crisis intervention

(Walsh et al , 2005

Theoretical Framework

The passage in Matthew 11 :28 reveals the scenario wherein the Lord Jesus Christ himself offers His treatment ' to people in crisis Come to Me , all you who labor and are burdened , and I will cause you to rest-I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls (Amplified This statement is quite profound and yet also very clear in all its implications : that nothing and no one has made the claims as Jesus did and proved his claims to be true . In addition , this passage and

the whole doctrine of healing that the bible teaches have been the subject of modifications , dilution and amalgamation of other persuasions other than the evangelical faith

The author sees the root of all human problems in a spiritual perspective . It is a viewpoint that understands that to minister with efficacy , it is vital that the practitioner or minister has a mature comprehension with regards the biblical worldview and aware as well , of the established worldviews in the marketplace especially in the psychological discipline (Anderson et al , 2000 .

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Moreover , to address the problems that a person facing dire circumstances is going through , the line between the sacred ' and the secular ' must be fully grasped . The author stands on what Dietrich Bonhoeffer posited : There are not two realities , but only one reality and that is the reality of God , which has become manifest in Christ in the reality of the world (in Anderson et al , 2000 .

.34 . However , to avoid being accused as simplistic , this position is further elucidated by adopting the following model

This study borrows from the material presented by Neil Anderson and others in portraying a balanced biblical worldview which is conceptualized in the following schematic diagram . It illustrates the hypothesis that striking a...