There is an urgent and growing need for accomplished, licensed Christian Counselors. People anchored in the Christian faith who need psychological help feel that someone who shares their beliefs and better able to render aid, by incorporating spirituality into their treatment. For this reason, prayer and Bible-based teachings have become an integral part of the counseling program.
Lay counselors and pastors are popular people to go to when there is a need for faith-based counseling. However, few are actually formally trained to be an expert in this area. Although these individuals may be “qualified” to render aid, there is an ever-increasing need of specialized care for people in dire need of emotional and mental breakthrough.
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Christian counseling is a more specialized form of therapy. It provides mental and emotional care to conflicted patients. There is also an aspect of spiritual care because the healing process involves the integration of the principles of Christian faith.
The journey to become a Christian counselor is a lot like earning the standard counseling credits. However, there are a few added elements that are part of the mix.
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Recently, a Christian colleague made it clear to me that he found the use of hypnosis at the very least questionable and at the very worst “dark.” He asked me to refrain from using it in my psychotherapy work with my contract patients in the agency he founded. For lack of time, I assured him that I would honor his wishes, but quickly pointed out to him that the use of hypnosis (whether it was formal trance or Verbal First Aid, which is the use of words to facilitate healing in acute situations, such as accidents or shock) was no different than the use of a knife. In the hands of a good surgeon, it could be a life-saver. In the hands of a madman, it would be dark indeed.
Afterwards, it became clear to me that his understanding of hypnosis and mine were quite different. And any good debate must begin with a clarification of terms. Too many reasonable discussions deteriorate into pointless argument because no one fully defines himself.
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