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An overview of
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By Siang-Yang Tan
Contents
• The Need for Lay Counseling Ministries
• Biblical Basis for Lay Counseling
• A Biblical Model for Effective Lay Counseling
• Basic Principles of Effective Counseling
• Reasons to Refer
• The Literature of Lay Counseling
• Building a Ministry of Lay Counseling
• Selection of Lay Counselors
• Training of Lay Counselors
• Supervision of Lay Counselors
• Evaluation of Lay Counselors
• Potential Pitfalls
• Conclusions
Introduction
• Is lay Christian counseling helpful or dangerous?
• Can we expect an average person without a master’s
or doctoral degree in counseling to be able to meet
the needs of someone plunged into depression or
wracked with indecision by some complex problems
in life?
• Lay counselors are “individuals who lack the training,
educational experience, or credentials to be
professional counselors, but who nevertheless are
involved in helping people cope with personal
problems” (Gary Collins, cited p. 14)
• Lay counseling is present in churches, para-church
organizations, mental health settings, Christian, and
secular
The Need for Lay Counseling
Ministries
• Psychological problems are
increasingly evident
• Christians are not trained to
handle difficult problems (i.e.
typical answer is “you’re a sinner,
just pray about it”)
• There are Scriptural texts that
support the use of lay counseling
Biblical Basis for Lay
Counseling
• Conservative circles are concerned about the
“seduction of Christianity by secular psychology”
• Every ministry must begin with Biblical and
theological basis, including lay counseling
• Two categories of Scriptural reference provide
biblical support for lay counseling ministries in
churches
– Calling of all Christians to be involved in ministry
(priesthood of all believers)
– All believers are called to be involved in ministry to one
another (i.e. people-helping by non-professionals and
para-professionals)
The Call to Ministry in General
(Priesthood of Believers, I Peter 2:5,9)
• Eph. 4:1-16 demonstrates God’s will for all
saints to be equipped for ministry or
service
– Unity of Calling: no clergy-laity distinction
– Unity of Ministry: each member of the body is
indispensable. We don’t have a ministry; we
are one.
– Unity in Common Life: (Eph. 2:5, 6, 19, 22, 3:6;
4:16); we are interdependent
– Unity in Purpose: ultimate goal is maturity in
Christ; ordained pastors should equip the
saints for ministry or service
The Call to Lay Counseling as a
Specific Ministry
• Mandate to show Christ-like love to one another (John
13:34-35) and carry each other’s burdens (Gal. 6:2)
• All believers are to admonish, encourage, or help one
another (Rom. 15:14; Col. 3:16; I Thess. 5:14)
• Some believers specially gifted with exhortation, or
paraklesis (Rom. 12:8)
• Jay Adams developed nouthetic (from nouthesia)
counseling, “change through co.
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Basic christian counselling training
1. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Foundational Training for Christian Counsellors
The New Revelation Baptist Church, Ikeja -Lagos
June 11, 2016
Jerry Akinsola,
jerryakinsola@yahoo.com
+2348033804982
2. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Tabitha told you that her
well respected husband
is not who most church
members think he is; he
is violent, gambles and
also addicted to
pornography. Tabitha is
fed up. What should she
do? How can you help
her?
3. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Engr. John, the son of the
General Overseer’s driver,
is engaged to Betty, the
daughter of the GO. While
she profess that she loves
him, he is not sure she
respects him. He is also
afraid that he may not be
able to satisfy her
materially. How can you
help John?
4. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Mrs. Chris, the singles
coordinator, met her ex-lover at
a function two years ago. They
merely exchanged phone
numbers at that time. The initial
occasional calls have blossomed
now into an affair. While she has
undergone various deliverance
programme, and had cut him off
for some months, she confides
in you that her ex-lover is now
occupying the place of her busy
husband. How can you help her?
5. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Bro Sam has failed eight school
certificate level examinations.
After appraising him, you are
convinced that he would do well
in other spheres of life. But he is
refusing to consider other
alternatives to academics. Rather
he wants you to keep supporting
him financially. What will you do?
7. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Helping Approaches
Direct
Action
Teaching
Giving
Advice
Providing
Information
Counselling
8. The Equipping Christian Ministry
What is Christian Counselling…
It is the constructive, caring and intentional
interactions between a counsellor and a ‘client’
meant to help the client to embrace and exalt Jesus
Christ through his or her choices and actions.
There is no limit to the problems on which
counseling can be offered or to the type of person
who can be thus assisted.
9. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Goals of Christian Counselling…
Embracing Christlikeness
Freedom from bondage and
dependency
Transformation –Better and balance
individual in terms of his or her overall
wellbeing
Empowering the person to help others
10. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Why Every Church Need Counsellors
To permit helpers use their gifts
To prevent escalations of damaging
attitudes
To provide initial support to those
confronting emotional, behavioural,
spiritual and social or relational
challenges
12. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Saved and Committed Disciple
Knowledgeable – Knows the Word and
the World
Understand People – developmental
needs, spiritual level
Respect others
Trustworthiness
13. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Healthy - Emotionally Stable, Spiritual
Balanced, etc
Suspends critical judgment
Genuine
Being concern/being there
Relational, Prepared, Observant
Recognizes personal limitations
17. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Active Listening …
Involves Hearing +Understanding what
the client said and how he/she feels
Involves appropriate responses
Helps client to Experience and express
her/his feelings
Reduce defensive behaviour
18. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Be aware of Body languages:
Facial expressions,
Angle of our body,
Proximity of ourselves to another,
Placement of arms and legs,
Raising and lowering of eyebrows,
Tone of voice , etc .
20. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Types of Responses
•Evaluative •Interpretative •Supportive
•Probing •Understanding
21. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Underlying Motives for Responses
Evaluative – making judgments of good/bad,
right/wrong, should/should not, fair/unfair,
just/unjust, etc.
Interpretative-trying to infer a meaning behind a
problem/statement
Supportive-being reassuring, calming
Probing- clarification, seeking further information
Understanding – confirming with the speaker that
the listener has understood the message correctly
22. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Components of ‘Understanding’
Responses…
REPHRASING (restating what is told, without adding
or subtracting its meaning. Sometimes Paraphrasing
is used to clarify / Summarizing is focusing on the
main points of the conversation )
REFLECTING ( To convey that the feelings or
emotions are understood)
REFRAMING ( to facilitate the person to think from
other perspectives, develops insight)
23. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Mistakes in formulating Responses
Responses that are too long
Responses that show more concern for
the facts
Responses that are vague & generalized
Responses that are leading & directive
Responses that are overly supportive &
reassuring
24. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Stages of a Helpful Response
S – Spontaneous - The response should
be neither rehearsed or mechanical
T – Tailor made -It should be suited to
this person at this time
A – Adequate - It should precisely &
correctly identify the other’s feelings
25. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Stages of a Helpful Response
R – Reflective - It merely reflects
meanings back to the counselee
S – Symbolic - It should offer the
counselee concrete & creative picture
words to help the counselee see his
world more clearly & graphically
27. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Using Scriptures
1. The Bible reveals God’s absolute/ultimate desires
and plans for men for all races and all cultures.
2. The Light: Through the Bible we see people,
circumstances and life correctly. The Bible exposes
men’s sins and also leads to self-
realization/restoration.
3. We must lead the client to understand and adopt
biblical solutions to life.
28. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Using Prayers
1. Prayers changes people, situations and
circumstances
2. You must soak every stage of the
counselling with prayers. Learn to
intercede, shot and defeat darkness with
prayers
3. Pray before, during and after the session.
30. The Equipping Christian Ministry
What we can learn through questions?
The general situation- "What did you
want to talk about?”
The facts-- "What happened?”
Feelings-- "How did you feel?”
Reasons-- "Why did you do that?”
Specifics– “Will you please give me an
example”
31. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Master the Use of Different types of
Questions….
An open question is one that is used in order
to gathering more of relevant information –
intention is to get long/detailed answer.
A closed question is one used to gather
specific information - it can normally be
answered with either a single word or a short
phrase.
32. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Encouraging immediacy
Sometimes we spend time repeating
thing. It is important to reach
conclusions. Deal with what is
happening in the Here & Now in the
interaction. The counselee’s growth &
well being is more significant in the
present rather than the past or future.
36. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Referral
If you will not be available
If you know the information will
corrupt you
If you are becoming emotionally
entangled
If you feel overwhelm
Make Referral
37. The Equipping Christian Ministry
The Counsellor’s
Attitudes and Emotions:
Avoiding Common
Pitfalls
38. The Equipping Christian Ministry
A bad attitude
is like a flat tyre …
You can’t go anywhere
Till You Change it
39. The Equipping Christian Ministry
H–A–P–P–Y: That Would Make You a Five
Counsellor
Hope-Don’t write off people
Ask Questions - Show talk you care
Praise – Call attention to positive
changes
Pray– Intercede for your client
Yield– There could be other ways apart
from yours
40. The Equipping Christian Ministry
L–I–F–E: Nurturing Positive Attitude
Love – God, yourself and others is proof healthy
living.
Involve and Invest your life in productive enterprise –
Strive to give rather than get. Be a solution
Feed and fill yourself with resources that makes you
godly
Empty your recycle bin – Do not keep carrying
emotional baggages and guilt
41. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Common Pitfalls
Avoiding Too much concern
(sympathy)
Avoiding too less concern(apathy)
Transference and Counter transference
One size fits all approach
42. The Equipping Christian Ministry
People may not remember
what was said but they will
remember how
you made them feel.
47. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Building rapport
Ensuring trust issues and confidentiality
Attending
Listening
Responding
Showing genuineness
Leading to Action
Being transparent to self (to be aware of own
emotional issues)
48. The Equipping Christian Ministry
Moving On…
Counselors can take comfort in knowing that they
have cared for a person during a very significant time
in her / his life,
and can remind themselves of this quotation by
Thomas Carruthers:
A teacher is one who makes himself / herself
progressively unnecessary.