirit Works through Means
The Holy Spirit’s Work Is Sovereign
The Holy Spirit Works by means of His Word
III. What Is Wrong with the Mentally Ill?
People with Personal Problems Often Use Camouflage
Homosexuality Fits the Pattern
Adrenachrome or Schizophrenia?
IV. What Is Nouthetic Counseling?
Nouthetic Confrontation: By the Whole Church
Peculiarly the Work of the Ministry
Three Elements in Nouthetic Confrontation
Nouthesis and the Purpose of Scripture
Failure in Nouthetic Confrontation
V. The Pastor as a Nouthetic Counselor
VI. Nouthetic and Rogerian Counseling
Responsibility Is Respondability
Who Is Really Client-centered?
The Nervous System Corresponds to the Nouthetic Approach
Proverbs: A Book of Directive Counseling
Methodology Grows out of Presuppositions
VII. Confess Your Sins
Not All Sickness Related to Particular Sins
Nouthetically Confronting the Sick
VIII. Solving Problems Nouthetically
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About Competent to CounselUsing biblically directed discussion, nouthetic counseling works by means of the Holy Spirit to bring about change in the personality and behavior of the counselee. As Dr. Jay Adams points out in his introduction, "I have been engrossed in the project of developing biblical counseling and have uncovered what I consider to be a number of important scriptural principles. ... There have been dramatic results. ... Not only have people's immediate problems been resolved, but there have also been solutions to all sorts of long-term problems as well." |
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