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What Is Biblical Counseling?

If you or someone you know is in danger or thinking about suicide, call your local emergency number now or, in the U.S., call or text 988. Biblical counseling is not a substitute for medical or clinical care.

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  1. Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) · Resource
    Reformed-heritage biblical counseling organization.
  2. Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) · Resource
    Multi-denominational; publishes Standards of Doctrine.
  3. Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love · Resource
    Short introduction to biblical counseling for ordinary Christians.

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Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF)Organization · Founded 1968 by Jay Adams and John Bettler Biblical counseling ministry and training organization near Philadelphia, publishing articles, videos, podcasts, books and the Journal of Biblical Counseling. Biblical Counseling Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC)Organization · ACBC Certifies biblical counselors and publishes articles, podcasts and training. Its Standards of Doctrine (updated 2015) are required of members. Biblical Counseling Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC)Organization · Biblical Counseling Coalition A collaboration of biblical counseling ministries that publishes resources and a Confessional Statement (made public 1 February 2011). Biblical Counseling Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and LoveBook · Edward T. Welch 171-page introduction to biblical counseling for ordinary Christians, written on the conviction that friends are the best helpers. Biblical Counseling Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of ChangeBook · Paul David Tripp 362-page treatment of how God uses ordinary believers, who themselves need changing, to help others change, following Jesus’s example. Biblical CounselingPastoral Theology Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)Organization · Founded 1956 Association of Christian psychologists, counselors, therapists, social workers, researchers and students (more than 1,200 members in the U.S., Canada and 25+ other countries), publishing the Journal of Psychology and Christianity and holding an annual conference. Mental HealthBiblical Counseling American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)Organization · AACC Describes itself as the world’s largest Christian mental health organization, serving licensed professionals, pastors and lay counselors with training, webinars, continuing education, credentialing and a Code of Ethics. Mental HealthBiblical Counseling Psychology and Christianity: Five ViewsBook · Edited by Eric L. Johnson Compares five approaches to how Christians should relate to psychology: biblical counseling (David Powlison), levels of explanation (David Myers), integration (Stanton Jones), Christian psychology (Robert Roberts and P. J. Watson) and a transformative view (John Coe and Todd Hall). Biblical CounselingMental Health