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Week 1, Lectures - Because
Integration of Spiritualty and Counseling (Liberty
University)
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WEEK 1 | LECTURES 1,2,3,:
Slide 1 of 3
Welcome to Counseling 506: Integration to
psychology, theology and spirituality in counseling
and this introductory lecture of principles to
integration in Christian counseling. For many people
taking this course a fundamental question is: “Why
bother at all with integrating psychology with
Christian faith when counseling people?” This isn’t a
new question. In many ways across the centuries
Christians have led the way in what is now considered
the science and professional practice of counseling,
which is deeply rooted in Christian decisions of soul
care and spiritual
formation. And yet the discipline of psychology provides so many useful tools to help those who are hurt, and to help heal
the mind and the spirit of the whole person. Let’s begin to explore why integration of psychology and Christian counseling
is such an important topic.
Slide 2 of 3
Is integration necessary or even possible? Going all the
way back to the second century, this debate has raged
since Tertullian, an early church father, said this about
bringing worldly wisdom into the church: “What indeed
has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is
