Because faith should lead to works, as both James and Paul affirm, Christian counseling focuses on the period between sessions when, as the counselee does the homework assigned in a previous session, changes take place in the milieu. Homework should be concrete (q.v.): written and clearly spelled out. The counselee should not be allowed to get away with failing to do his homework. At times, if homework is not done, the counselors may simply say, “We can go no further today since to do so
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