Beliefs and values Quote by Howard John Clinebell

“To shorten what otherwise might become a long list of possible points of failure, it is sufficient to say that counselors may fail in…

— Jay E. Adams

Trusted counselors, mentors and guides make an indelible mark on the lives they touch, and they provide the two ingredients to success in life--caring…

— David Cottrell

“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

“Thus the first important fact is that counselees need meaning, and the second is similar to it: counselees need hope. Every counselor must keep…

— Jay E. Adams

Counseling has to do with intuition, with work on oneself, with the quietness of one's mind and the openness of one's heart.

— Ram Dass

“Counseling is not for “crazies,” as the old and quickly dying stigma once implied. On the contrary, it is for strong and courageous men…

— Debra Fileta

“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

“...good counsel: generosity, longevity, acceptance, relinquishment, letting the world come to me -- and, with these things to make a life.”

— Richard Ford

The overall goal [of counseling] is to help family members become 'systems experts' who could know [their] family system so well that the family…

— Murray Bowen

“Typical Counselee Remarks Typical Counselor Responses That May Be Used”

— Jay E. Adams

“The personal costs of counseling also remind us why it is so necessary for a counselor to experience continuous renewal through Scripture, prayer, and…

— David G. Benner

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

— Jay E. Adams