Biblical Clinical Counseling & Education
@BibClinCounEdu
former homeschool mom turned trauma researcher / PhD student studying psychology/theology/Level 1 ABC Biblical Counselor/Reformed in theology
For anyone curious: My dissertation research study emphasis compares clinically informed biblical counseling and traditional biblical counseling outcomes with actual case studies and quantitative longitudinal research….so be on the lookout for that in the future 🙂
Can’t wait for this to be published? Hoping to cite it for my dissertation, which I will start in January🤩
6 chapters drafted, 70,000 words so far, for my Sin volume in @ZonderAcademic 's New Studies in Dogmatics series. The finish line is in sight - a couple more to go!
So good
The Danger of Pathologizing Normal, Human, God-Given, God-Designed Emotions In a recent tweet, Sean Perron responded to my recent blog post on Genesis 15:1, “Fear Not.” rpmministries.org/2025/07/fear-n… In that response, and in other interactions, Sean has opined that fear is normally…
I’m so thankful for the whole body of Christ Even those I don’t always agree with regarding biblical counseling modalities
Wisdom. 👇🏽
The Beauty of Our Emotions: Biblical Counseling for Fear. rpmministries.org/2025/07/beauty… It seems that emotions are a very emotional topic in our biblical counseling world! We need a biblical theology of the beauty of emotions.
All of this
I remember hearing an Easter sermon during the first few months of COVID from Philippians 4: “Do not be anxious.” The thrust of the sermon? "You’d better not be anxious about COVID, or you’re in sin—and you’d better not be found a sinner!" Yes… this was the Easter message. This…
Common grace restrains sin and preserves nature; special grace mortifies sin and restores nature.
ACBC’s Francine Tan’s dissertation on trauma is a perfect apologetic for the advancement of a clinically informed biblical counseling method Unfortunately her criticism for anyone not doing biblical counseling according to her standards, which she seems to borrow from Adams and…
To include biblical counseling “apologetics”
Maybe one of the worst results of social media and meme culture is that people legitimately consider arguing with strangers on the internet as apologetic ministry.
Try to think of other scholars in your field as allies in a shared project - when you collaborate, consider how they can uncover areas that you can't yet cover and vice versa. Ideally, there is no need to nurse competitiveness in the academic community.
Taking a break from classes gave me some free time to write this. The 'clinical' in Biblical Counseling jbccedu.com/2025/07/22/the…
Trauma informed biblical counseling is gift from the LORD Clinically informed biblical counseling is a gift to the church The LORD has always provided correction to the church when it either becomes legalistic or licentious Thankful for His grace
I think it’s because outspoken Christians who ONLY focus on public theology start to believe the whole of the Christian life is to declare public stances without much reflection on personal sanctification in light of being part of this world but not in it and what it looks like…
Pastors are called to pastor the flock entrusted to their care… not to be public theologians with an obligation to speak to media outlets in search of a controversial story. If some indeed choose to do the latter, it may be because they have determined it is in the best…
I think it's deeply problematic when a biblical counselor concludes that natural human fear is almost always sin. Such a position is not only reductionist but fails to account for the full range of human emotion reflected in Scripture. The Bible itself acknowledges fear as a…
Disclaimer: This is NOT a negative post. So if anyone reads this and assumes I’m attacking or disparaging JM’s faithfulness, the point of the post has been missed. The overall point of the post is to exhort mourning with those who mourn, despite the hyper positive or hyper…
I had been a born again believer about 10 yrs before hearing the name John McArthur for the first time - meaning …he was never part of my new life in Christ growth in theological knowledge I’ve never listened to a sermon from him and have never read a whole book through…
I had been a born again believer about 10 yrs before hearing the name John McArthur for the first time - meaning …he was never part of my new life in Christ growth in theological knowledge I’ve never listened to a sermon from him and have never read a whole book through…
Are clinically-informed Biblical Counseling ministries drifting from Scripture? Over the past year concerns have been raised about biblical counseling centers that use the term “clinically-informed.” Some claim these ministries are denying the sufficiency of Scripture, becoming…
I actually include Romans 5 5-8 are my go to and they show up often in my sessions 🤩
I honestly believe if all you had was Romans 6-8 memorized and that is all you used in your biblical counseling you would do incredibly well and people would be profoundly blessed!
I’m so excited to formally mentor a newly certified ABC counselor for her direct counseling practicum hours for her masters degree in counseling. May the Lord be glorified in this new counselor’s enthusiasm to serve Him with her vocation to help suffering saints
Ad Hominem Attacks In conversations, discussions, and debates, an ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone resorts to name-calling, instead of argumentation. They seek to attack a person’s character, motives, or other attributes instead of engaging with the substance of the…
In my counseling approach, though my counseling foundation is biblical, my counseling “father” is not Adams. The God who redeemed my soul is my counseling Father.