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Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective

Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective

by Siang-Yang Tan
Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective
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ISBN-10:
080102966X
ISBN-13:
9780801029660
Pub. Date:
01/01/2011
Publisher:
Baker Publishing Group
ISBN-10:
080102966X
ISBN-13:
9780801029660
Pub. Date:
01/01/2011
Publisher:
Baker Publishing Group
Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective

Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective

by Siang-Yang Tan

Overview

Combining cutting-edge expertise with deeply rooted Christian insights, this text from a leading figure in the Christian counseling community offers readers a comprehensive survey of ten major counseling and psychotherapy approaches. For each approach, Siang-Yang Tan first provides a substantial introduction, assessing the approach's effectiveness and the latest research findings or empirical evidence for it. He then critiques the approach from a Christian perspective. Tan also includes hypothetical transcripts of interventions for each major approach to help readers get a better sense of the clinical work involved. This book presents a Christian approach to counseling and psychotherapy that is Christ centered, biblically based, and Spirit filled.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801029660
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/01/2011
Pages: 512
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Siang-Yang Tan (PhD, McGill University) is professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and senior pastor of First Evangelical Church Glendale in California. He is associate editor of the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, contributing editor for the Journal of Psychology and Theology, consulting editor for Edification: Journal for the Society of Christian Psychology, and editorial consultant of the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. He has written numerous books, including Lay Counseling, Disciplines of the Holy Spirit, and Coping with Depression.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Basic Issues in the Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
1. Overview of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice
2. The Person of the Counselor
3. Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Part 2: Major Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques
4. Psychoanalytic Therapy
5. Adlerian Therapy
6. Jungian Therapy
7. Existential Therapy
8. Person-Centered Therapy
9. Gestalt Therapy
10. Reality Therapy
11. Behavior Therapy
12. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
13. Marital and Family Therapy
Part 3: A Christian Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy
14. Christian Theology in Christian Counseling: A Biblical Perspective on Human Nature and Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy
15. Christian Faith in Clinical Practice: Implicit and Explicit Integration
16. The Holy Spirit and Christian Spirituality in Counseling and Psychotherapy
17. Legal and Ethical Issues in Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy
Appendix: Is Psychotherapy Effective?
Index
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