Jay E. Adams Theory Critique

A counselor thus guides the client away from themselves and closer to God something that may not be the primary need of the client It is evident that Adam 's theory fails to appreciate that some clients need emotional support without any connection to spiritual gain . If Adam 's approach is used to such clients , the results of counseling may end up being devastating

Adam 's theory equally stresses on that counselors should be ready to learn more from their counseling sessions . Definitely , a faithful servant of God uses the passages in

the scripture to think through the implications of their therapeutic practice thus getting an opportunity to learn more from their experiences with clients (Adam , 1986 : 54 . This moves away from the conceptualization that scripture alone may not suffice such a dispensation and the final goal of counseling should not be converting the client to higher levels of Christian growth . However it is important for every Christian counselor a holy definite moral standards so that to be able to articulate all these issues

It follows that the path of change is not easy as it sounds . On ground of this conceptualization , Adam argues that Holy Spirit plays a significant role in the whole facet of biblical change . Arguably , the client is enabled to change within the right precincts so that all issues relating to God may be obeyed and affected by the client

Conclusion

Adam 's theory of Christian counseling succeeds in facilitating a theological foundation that guides how Christian counselors should approach the whole question of biblical counseling . It emphasis on the faith-based objectives where , in addition to addressing the client with their behavioral and emotional problems , they benefit from the inclination of growth in Christ that Christian counseling takes . The primacy of the scripture is equally appreciated...