Christian Counseling

National Christian Counselors Association In 1981, the Arnos established the National Christian Counselors Association (NCCA) as a non-profit corporation in order to conduct extensive research in the development of a therapeutic assessment procedure based upon scripture.  Through more than seven years of systematic research with over 5,000 individuals, Drs. Arno developed a system that, still…

At this point in our journey, you’re most likely beginning to make significant connections between the experiences of your childhood and the intra- or inter-personal battles of your adult life.  To clearly and uniquely consider the solutions we’ll be discussing in detail later in this book, there is one last foundational block that must be…

Early in my counseling career I had the opportunity to work with a young woman in her late 20’s.  She sought counseling due to feelings of depression, low self-esteem, and the belief that she was inadequate as a woman, wife, and mother.  She felt like giving up on all of it. In discovering more about…

We need to get that image out of our heads when we learn in context about the “surrender” God is inviting us to.  He certainly doesn’t see you and me as losers.  I’m sure, when studying other scriptural messages, this image of waving the white flag may have its place, but not when it comes…

THIRD IN A SERIES OF SIX BLOG POSTINGS The uncertainties of life can cause every one of us to experience some degree of emotional strain and stress.  Aside from the basic, innate human responses to stress, each of the five inborn temperaments causes the individual to be predisposed to certain predictable tendencies in their emotional…

FIRST IN A SERIES OF SIX BLOG POSTINGS God’s word in the Psalms speaks to how He fearfully and wonderfully knit together in our mother’s womb each one of us was.  We have no difficulty grasping the idea that every person has a unique fingerprint.  Or how we have a one-of-a-kind appearance.  No two of…

Let’s face it, all of us will go through tough times. Life can throw many things at us, beginning from our earliest years and on through our golden years. Dysfunctional parents during our childhood, our own addictions or those of loved ones, serious physical illness or accidents, financial stress, infidelity, and our own children’s struggles…