Jay Adams , Christian counselors
How to help people change is a book by Jay Adams that focuses on a counseling theory. The theory emphasizes on the vertical relationship between God and man. According to Adams, there is no chance of effective change occurring if the client does not put efforts to improve his prayer live and yearn to emulate Christ so as to gain perspective on the many situations that they encounter. Adam writes about his belief of God. He says that God must be a pillar to the Christian counseling relationship and with no space for God the counseling will be useless and ineffective. This process is as simple as an issue involving four main steps that are enforced by a counselor. These steps are teaching, correction, conviction and disciplined training and righteousness. When a person seeks biblical truths and wisdom, there are high chances of true change occurring. Through the four steps, a person is able to learn how to recognize what the Bible has to say and experience growth in their daily convictions. This causes them to desire to practice a life that is Christ-centered, reaching the last step that allows for discernment to come into play through discipleship with the counselor.
Jay Adams created the four-step biblical approach that offers guidance to the Christian Counseling process. Adam (1986) revolves his biblical approach around the theme of change and derives his theory from the book of Timothy 3:14-17. He says that he believes that all the Christian counselors have to use guidance from these words if they wish to help people change in ways that will please God (10). Adam also elaborates his Christian based theory from the scripture and word itself. Adams says that to become an effective Christian counselor must seek wisdom from the Holy Spirit and God. If someone wants to be a counselor who will impose change on a person, then he or she must be conversant with the change that will satisfy God and not merely the social goodness (7).
[...] The biblical approaches by Adam are well structured and complex though they have their own weaknesses and strengths. The main strength to this approach is Adam's ability to focus his commitment to his beliefs and his efforts to support it. Adam is a follower of Christ and believes that each and everything should be performed through Christ. He teaches his followers or readers on ways to correctly pass and teach God's word and the relevant scriptures to use during the whole counseling process. [...]
[...] Ending the counseling fast may have the counselee to return to their old habits. He should be a coach and stays close to the counselee especially in the early stages. Lastly, Adam (1986) states that counselors have to recognize that counselees are so prone to the wrong things if they are not heavily coached in the initial stages. References Adams, Jay E. How to Help People Change: The Four-Step Biblical Process. Grand Rapids, MI: Ministry Resources Library Print. [...]
[...] How to Help People Change? How to help people change is a book by Jay Adams that focuses on a counseling theory. The theory emphasizes on the vertical relationship between God and man. According to Adams, there is no chance of effective change occurring if the client does not put efforts to improve his prayer live and yearn to emulate Christ so as to gain perspective on the many situations that they encounter. Adam writes about his belief of God. [...]
[...] Adam also elaborates his Christian based theory from the scripture and word itself. Adams says that to become an effective Christian counselor must seek wisdom from the Holy Spirit and God. If someone wants to be a counselor who will impose change on a person, then he or she must be conversant with the change that will satisfy God and not merely the social goodness The four-step biblical process has to be followed in the stated order so as to realize change; teaching, conviction, correction and disciplined training to righteousness. [...]
[...] He continues to state that the bible is able to transform lives because it has a close association with the Holy Spirit within its composition and use. The work in the bible is not by writers, but Adam says that they are divinely inspired. Adam sees the bible as a helpful and profitable book. He continues to explain why we are tasked to struggle with each line so as to realize what God intends to illustrate through it. In 2 Timothy 2:15, the bible asks us to handle it with accuracy or else we will have cause to be ashamed. [...]
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