The Bible, Wisdom and Human Nature

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Chapter 5

Model of Psychotherapy

This chapter will explore the Waverley Model’s theory of psychotherapy. Rather than drawing distinctions between these terms, ‘psychotherapy’ and ‘counselling’ will be used interchangeably. In this context ‘model of psychotherapy’ refers to the therapeutic process. Focus is especially upon what elements are necessary in order to foster positive change (which we’ll examine in the first three sections of this chapter) and how the Holy Spirit’s involvement may be understood (which we’ll explore in next two sections). Additionally, it will be discussed as to how Christian counselling, if rooted in a wisdom Christology approach, will at times agree with and at others differ from secular approaches (see the last three sections of this chapter). These issues emerge from the ideas set forth in the previous chapters, as an approach to treating problems needs to cohere with particular assumptions inherent within its personality theory and which sets the frame of reference for the conception and articulation of a problem.

Assessment and diagnosis From the perspective of the Waverley Model, the counselling process is divided into three phases – exploration, diagnosis and resolution. This is defended on the grounds that ‘most agree with this strategy’ despite many different approaches being available to accomplish it. However, some maintain this is an overstatement: an approach which includes an ‘assessment’ or ‘diagnosis’ is antithetical to more humanistically oriented traditions of therapy. Not only is diagnosis regarded as unwarranted but also 125

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Critique

52min
pages 144-180

Methods of change

1min
page 131

The Holy Spirit and change

5min
pages 132-134

Wisdom and the Holy Spirit

9min
pages 135-139

Analogy

4min
pages 141-143

Implications for counselling (a closer look

1min
page 140

Abnormality – individual agency and context

6min
pages 119-124

The focus of change

5min
pages 128-130

Assessment and diagnosis

4min
pages 125-127

Abnormality and neuroscience

5min
pages 116-118

Critiquing inwardness – implications for therapy

8min
pages 83-89

Repentance

7min
pages 90-93

Repentance and wisdom

9min
pages 94-98

Baxter, Scougal and motivation

3min
pages 81-82

Repentance and counselling

13min
pages 99-107

Augustine and motivation

7min
pages 77-80

Human motivation – a biblical theology?

5min
pages 74-76

Hughes and social context: psychosocial and social learning theory

12min
pages 67-73

Anthropomorphic metaphors

5min
pages 58-60

Hughes’ and Crabb’s relationality: ‘spiritual area’ of functioning

3min
pages 61-62

Relating theology and psychology

13min
pages 24-31

Image of God

27min
pages 42-57

Wisdom – a broad relationality

1min
page 63

Authority and sufficiency of Scripture

12min
pages 17-23

Sin

18min
pages 32-41

Relationality from the perspective of Genesis

5min
pages 64-66
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