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The Evaluation and Usage of Inner Dialogue in Christian Counseling

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2017, 25(1), pp.255-294
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2017.25.1.255
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : March 20, 2017
  • Accepted : May 11, 2017

Choi Keum Soon 1

1아세아연합신학대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the evaluation and possibility of using 'inner dialogue' as a tool of Christian counseling. Christian counseling tends to focus on content-centric processes conducted by professionals. However, this process has now been deemed lacking - an empirical, process-centric approach that takes place here and now. Therefore, I confirmed the usefulness of internal dialogue as a complementary tool and examined the factors necessary for actual counseling. As a basis for this research, this study emphasized that the creativity of the client as an imaginary and self - communicating person and the activeness of the client. As a biblical principle of the use of tools, it was suggested that through the tools, God would be directed and the skills of life improved. This study also paid attention to the need to go beyond his own personal needs and needs to spiritual needs, suggesting the use of the Bible in all of these processes. This study has looked at the characteristics, strengths and limitations of general counseling approaches, ranging from Cognitive therapy, Inner Child Therapy, Gestalt therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy and recent IFS to finally suggest the applicability to Christian counseling. In particular, this study proposed the application of Christian counseling as a tool to follow the premise and principle of Christian counseling in the structure and content of inner dialogue

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