Critique of Two Theoretical Models

A Critique of Two Theoretical Models:

Dr. Jay E. Adams & Dr. Williams Backus

Daphne S. Shuler-Thurman

Liberty University

COUNT507-B10 LUO

Deadline: 06/03/2012

Date of Submission: 06/01/2012

Instructor: Dr. Twoey

Summary

How to help people change does provide theoretical approach to Christian counseling; it offers an explanation of Dr Adams 2 Timothy 3:14-17. Adams(1986) says that the Word is capable of making the person wise for salvation.

Christian Counselors play a very vital part to the healing process for those that they are counseling. The counselee place a great amount of hope in the counselor that they will be able to guide them to the place where they are able to move past their situations and find happiness. In How to help people change, by Jay Adams, and Telling yourself the truth, by William Backus & Marie Chapian, both authors believe place emphasis on Scripture, and the use of the Word of God to bring peace and wholeness to those individuals seeking help from a Christian counselor.

Dr. Adams does not present a model of counseling. Instead, he provides an interpretation of 2 Timothy 3:16 that is offered definitively as the sole method of acceptable counseling form a Christian and biblical context. Dr. Backus offer a good biblically based cognitive-behavior resource for dealing with feeling based concerns where cognitive awareness exists or it readily accessible.

Concise Summary of the Content

Dr. Adams and Dr. Backus both overemphasize the importance of the Word of God to the point of minimizing the importance of a relationship with Jesus. In their study of the theoretical framework of emotion, Lambie and Macel (2002) present a theory concerning the micro-genesis of emotional states. They state that “secondary appraisal is often conscious; primary appraisal usually is not”. The cognitive-behavioral approach to counseling is a needed and effective method for working to change the evaluative description and...