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| Titre : | Breakdowns Are Good for You ! : A Unique Manual for True Biblical Counselling |
| Auteurs : | Robert J.K. Law, Auteur ; Malcolm Bowden, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Bromley [GB] : Sovereign Publications, 1999 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-9506042-5-1 |
| Format : | xiv + 270 p. |
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| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | FI/B (Cure d'âme: approche biblique; exemple de Jésus) |
| Résumé : |
The authors contend that all non-organic "mental illnesses" are due to self-centredness and self-pity.
Dr. Robert Law worked in psychiatric hospitals and when he entered the Anglican ministry he realised that the root cause of the problems of the numerous people he counselled was self-pity. When this was pointed out to them, almost all agreed and then rapidly improved. He drew up a chart showing how all problems stem from self-centredness that could develop into self-pity (See frontispiece and page 18). This generates deep guilt which is covered up by adopting various behaviours such as schizophrenia and depression. The authors examine these two major classifications and show that they are wrongly diagnosed as "illnesses" which allow patients to reside in psychiatric wards sheltered from the normal stresses of living. A weight of evidence is presented to show that schizophrenia can be cured simply by training patients to take increasing responsibility for their actions without drugs. In one case a complete ward of schizophrenics was released into the community, fully restored to normal social life with very few relapsing. Prisoners have similarly been returned to society by this method. All such successful results have been completely ignored in this country. A method of True Biblical Counselling is set out and practice cases given. Psychiatry, Freud, psychoanalysis and Christian use of secular theories are criticised. The authors contend that the church should return to counselling its members using True Biblical Counselling and not commit them to secular treatments. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Introductions SECTION I - FOUNDATIONS AND FUNDAMENTALS - 1. The basis of the book: A unique approach to counselling / 2. Article - “Breakdowns are good for you” / 3. A chart of “Mental illness” behaviour - and its explanation / 4. Does it work? The “God” dimension: (A) Christian cases (B) Secular cases - Reality Therapy / Biblical Counselling and Reality Therapy - the vital difference / 5. Is True Biblical Counselling too “confrontational” and “judgmental”? / 6. “Mental illnesses” examined: (A) Medical aspects of “mental illnesses” (B) Schizophrenia and psychiatry - an examination (C) Depression Three articles - Dr. Dorothy Rowe ; Derek Draper ; Cressida Connolly (D) Multiple Personality Disorder SECTION II - PRELIMINARIES TO COUNSELLING - 1. Who should counsel?: Romans 15:14 - Can all counsel? / The counselling of men and women / 2. Who should be counselled? / 3. The 5 R’s: (a) Responsibility (b) Repentance (c) Restitution (d) Reconciliation (e) Rebuilding on Christ / 4. The important spiritual dimensions - Prayer, Bible reading, meditation, churchgoing / 5. Motivation - mind, emotion, will, and conscience / 6. Training the autonomic nervous system / 7. The individual and social context of Biblical Counselling: Should we love ourselves first? - “Self-love” and “self-esteem” / 8. The place of humour SECTION III - THE COUNSELLING SESSION - 1. The basic approach / 2. Two important questions / 3. Evasion of guilt: The magic wand / The rubber stamp / 4. “Out of touch with reality”? / 5. Questions to ask / 6. Some frequent excuses: (a) “The fault of my personality” (b) “I can’t do it” / The £1M prize (c) “I’m only human!” / 7. Medical aspects in counselling / 8. Counselling the non-Christian: The pirate ship / 9. An outline of a counselling session SECTION IV - SPECIFIC PROBLEMS - 1. Schizophrenia: Hallucinations and “hearing voices” / 2. Depression / 3. Loneliness / 4. Fear, Stress and Anxiety; Overcoming panic and phobias; Pain, suffering and death; Shyness; Perfectionism; Losing face; Reaction to criticism / 5. Guilt - true and false / 6. Bereavement / 7. Drug taking; Alcoholism / 8. Problems in the workplace / 9. The raising of children (A) Discipline (B) Love Counselling the child Counselling the parents The “broken homes” excuse / 10. Marriage; Divorce; Sexual problems / 11. Homosexuality / 12. Self-counselling for the reader with problems SECTION V - Some cases for practice - SECTION VI - APPENDICES - 1. Freud’s fraudulent cases - and Charcot’s / 2. The Final Analysis. A Freudian psychoanalyst reveals the dark secrets of his profession / 3. Secular psychiatry used in counselling by some Christians: Lawrence Crabbe ; Gary Collins - and others / 4. Other Christian counselling approaches examined: (A) Deliverance from demons (B) “Healing of the memories”, “Inner healing”; Jung and spiritism (C) The “four temperaments” (D) Medical “Healings”; The two periods of “Signs, wonders and miracles” / 5. Further questions answered / 6. An examination of Biblical characters and how God dealt with them: Job; Cain and Abel; Nebuchadnezzar; Jacob; Scribes and Pharisees; Ahab and Haman; Elder Brother of the parable; Ahitophel; Pharaoh; Tamar; Adam and Eve / 7. The Fall: Christ’s Temptations examined / 8. Living the full Christian life - when miracles are rare! / 9. How to kill worry - with a sharp knife! / 10. How the Christian should handle personal problems / 11. Problems in the church / 12. The legal situation of counselling / 13. The mature Christian / 14. The balanced Christian / 15. The Trinity, Love and Suffering. The nature of true Christian (agape) love / 16. The True Biblical way to counsel an unbeliever to faith - Answers to the practice cases Final thoughts - Bible verses for counsellors. - References - Index |
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