Christianity and Cognitive Therapy (Chapter 3 of Cognitive Therapy Techniques in Christian Counseling)

LEN NERVOUSLY EYED THE DIPLOMAS on the wall, the titles on the bookshelf, and the wilted leaves on the plant I routinely neglect before telling me why he came for help. I guess I\u27m here because you\u27re a Christian and I need help dealing with my feelings . Within this first thirty seconds of therapy, Len had revealed some important information about himself. He was nervous. He wanted to talk with a Christian, probably because he was also a Christian. He was troubled with uncomfortable - feelings, but wanted to be selective about the help he received. Len, like so many clients, assumed there was a standard set of techniques that make up Christian counseling. Clients often come for Christian counseling, not knowing there are many different guiding assumptions and techniques used by Christian counselors