Psychology

Running head: COLLEGIATE CHRISTIAN COUNSELING

Collegiate Counseling In the Realm of Christian Psychology

Justin Tippins

North Greenville University

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for PSY 2567

Mr. Bill McManus

November 20, 2006

Abstract

Collegiate counseling covers a wide variety of topics. From suicide to class changes, the collegiate Christian counselor needs to be ready to observe, listen and react in appropriate manners to students and faculty in a healthy and constructive manner. Christian counseling is the only form of psychology that fulfills the whole student. While the humanistic and secular counselors may provide slight behavior modification, Christian counseling can offer a solution to the problem(s) that exist. The first purpose of this paper is to define Christian Counseling. Then, through careful processes, defend integrated counseling in the realm of Collegiate Counseling.

Collegiate Christian Counseling

The first major hurdle to jump is defining terms. The question must be asked, "What is Christian Counseling?". Christian counseling basically comes down to two distinct fields; first, Neuthetic counseling, which is represented mainly by Jay Adams, is a sect of Christian counseling that does not use popular psychological techniques and practices. Usually a Neuthetic counselor tries to fix everything by telling the patient to read the Bible more , pray more, and attend church more frequently.. While this view denies the usability of current counseling trends, the integrated approach embraces psychological trends and techniques but rejects the mainly humanistic approach that psychology usually portrays. In most cases, and especially collegiate counseling, the integrated view is the foremost choice