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Mcminn's Response To The Counseling Session

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Once again a counselor must proceed with caution when using scripture. McMinn (2011) acknowledged that there are many counselors that incorporate scripture with other model or methods. I believe this would be wise to do. For me scriptures deal with any aspect of life, and any crisis that clients encounter. Therefore, scripture will be a great addition to the counseling session. When dealing with client and their issues, some people become numb. So when McMinn (2011) mention the section on confession I thought that was great. Helping the client to get to the position of examining themselves and confession certain is would be an arduous task. However, with the help of prayer and scripture it will make it easier to do. According to McMinn …show more content…

The way he goes into depth on how and when to apply spiritual concepts in the session is excellent. He has thought out a wonderful way in covering areas of psychology, theology, and spirituality. In addition, he gave the reader a great understanding of the negative impact of using these concepts incorrectly. Before reading McMinn’s (2011) book I was not aware on how to integrate the spiritual concepts mentioned in his book. However, in the future McMinn (2011) made this process a lot comfortable for me. In knowing how to do this will make for a better counseling session. Many of the concepts that are presented in the book I found to be helpful. Not only is prayer and scripture helpful, but getting the client to understand sin, confession, and forgiving is essential. I think that one of the arduous task of a Christian counseling session is getting the client to understand the problems that they are plague with derive from sin. Whether the sin something that they did, or whether it is an act of someone else. McMinn (2011) does a great job on approaching this issue. McMinn (2011) indicates that sin is a form of psychopathology. In the book McMinn (2011) makes reference to a form a counselor called attributional style. According to McMinn (2011) “Attributional style psychologists meant the way people explain good and bad events in their lives and the lives of others” (p. 159).

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