Christ-Centered Therapy

Dr. Neil T. Anderson is founder and president emeritus of Freedom in Christ Ministries. He was formerly chairman of the Practical Theology Department at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University in the USA. He holds five degrees from Talbot, Pepperdine University and Arizona State University. A former aerospace engineer, Dr. Anderson has 20 years of experience as a pastor and has written several best-selling books on living free in Christ. Terry E. Zuehlke (PhD, University of South Dakota) is a counselor in private practice. He has specialties in child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapy and assessment.

Table of Contents
Tables
Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.Values and Worldview Clarification
2.Reclaiming a Biblical Psychology
3.Diverse Strategies in Christian Counseling
4.The Integration of Theology and Psychology
5.God, Client, and Therapist in Christian Counseling
6.A Biblical Strategy for Christian Counseling
7.Practitioner and Client Assessment
8.Resolving Root Issues in the Marketplace
9.Counseling Assistance Tool Kit
10.Professional Christian Therapy and the Church Community
11.Professional Accountability Relationships with Authority
Appendix A: Spiritual Conflict Integration in Psychotherapy
Appendix B: The Role of Psychiatry in Managed Care
Appendix C: Care Ministries Within the Church
Appendix D: Professional Forms
Appendix E: Steps to Freedom in Christ
Notes
Index
Tables
1.1Four Western Worldview Models
6.1 Effect of the Fall on Humanity
6.2 United with Christ
6.3 Levels of Conflict 136
6.4 Levels of Resolution 137
8.1 Critical Impairments 202
8.2 Impairments in the Four Realms of Human Beings 203
8.3 Impairments in the Wholistic Realm 209
9.1 Season of Loss 247
10.1 Basic Level Training 319
10.2 Advanced Level Training
10.3 Schedule for Basic Level Training: Sixteen-Week Format
10.4 Schedule for Basic Level Training: Four-Weekend Format
A.1 Follow-up Results on Self-rated Scale
Figures
2.1 The Excluded Middle
2.2 A Balanced Worldview
3.1 Clinical Approaches to Psychotherapy
4.1 Original Creation of Humanity
4.2 Role of the Physical Body
4.3 The Human Brain
5.1 Role of God in Therapy
5.2 God’s Sovereignty
6.1 Personal Disciplines: Without Christ at Center
6.2 Personal Disciplines: With Christ at Center
7.1 Barren Tree
8.1 Four Realms of Human Beings: A Nonbiblical Worldview
8.2 Five Realms of Human Beings: A Biblical Worldview
9.1 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: The Game
9.2 Pair Bonding
9.3 Addiction Cycle
10.1 A Model for Integration
A.1 Spiritual Warfare: The Enemy’s Deception
A.2 Spiritual Warfare: The Reality