THEOLOGY FOR BETTER COUNSELING (2ND EDITION) TRINITARIAN REFLECTIONS FOR HEALING AND FORMATION (CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES BOOKS SERIES)

Theologically Formed, Clinically Precise, and Ethically Integrated

Counselling clients have big questions―about God, suffering, justice, and what makes a good life. The experiences they've had don't always line up with what they've been taught about who God is or where he is in their suffering.

Are you prepared to answer them?

As counsellor and professor Virginia Todd Holeman discovered, being biblically literate did not always equip her to give clients the help they longed for. She needed a more robust and formative theological foundation.

In Theology for Better Counselling, Holeman shows how deep theological reflection can make a difference in your counselling practice. Not only does it shape who you are as a counsellor, but it can also bring your theological commitments, therapeutic practices, and professional ethics into greater alignment. Far from being irrelevant abstractions, theological reflection helps you respond to client needs around issues such as loss, forgiveness, justice, and anxiety.

What’s new in the second edition:

• a new chapter on meditative prayer practices and mindfulness
• new content on insights from neurobiology
• updated references and recommended resources

This book guides counselling students, pastoral counsellors, and mental health professionals into becoming as well-formed theologically as they are trained clinically. With Theology for Better Counselling, start getting equipped to address the hard questions.

Code   674202
ISBN   9781514016121
Pages   240
Publisher   Ivp Academic
Publication Date   11 August 2026
Weight   0.34kg
Product Category   Church