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From Pulpit to Pew: Bridging the Gap through Biblical Counseling

Week after week, we witness our counselees and church members struggling in this gap, surrounded by sin, suffering, guilt, and shame. But there is yet another gap we often overlook...

What I Wish Someone Told Me Before My First Counseling Session

Here are six lessons for new biblical counselors: Jesus alone saves, don't take resistance personally, budget real prep time, build an organized notes system, guard your own devoti...

Five Ways God’s People Minister God’s Grace to Each Other

One of a dozen-plus reasons I love church-based counseling is that it maximizes the ministry Christ’s body can play in the lives of those we counsel. Our counselees need more than...

Counsel the Person, Not the Case

New counselors must learn to counsel people, not merely problems, by asking follow-up questions, understanding the contexts of the person and Scripture, and faithfully applying Scr...

Counselor, Run to Jesus!

Confronting the subtle temptation to play the “savior” for others, this piece serves as a gentle but urgent reminder that biblical counselors must first run to Jesus themselves—not...

Biblical Soul Care as Part of the Discipleship Pathway, Part Two

In Part One of “Biblical Soul Care as Part of the Discipleship Pathway,” Garrett discussed the problem of siloed counseling within the church and the value of a “come with me” mini...

Biblical Soul Care as Part of the Discipleship Pathway, Part One

There is a moment in the Gospel of John I keep returning to. Two disciples of John the Baptist are standing near the Jordan when Jesus walks by. John points and says, simply, “Beho...

Wise Guardrails for a Healthy Rhythm of Life

Our July 2026 mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog offers advice to new biblical counselors. In this first article, Ellen Dykas suggests five areas of life to keep watch ove...

Pastoral care is not therapy

Your first interdisciplinary team meeting has finally arrived. Anxiety builds to the verge of panic, as you increasingly feel a step behind. The physician and registered nurses dis...

When God’s Word Is Enough: Why Biblical Counseling Must Stand on the Sufficiency of Scripture

There is a foundation at the core of every counseling system. In order to understand people, interpret problems, and offer solutions, there must be a source of authority. This may...

You Need Counseling?

It is a professional relationship for the parts of life you cannot untangle alone. The post You Need Counseling? appeared first on The Good Men Project.

Drop-in crisis counseling offered to flood victims in Buckhannon

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Recent storms have left many in West Virginia devastated, but there are some offering counseling services to those who need help getting through tough ti...

Even the counselling profession is cancelling marriage

by Tony Rucinski, Coalition for Marriage As we know, marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman, faithful and exclusive. This meaning of marriage has been attacked on...

Should Adventists Go to Therapy?

Faith is not a universal spare tire. Prayer, the Bible, and a good Sabbath nap remain non-negotiables. Still, anxiety, depression, and old family scripts sometimes need more than a...

God’s Love in Confronting Others

Loving others is part of the Great Commandments (Matt. 22:39). It’s also hard. I’ve never met a married couple who claimed that it was easy to love each other every day. They relie...

Solomon Buchi Calls Out Pastors Commercialising Marriage Counselling

Writer and relationship commentator Solomon Buchi has criticised pastors who charge people for marriage counselling, questioning the practice of commercialising a service that is o...

How to Find a Counselor in the USA: A Step-by-Step Guide

Finding a counselor in the USA can feel surprisingly complicated. You search online, […]

How the church can care well for the abused

No institution is more uniquely positioned to care well for those experiencing domestic abuse than the church. The church offers something no hospital, courtroom, counseling office...

My Most Influential Biblical Counseling Book

Jay Adams’s Insight and Creativity freed me as a young counselor to recognize that faithful biblical counseling need not erase the counselor’s personality but can employ it in unde...

Currents: Your Therapist Undermining Your Faith? The Church’s Trademark Lawsuit Against Mormon Stories

   One Perspective: 7 signs your counselor may be undermining your faith   This article from the Deseret News garnered over 60 comments immediately and then was debated and scrutin...

5 Steps Towards Healing from Church Hurt

Addiction and the Local Church: Biblical Depth Joins Years of Experience

If pressed to identify books that have had the most influence on me, my mind turns to books that have organized my theological infrastructure. Books such as Sinclair Ferguson’s The...

Crisis Counseling now available in Buckhannon

The medical partners urged people to not go through the aftermath of the floods alone, to reach out for support and encourage others to stop by.

How Philosophical Counseling Can Help

When you’re struggling with issues of meaning and purpose, identity and change, core beliefs and values, or freedom and authenticity, a philosophical counselor can help.