HSCO 506 Week 8 Discussion Confronting Sin in Counseling

HSCO 506 Week 8 Discussion Confronting Sin in Counseling HSCO 506 Week 8 Discussion Confronting Sin in Counseling Discussion Question: McMinn discussed guidelines when confronting sin during a counseling experience and the lectures reviewed some factors as well. Your thread needs to be answered in two parts: First, what would be the challenges (based on the lectures) of confronting clearly wrong behavior/ “sin” in the life of your client if you were working in a secular human services setting? Draw in concepts from the lecture to support your position. How might the approach from psychology make it difficult to confront clearly wrong behavior (worldview and perspective on attribution, for instance)? Second, assume that you counseled in a human services setting in which you could integrate spirituality and a Christian worldview. Review the following brief “case” and answer the following questions: Based on the lectures and McMinn, why can’t a sensitive Christian counselor just automatically and quickly confront obvious sin in the life of the counselee? Of the cautions mentioned by the course materials, which ones do you think counselors most often overlook? From what you learned from the lectures/McMinn, how would you best address the clearly sinful behavior of this client?