COUN 506 Discussion Board Week 8

COUN 506 Discussion Board Week 8

Topic: McMinn discussed guidelines when confronting sin during a
counseling experience, and the lectures reviewed some factors as
well. Why can a sensitive Christian counselor not just
automatically and quickly confront obvious sin in the life of the
counselee? Of the cautions mentioned by the class sources, which
ones do you think counselors most often overlook? Why? Now,
consider the following case. What forms of confrontation do you
think would work best in this scenario? Why did you answer as you
did? 300 words and insert biblical content and 3 sources. You can
use one of the below sources as well. Entwistle, D. N. (2010).
Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity (2nd ed.).
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. ISBN 9781556359446. McMinn, M. R.
(2011). Psychology, theology, and spirituality in Christian
counseling (Rev. ed.). Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House. ISBN:
9780842352529Case Study: Jean (pseudonym) was diagnosed with paranoid
schizophrenia. She reported having very little memory of her
childhood. Her mother was severely depressed and, on several
occasions throughout Jane’s early childhood, the mother spent
several months at a time hospitalized for her depression. When her
mother returned home, she would at times “lose control” and start
beating on the children. Jean’s father left her mother when Jean
was only three years old. Jean was eventually removed from the home
and placed in foster care. She moved around from one foster care
parent to another, and finally came to live with a pastor and his
wife who raised her in a warm, loving family. Unfortunately, Jane
started “looking for love in all the wrong places.” Jane became
promiscuous and eventually got pregnant. This was a great
disappointment to the pastor and his wife. Jane had been attending
church regularly before the pregnancy and had made a profession of
faith in Christ. She felt extremely guilty about the pregnancy. The
pastor’s wife told Jean that she was extremely disappointed with
her and that she was embarrassed to have her in her home. Not long
thereafter, Jean secretly got an abortion. She then ran away with a
young man to a hippie commune in California (during the late 60s).
Jean is now 55 years old and has been in and out of counseling her
entire life. Recently, she was referred for therapy following an
attempted suicide. How would you decide when to confront this
woman’s sin in counseling? What form or forms of confrontation
should be used.

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