Christian Counselor's Manual, The
The Christian Counselor's Manual is a companion and sequel volume to the author's influential Competent to Counsel. It takes the approach of nouthetic counseling introduced in the earlier volume and applies it to a wide range of issues, topics, and techniques in counseling:  Who is qualified to be a counselor?  How can counselees change?  How does the Holy Spirit work?  What role does hope play?  What is the function of language?  How do we ask the right questions?  What often lies behind depression?  How do we deal with anger?  What is schizophrenia?%These and hundreds more questions are answered in this comprehensive resource for the Christian counselor. A full set of indexes, a detailed table of contents, and a full complement of diagrams and forms make this one of the best reference books currently available for Christian counselors.