Can you trust psychology?
Subtitle: exposing the facts & the fictions
By: Gary Collins.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press; Intervarsity Pr
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780830817108; 9780830817252
Subjects: Psychology and religion.; Christianity -- Psychology.; Psychology -- Philosophy.; Counseling.
Description: Many Christians, including Jimmy Swaggart and Dave Hunt, claim psychology is seductive, destructive, and dangerous. These concerns have left many people confused and questioning. If I'm in counseling, should I get out? Are non-Christian counselors always to be avoided? Should pastors do counseling themselves? Should they refer church members to psychologists? Gary R. Collins is one of the most widely read and well-respected authors of our day. He provides a reasoned voice in a sometimes loud and heated debate that threatens the spiritual and emotional vitality of millions. He answers the questions you are asking and gives clear direction in plain language. Here is a book for anyone who questions psychology. - Back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [166]-178.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Questions about getting counseling.; title: Can you trust psychology?; title: Why should a Christian get counseling if God can meet all our needs?; title: Why go to psychologists if they never help anyone?; title: Should a Christian ever go to a non-Christian counselor?; title: Should Christians take therapeutic drugs?; title: Why is professional counseling so expensive?; title: Are lay counselors as effective as professionals?; title: Part 2 : Questions about Christian counseling.; title: What is unique about Christian counseling?; title: Is there a spiritual way to counsel that is better than the psychological way?; title: Does Christian counseling always work?; title: Why are there so many different approaches to Christian counseling?; title: Why would a Christian counselor use secular counseling methods?; title: Can Christian counselors help non-Christians?; title: Should a Christian bother to get counselor training?; title: Is mental health the same as Christian maturity?; title: Part 3 : Questions about how Christianity and psychology conflict.; title: Jesus and Paul never used psychology, so why should we?; title: What good is psychology if the Bible tells us all we need to know?; title: Is psychology a new religion that competes with Christianity?; title: Does psychology dabble in the demonic?; title: Does psychology explain away biblical miracles?; title: Are psychological problems all caused by sin?; title: Can Christians study secular psychology without undermining their faith?; title: Why is psychology taught in seminaries and Bible colleges?; title: Can secular psychology and Christianity be integrated?; title: Part 4 : Questions about special issues.; title: Is mental illness a myth?; title: Is psychology really a science?; title: Is an emphasis on the self really harmful?; title: Why would a good Christian ever attempt suicide?; title: Is anything wrong with parapsychology and ESP?; title: Is there power in positive thinking?; title: Postscript : Is psychology its own worst enemy?