Midterm Exam

Question 1

What is the conversation where one party with questions, problems, and trouble seeks assistance from someone they believe has answers, solutions, help

Answer 1

Counseling

Question 2

T/F - As a Christian our counseling should be nouthetic

Answer 2

true

Question 3

What is the form of evangelical protestant pastoral counseling based upon conservative evangelical interpretation of the Bible. It repudiates mainstream psychology and psychiatry as humanistic, calling those methods radically secular

Answer 3

Nouthetic counseling

Question 4

The Greek word ‘noutheto’ means?

Answer 4

to admonish

Question 5

Nouthetic counseling was renamed what around 1993

Answer 5

Biblical Counseling

Question 6

What is the aim of nouthetic counseling

Answer 6

to effect change in the counseled by encouraging greater conformity to the principles of Scripture

Question 7

What are the 5 things we are saying when we say our counseling is ‘nouthetic’

Answer 7

1) the Bible is our guidebook in the counseling process
2) The counselor should be a believer of Jesus Christ
3) Our counseling should lead to change for the counselee
4) Psychology should not be synthesized with our methods of help
5) Admonishing with the knowledge of hope should be presented

Question 8

What is the goal in our counseling

Answer 8

is a heart transformation and relational restoration (2 Cor. 5:12-21)

Question 9

What is the method of our counseling

Answer 9

is truth in the context of grace (John 1:14)

Question 10

What is the focus of our counseling

Answer 10

is the mind, will, and emotions

Question 11

Our focus in counseling also needs 3 things…

Answer 11

1) A renewed mind (Romans 12:1-2)
2) A Submitted will
3) Emotions controlled by the Spirit

Question 12

What is the target of our counseling

Answer 12

is beyond some type of behavioral change, but rather a motivation to strengthen the inner man of the individual

Question 13

What are the tools of our counseling

Answer 13

Are the Word of God, the Spirit of God, and the community of God

Question 14

What is the first theological foundational truth in our counseling

Answer 14

Hope

Question 15

Why is hope so important/foundational in our counseling

Answer 15

Because if we cannot offer hope, we are in trouble

Question 16

What is a confident expectation and desire of something good in the future

Answer 16

Hope

Question 17

What is the second theological foundational truth in our counseling

Answer 17

The Church

Question 18

T/F Counseling should be done through the local church

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What are the three reason that the local church is so important in the counseling process

Answer 19

1) The church must develop ‘A culture of Care’
2) The church should be training spiritual counselors
3) Remember - the church is the ‘pillar and the ground of truth’

Question 20

What is the third theological foundational truth in our counseling

Answer 20

The Bible must be opened

Question 21

T/F - Biblical counselors believe in the sufficiency of Scripture

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What is the state of being adequate - the Bible is all we need to equip us for a life of faith and service

Answer 22

Sufficiency

Question 23

What are the 4 things that the Bible will accomplish when it is used properly

Answer 23

1) It will TEACH us the standard for faith and life
2) It will CONVICT us
3) It will CORRECT the individual
4) It will begin to TRAIN us to do right (1 Timothy 4:7-8)

Question 24

What are the 5 Biblical counseling view issues through the lens of Scripture

Answer 24

1) Explanation - What does the text say
2) Interpretation - What does the text mean within its context
3) Illustration - How can I illustrate what I’m trying to catch
4) Application - How can you help someone live the text
5) Exhortation - How can you encourage people to change

Question 25

What are the 4 reasons that our counseling should be counseling

Answer 25

1) B/c not all counseling that proposes to be Biblical truly is 2) B/c not all of us need to be growing, as Biblical counselors 3) B/c all of us need counsel - in many areas of life 4) Our counseling must be grounded in scripture

Question 26

What are the 6 things that make Biblical counseling theological

Answer 26

1) God defines what it is to be a human being and de describes that in his Word 2) God knows what is wrong with us and diagnoses the problem in the Bible 3) God always has a prescription to the problems of our lives - and reveals them to us in Scriptures 4) His prescription for the wrongs within us are not open for debate 5) What is wrong with us is what God says is wrong with us 6) We must have a theological vision of reality, as it relates to finding the solutions to life's problems

Question 27

Who was the author of 'Ready to Restore'

Answer 27

Jay Adams

Question 28

Who is the author of 'Finally Free' and the guy we watched in a video the first couple of days of class

