Pyschosocial Roots

The role of the Holy Spirit in the personal and professional life of a Christian Counselor

The spiritual life of a Christian counselor is necessary for intradisciplinary integration . A Christian counselor speaks about hope understanding self , understanding life and understanding people and his environment . The counselor helps the counselee accept reality and see beyond to whatever his situation presents for his individual enlightenment and to prevent despair . Any person looking for meaning and hope in life may understand and recognize life 's values upon realization of the significance of his creation

as guided by the wisdom , thoughts and experiences of his Christian counselor

Christian counseling is about compassion , emotion , belief , prayer life personal faith experiences and humility . It is about the inner transformation of a person . It is about how a person understands manages and develops appropriate solutions for his problems and to try to live life in constant fellowship with Christ . This ability to connect things from plain human understanding to anything beyond and the idea of believing into something that ignites faith and hope are personally inspired by God through the promptings of the Holy Spirit . The Holy Spirit scrutinizes everything in a man and reveals things that are not immediately apparent to man . Revelation is done only through the Holy Spirit 's bestowal of spiritual gifts as such as faith , hope , love patience and wisdom

The Holy Spirit works soul . The Holy Spirit 's crucial role in the personal life of a Christian counselor is to provide the gifts that may influence and shape the temperament and attitude of the counselor in to maintain a godly conduct that conforms to the image of Christ . The Holy Spirit touches a Christian counselor and makes him vulnerable and open to the profound consciousness of God awakening faith and communicating life . Since counseling is an expression of human values and attitudes , the Holy Spirit reveals things necessary for the physical and spiritual transformation of the Christian counselor himself . The Holy Spirit enables him to see things differently in a way that he sees the person for who he really is (Adams 1986

This enables him to be transparent , fair and clear when he works and relates with another person . The Holy Spirit 's role in the professional life of the Christian counselor as an intercessor and counselor is to grant him wisdom beyond the limit of his human understanding that will change him to a low pro understanding nonjudgmental human being This greatly affects how well he connects to the person he is counseling . Effective counseling is done through the directions and the power of the Holy Spirit who is the Christian counselor 's partner in the counseling process . The Holy Spirit unlocks the anxiety of communication to greater insights and spiritual growth

The Holy Spirit works out the Christian counselor 's healthy acceptance of basic differences towards his counselee . The counselor 's pattern of reaction over a counselee 's suffering is sustained constantly by the Holy Spirit working...