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Christian Counseling as a Synthetic & Integrative Discipline: A Structural Approach

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2013, 21(), pp.9-32
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2013.21..9
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : October 17, 2013
  • Accepted : November 11, 2013

Kim, Yong Tae 1

1횃불트리니티신학대학원대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This article contains the effort to find out the nature of Christian counseling as a discipline. The author employed the methodology of literature review for the study. The author reviewed literatures in two different areas. One is Christian counseling scholars' studies which are the efforts of integrating psychology with theology or Christianity. The other is general counseling scholar's studies which are the efforts to define the structure of counseling as a discipline. The followings are the results of the research. First, scholars have defined the Christian counseling as a discipline of dialectical relationship between psychology and Christianity. Secondly, counseling has been defined as a discipline with synthetical nature founded by various disciplines. Thirdly, Christian counseling is a synthetical and integrative discipline beyond integration of psychology with Christianity. Fourthly, the theory of transcendental counseling is an example to prove Christian counseling as a synthetical and integrative model. Followings are some suggestions for Christian counselors to develop Christian counseling more coherently as a discipline. 1) Christian counselors have to develop the theoretical framework based on evangelical faith and world-view. 2) Christian counselors have to clarify the biblical perspective on human nature. 3) Christian counselors have to integrate theory and practice, so called 'clinical integration.'

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