Counseling, Week 5 Reading Log
depression is no respecter of persons. It is known as the common cold of mental disorders.
Since depression is a clinical term, it is not discussed in the Bible, even though the condition appears to have been common.
Depression impacts an estimated 25 percent of college students,
Losses of people through death, divorce, or prolonged separations are painful and known to be among the most powerful depression-producing events of life.
Guilt and depression so often occur together that it is difficult to determine which comes first and leads to the other.
If they could step out of their offices and follow their counselees around for a couple of days
“helper therapy” principle. It states that those who reach out to help others are the ones who benefit and are helped the most.
Anxiety also could be described as a state or a trait.
Anxiety often comes because people have irrational beliefs that create fear.
“The stress-activated cortisol disrupts the happy messengers and prevents them from communicating their message to your brain. The result? Severe anxiety.”
Giving Support. It is easy to be impatient in the presence of an anxious counselee, but instead, the helper must be supportive
Guidelines for Visiting and Counseling the Sick
It is the confidence that God, who is living and sovereign, also controls all things and can be expected to bring to pass that which ultimately is best.
The illness ultimately must be treated at its cause—the underlying anxiety and inability to cope with a symptom-free life.
It is an acknowledgment of the mortality that we all have on this earth. It is a way to prepare for the future and to open lines of communication before crises arise.
1 Corinthians 7, marriage is affirmed, but singleness is elevated to a state that may even be preferable.