Answer 28

Heath Lambert

Question 29

T/F - Not all Christians should counsel

Answer 29

False

Question 30

T/F - Not all Christians can counsel

Answer 30

True

Question 31

We must be _______ Christians

Answer 31

Word-filled

Question 32

We must all _______ our brothers and sisters in Christ

Answer 32

Restore

Question 33

Remember - our restoring is for ________ in the Body of Christ

Answer 33

usefulness

Question 34

T/F - God has called us to a ministry of searching out potential counseling cases

Answer 34

False

Question 35

If we are 'looking' for cases to counsel we are called what

Answer 35

a Busybody

Question 36

Our task is to do ____ - in the area of counseling - as the opportunity arises

Answer 36

good

Question 37

T/F - Counseling is neither easy nor simple

Answer 37

True

Question 38

T/F - The key is how counseling is done - this is vital

Answer 38

true

Question 39

The ultimate goal of our counseling should be to...

Answer 39

TO GLORIFY GOD

Question 40

What does it mean TO GLORIFY GOD

Answer 40

to make Him known

Question 41

What three things does counseling involve

Answer 41

1) Change 2) Confrontation 3) Concern

Question 42

What is our aim in counseling

Answer 42

change

Question 43

Confrontation implies what...

Answer 43

that personal, verbal, face-to-face contact to help that individual change

Question 44

T/F - Concern should always be an element in place when counseling

Answer 44

True

Question 45

The goal of all Christian counseling is ___________ leading to restoration to use

Answer 45

Scriptural change

Question 46

We believe that the Bible is all ______

Answer 46

sufficient

Question 47

Theology Proper

Answer 47

God the Father

Question 48

Christology

Answer 48

God the Son

Question 49

Pneumatology

Answer 49

God the Holy Spirit

Question 50

Bibliology

Answer 50

the study of God's word

Question 51

Anthropology

Answer 51

Creation/Humanity

Question 52

Hamartiology

Answer 52

Doctrine of sin

Question 53

Soteriology

Answer 53

Doctrine of Salvation

Question 54

Eschatology

Answer 54

Doctrine of end times

Question 55

What are the 6 levels of the Theological Pyramid (bottom to top)

Answer 55

1) Canon 2) Hermeneutics 3) Exegesis 4) Biblical Theology 5) Systematic Theology 6) Practical Theology

Question 56

What says that as we counsel, we must understand what the Word of God says, it requires the counselor to come prepared knowing the word

Answer 56

Canon

Question 57

What says that the words of the Bible are inspired, therefore when presenting truth to counselees, we must always use the words to offer hope

Answer 57

Hermeneutics

Question 58

What says a proper theology of Scripture will bring lasting hope to our counselees, we are all sinners, and b/c of this, sin's effect on the mind can shew our thinking and reasoning

Answer 58

Exegsis

Question 59

What says God's word is meant to be derived and understood by any growing believer, remember what do we, as believers, have, that the world does not have

Answer 59

Biblical Theology

Question 60

What says that the Bible is sufficient, it effects the thinker's presuppositions about himself, the world, and God. The Bible must have functional control in our life. It must be active and we must allow it to control every area in our life

Answer 60

Practical Theology

Question 61

What are the 7 core elements of Biblical Counseling

Answer 61

1) God must be the center our counseling 2) Our commitment to God has epistemological consquences 3) Sin, in all its dimensions is the primary problem counselors must deal with 4) The Gospel of Jesus Christ is always the answer 5) The change process counseling must aim at is progressive sanctification 6) The situational difficulties people face are not the random cause of problems in living 7) Counseling is fundamentally a pastoral activity and must be church based

Question 62

T/F - You and I have to be perfect to counsel

Answer 62

False, we don't have to be prefect

Question 63

T/F - The Christian cannot counsel alone

Answer 63

True, we must have the help of the Holy Spirit

Question 64

Always tell the _____ to those you counsel

Answer 64

truth

Question 65

T/F - You can counsel the lost

Answer 65

False, you cannot

Question 66

What is the word that should be used for counseling unbelievers

Answer 66

Pre-counseling

Question 67

What is Pre-Counseling

Answer 67

it is the the task of presenting Christ to the believer

Question 68

What is the 8 step Counseling Process

Answer 68

1) Your counselee should fill out a PDI 2) Go over the PDI shortly after you begin the first meeting 3) Ask the question, What is your problem? 4) Hope should be generated through this counseling session 5) Your first session is to gather info about the problem(s) you need to address 6) Give homework for the counselee to work for the next session 7) Call for a commitment from the counselee 8) Direct counselee to put Christ in His right place

