Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling
How do you integrate your spiritual life with your psychological expertise?

This book is part of the professional series that offers Christian counselors the latest techniques, theory, and general information that is vital to their work. While many books have tried to integrate theology and psychology, this book takes another step and explores the importance of the spiritual disciplines in psychotherapy, helping counselors to integrate the biblical principles of forgiveness, redemption, restitution, prayer, and worship into their counseling techniques.

Since its first publication in 1996, this book has quickly become a contemporary classic―a go—to handbook for integrating what we know is true from the disciplines of theology and psychology and how that impacts your daily walk with God. This biblical counseling book will help you:
  • Integrate spiritual disciplines―such as prayer, Scripture reading, and confession―into your own life and into counseling others
  • Navigate the tension between your Christian worldview and professional practice
  • Understand how spiritual formation and emotional healing are intertwined
Mark R. McMinn, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Wheaton College Graduate School where he directs and teaches in the Doctor of Psychology program. A diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology, McMinn has thirteen years of postdoctoral experience in counseling, psychotherapy, and psychological testing.
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Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling
How do you integrate your spiritual life with your psychological expertise?

This book is part of the professional series that offers Christian counselors the latest techniques, theory, and general information that is vital to their work. While many books have tried to integrate theology and psychology, this book takes another step and explores the importance of the spiritual disciplines in psychotherapy, helping counselors to integrate the biblical principles of forgiveness, redemption, restitution, prayer, and worship into their counseling techniques.

Since its first publication in 1996, this book has quickly become a contemporary classic―a go—to handbook for integrating what we know is true from the disciplines of theology and psychology and how that impacts your daily walk with God. This biblical counseling book will help you:
  • Integrate spiritual disciplines―such as prayer, Scripture reading, and confession―into your own life and into counseling others
  • Navigate the tension between your Christian worldview and professional practice
  • Understand how spiritual formation and emotional healing are intertwined
Mark R. McMinn, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Wheaton College Graduate School where he directs and teaches in the Doctor of Psychology program. A diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology, McMinn has thirteen years of postdoctoral experience in counseling, psychotherapy, and psychological testing.
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Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

by Mark R. McMinn
Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

by Mark R. McMinn

Overview

How do you integrate your spiritual life with your psychological expertise?

This book is part of the professional series that offers Christian counselors the latest techniques, theory, and general information that is vital to their work. While many books have tried to integrate theology and psychology, this book takes another step and explores the importance of the spiritual disciplines in psychotherapy, helping counselors to integrate the biblical principles of forgiveness, redemption, restitution, prayer, and worship into their counseling techniques.

Since its first publication in 1996, this book has quickly become a contemporary classic―a go—to handbook for integrating what we know is true from the disciplines of theology and psychology and how that impacts your daily walk with God. This biblical counseling book will help you:
  • Integrate spiritual disciplines―such as prayer, Scripture reading, and confession―into your own life and into counseling others
  • Navigate the tension between your Christian worldview and professional practice
  • Understand how spiritual formation and emotional healing are intertwined
Mark R. McMinn, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at Wheaton College Graduate School where he directs and teaches in the Doctor of Psychology program. A diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology, McMinn has thirteen years of postdoctoral experience in counseling, psychotherapy, and psychological testing.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780842352529
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Publication date: 06/25/1996
Series: AACC Library Series
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Mark R. McMinn is professor of psychology at George Fox University, where he teaches and serves as the director of faith integration in the Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology. Mark holds a PhD from Vanderbilt University, is a licensed psychologist in Oregon, and is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a past president of the APA's Psychology of Religion division. Mark has received teacher-of-the-year awards at both George Fox University and Wheaton College, where he taught from 1993 to 2006. He was recently awarded the 2010 Graduate Researcher of the Year award at George Fox. Much of his research and all his clinical work in recent years have focused on clergy health and finding effective ways for mental health professionals and clergy to work well together. Mark's wife, Lisa, is a sociologist and an author. Together they raised three daughters, who are now grown. Mark and Lisa live in rural Oregon, where they attend Newberg Friends Church, tend honeybees and chickens, and run a small Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm.

Al Kessel is a full-time narrator and voice actor currently living in Arizona, where he works from his professional home recording studio. For Al, performing is passion. Audiobook narration was the logical career choice for him since, for as long as he can remember, he's been a voracious reader, acting all the characters out in his head, and often entertaining his family with his dramatic reenactments of books, movies, and television. Al prides himself on the ability to bring any character to life with his voice, a voice often described as "smooth as melted butter," or "like an old friend you just love hearing tell you about their day." He has recorded numerous audiobooks from just about every genre. When not bringing stories to life, he loves hiking in the desert with his wife and puppy, visiting Disneyland and, when time permits, reenergizing on the beach.

What People are Saying About This

Joe Kloba

McMinn directly targets areas that have not been addressed in an in-depth or systematic manner elsewhere. This comprehensive and unique treatment of the key issues that distinguish Christian from secular counseling is important reading for both prospective and practicing counselors.
— Joe Kloba, Ph.D., director of the Graduate Counseling Psychology Program, Palm Beach Atlantic College

George Ohlschlager

McMinn’s experience and wisdom as both a teacher and a practitioner are reflected throughout this work. He has nailed a critical subject in Christian counseling, pushing the challenge of explicit integration of spiritual practice in counseling to a refined level.
— George Ohlschlager, J.D., L.C.S.W., associate director of Redwood Family Institute

Siang—Yang Tan

Dr. Mark McMinn has written a thoughtful and important book covering areas of psychology, theology, and spirituality. I highly recommend it to everyone interested in Christian counseling and integration.

George Ohlschlager

McMinn’s experience and wisdom as both a teacher and a practitioner are reflected throughout this work. He has nailed a critical subject in Christian counseling, pushing the challenge of explicit integration of spiritual practice in counseling to a refined level.

Gary J. Oliver

This book—one of the best in its field—is a gift to counselors. The chapters on sin and prayer alone are worth the price of the book. And the ‘What If This Happened’ sections take the material out of the merely cerebral and force readers to interact with it in real-life scenarios. This book fills a major void and will become required reading for my seminary students. The six integration challenges are a gold mine for both the practitioner and the professor.
— Gary J. Oliver, Ph.D., director of the D.Min. program in Marriage and Family Counseling, Denver Seminary

Siang-Yang Tan

Dr. Mark McMinn has written a thoughtful and important book covering areas of psychology, theology, and spirituality. I highly recommend it to everyone interested in Christian counseling and integration.
— Siang-Yang Tan, Ph.D., director of the Psy.D. program at the Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary

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