Test #1

Question 1

3 Objectives of Christian Counseling

Answer 1

1. Seeks to help resolve the situation presented by the counselee.
2. Seeks to help counselee prepare for certain situations (Prevention vs. Crisis)
3. Seeks to apply God’s wisdom to situation.

Question 2

Counselor as a motivator seeks to

Answer 2

1. Understand root causes for their problems.
2. Take responsibility for behavior and thought process changes that need to take place.
3. Grow as a disciple of Christ.

Question 3

Uniqueness of Christian Counseling

Answer 3

View of the world: We KNOW God, and utilize his power.
Goals: Experience forgiveness of God…give life to Christ, recognize sin, spiritual growth…live their lives according to Biblical teaching.
Methods: Blend between secular and Christian methods.

Question 4

Working definitions of CULTURE:

Answer 4

• Integrated system of patterns, ideas, values and learned behavior.
  
  • Institutions characteristics of a society
  • Sum total of daily life developed a community and passed from generation.

Question 5

Shared and Personal Culture:

Answer 5

Shared: Shared beliefs, shared way of life within immediate environment.
Example: Family culture, neighborhood, different social groups.
Personal: Acquired through parent’s environment…We have the personal choice to accept or reject it.

Question 6

TSA Philosophy for Social Service according to Dr. Burke:

Answer 6

Gods love compels us to carry out our ministry

- Be available to all persons.
- Focus on all areas of the person – physical, pshycological, social and spiritual. 
- Take into account sinful nature of man 
- Form Christian out of God’s likeness.

Question 7

The Kingdom is the umbrella that unites all we do

Answer 7

-Care for the individual, family and community.

It is not just one part of the person, it is all parts.

Question 8

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

1. God is already active in the counselee

Answer 8

a. Recognize that God is already working in the situation

b. BLUE DOTS

Question 9

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

2. Complex problems do not demand a complex solutions

Answer 9

a. Help the counselee to see the good in their life…this leads to the beginning of the solution.

Question 10

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

3. Finding exceptions helps create solutions

Answer 10

a. Small change often leads to bigger changes.

b. Focus on solutions

Question 11

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

4. The counselee is always changing

Answer 11

a. Celebrate changes; be intentional in recognizing these changes.
b. Some changes positive or negative might happen, we must recognize that we are not to carry it as a burden. God will take care of it.

Question 12

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

5. The counselee is the expert and clarifies goals

Answer 12

a. Change comes from the counselee, we can guide them but we cannot make the choices for them.
b. They are the ones who need to establish their goals.

Question 13

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

6. Solutions are co-created

Answer 13

a. Work on solutions together, BUT the counselee in the end needs to make the decision.

Question 14

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

7. The counselee is NOT the problem, the problem is the problem

Answer 14

a. Even if the counselee might have gotten themselves into the situation they are currently in, they do not need “fixing”. They are not the problem.

Question 15

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

8. The counseling relationship is positional

Answer 15

a. Create appropriate boundaries in Counselor-Counselee relationship. Assume the proper roles.

Question 16

Kollar Guiding Assumptions:

9. If it is not broken, don’t fix it

Answer 16

a. If the solution in working, don’t change it just for the sake of changing it.