Question 69

T/F - Problems won't be solved in the first counseling session

Answer 69

True

Question 70

What are the 4 steps to Data Gathering

Answer 70

1) Know why people come for counseling 2) You must have extensive questioning of the counselee as you begin to help them 3) Get to the root of the discovering problem patterns 4) Learn to implement listening in the counseling session

Question 71

What is a PDI

Answer 71

Personal Date Inventory Form

Question 72

T/F - We should ask 'what' type questions instead 'why' type questions

Answer 72

True

Question 73

Who was the founder of "depth psychology"

Answer 73

Sigmund Freud

Question 74

What were the three aspects of "depth psychology"

Answer 74

1) ID 2) Ego 3) Superego

Question 75

Sigmund Freud was known for

Answer 75

'Couch' counseling

Question 76

Who saw man as an instinct-ruled beast dominated primarily by the drivers of sex and aggression

Answer 76

Sigmund Freud

Question 77

What did Freud create

Answer 77

psychoanalysis

Question 78

What is a technique that involves the patient lying on a couch and free-associating

Answer 78

psychoanalysis

Question 79

Who believed that people didn't possess souls and was a metaphysical materialist

Answer 79

Freud

Question 80

Who was a professing atheist and believed people have no purpose or meaning in life

Answer 80

B.F. Skinner

Question 81

Who was known for "Behaviorism" psychology

Answer 81

B.F. Skinner

Question 82

Who was a professor of psychology at Harvard from 1958-1974

Answer 82

B.F. Skinner

Question 83

What did B.F. Skinner believe in

Answer 83

Positive reinforcement

Question 84

Who was known for coming up for inventing time

Answer 84

B.F. Skinner

Question 85

Who had a picture of a shovel on the handout

Answer 85

Freud

Question 86

Who had a picture of a lab coat

Answer 86

B.F. Skinner

Question 87

Who was known for "mirror counseling"

Answer 87

Carl Rodgers

Question 88

Who coined the word "counseling"

Answer 88

Carl Rodgers

Question 89

Carl Rodgers developed the ideas of what

Answer 89

1) Self-esteem 2) Self-worth

Question 90

Rogers saw humans as what

Answer 90

good and perfectible

Question 91

Who wrote a book called, 'A Way of Being'

Answer 91

Carl Rodgers

Question 92

Who was known for messing with Ouija boards

Answer 92

Carl Rodgers

Question 93

What are the 4 possible goals of counseling

Answer 93

1) is to make the counselee happy 2) Is it to make you - the counselor happy 3) Is it just to give Biblical data 4) Is it to see Biblical change in a life

Question 94

What are the 4 ways we should view other philosophies

Answer 94

1) We should reject integration 2) Counseling is always theological 3) Beliefs about humankind, God, and values always enter into our counseling 4) All counseling derives from some type of worldview

Question 95

What are the 6 ways to should respect to the counselee as the counselor

Answer 95

1) S- Squared Shoulders 2) O - Open Stance 3) L- Lean Forward Slightly 4) V- Vocal Quality 5) E - Eye Contact 6) R - Relational Posture

Question 96

What does squared shoulders (S) mean

Answer 96

face counselee in a way that indicates you are alert and giving them all your attention

Question 97

What does open stance mean

Answer 97

relax your arms, hands, and shoulders as if you are saying, "I am here to receive whatever you want to communicate. You have access to me."

Question 98

What does lean forward slightly mean

Answer 98

this shows interest in what the person is saying to you

Question 99

What does vocal quality mean

Answer 99

maintain a volume and intensity in your speech that is neither abrasive nor hard to hear. Always let your voice reflect tenderness and compassion, rather than anger and irritation

Question 100

What does eye contact mean

Answer 100

look at people, especially when they are speaking. Don’t stare at people that results in them feeling uncomfortable

Question 101

What does relational posture mean

Answer 101

coordinate all your body, head, and facial movements in a way that is most conducive to the comfort of the counselee. Your posture should not be stiff and robotic, but neither should it be so totally relaxed that the person thinks you are about to go to sleep. a. Be approachable as you deal with people b. The counselee has to be approachable