Balancing Faith and Practice

5 Commentsby   |  05.02.11  |  The Schools of Psychology (Part IV)

As the end of the semster appraoches and we have been through the different schools of psychology, Behaviorism, Psychoanalysis, Humanistic. All three of these schools have a place in the present day some more than others but still a place. There are so many arugments against this and that how do you decide what is right. How do you, I guess find the balance between your faith and practice. Like people who study history find that there are some discrepancies in the Bible and things that they find in the field. My question is I guess how do you find your balance and how do stand up for what you do as a counselor without discrediting the Bible. Obviously, it is possible, but when you come up against that one person who is so dead set on that if God has not fixed it then it should not be fixed how do you persuade them that you are here to help.

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  1. Rebekah Bynum
    8:28 pm, 05.02.11

    I feel like we can tell those people that God works through other people and he sends us to do his work sometimes.

  2. Jodi Bell
    10:37 pm, 05.02.11

    I think this is a struggle for every christian, especially in the counseling fields. My concern would be that the advice I am giving is not good advice or that it is not godly. I think that God can use you no matter what occupation you have or where you are in the world. For individuals who are so set in their ways I would tell them that something is obviously not working in your life or you wouldn’t be here. The way your trying to solve the problem wasn’t working so lets try a different way.

  3. Bradye McQueen
    10:39 pm, 05.02.11

    This is something that I have struggled with since I began realizing how God can heal anything. It is hard for me to apply psychoanalysis or behaviorism to every situation. There is a diagnosis for everything these days, and we must find the balance between actual psychological distress and spiritual warfare.

  4. Brady Campbell
    10:54 pm, 05.02.11

    I think with logic and raising self-esteem.

  5. Lawton Pybus
    11:16 pm, 05.02.11

    I have a friend with bipolar disorder who is also a strong believer. He tends to spiritualize things a bit more than I do, and he believed for a long time that it wasn’t in God’s will for him to take medication or to undergo extensive therapy, but instead to rely on him. He’s slowly come to the conclusion that this is really keeping him from living the best life he could and is beginning to entertain the possibility. I’m not sure how I would deal with an obstinance like his if I were his counselor, but I was reminded of him by your question.

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