Counseling Quote by Ed Welch

“Nouthetic counseling, then, necessarily embodies involvement of the deepest sort.”

— Jay E. Adams

“Any human relationship either grows or withers. There's no leveling off, except stagnation or the hardening of the will into concrete. For friends, lovers,…

— William Kinsolving

“It is through the strength of what is genuine that meaningful connections build into relationships.”

— Michelle Tillis Lederman

“you also have to find him or her at a time in life when you’re able to listen to, trust, and implement the lessons…

— Ann Patchett

“By instinct, habit, and enculturation, all of us tend to think of counseling as a human-with-human interaction. But in fact a human-with-Savior interaction must…

— David A. Powlison

“It takes two people to build a relationship. It takes character and competence to make it strong.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“Most therapists grew up struggling to be loved and accepted by others. Because of these early experiences, many of us find it difficult to…

— Louis Cozolino

“To know someone, we must experience him, and that knowing will not exceed our self-knowledge—we cannot know someone else to a greater depth than…

— Shepherd Hoodwin

“Just as carpenters need a variety of tools to build an attractive house or a piece of fine furniture, counselors require a variety of…

— Howard John Clinebell

“Counseling that attempts to logically teach new truth without concern for the emotional threat involved in changing one’s approach to meeting personal needs will…

— Larry Crabb

“Instead, we try to give them affection, confidence and guidance, more or less in that order, because experience has shown us that those are…

— E.R. Braithwaite

Good counseling consist of listening to what the person thinks he or she is saying (clarifying what is implied).

— OMAR J CALLEJA