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1. How do we think through the recent use of the term of integration?

2. How to think in categories of essential elements and incidental circumstances in counsleing?

3. What are some of the essential elements?

4. What are some elements that would fundamentally alter biblical counseling?

5. How do we acknowledge the incidental circumastantial elements of biblical counseling?

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1. Why is it important to understand God's nature before we counsel?

2. How does God's independence shape our counseling relationships?

3. What does this look like as we shepherd others with God's Word?

4. What does success look like in counseling?

5. How do we guard against pitfalls in ministering the truth of Scripture?

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1. What is psychology and what does it claim to be and do.

2. What is the definition of emprircism?

3. What are some problems that arrise when applying this definition to humanity?

4. What are some other problems when dealing with empiricism?

5. How is empiricism utilized in the DSM?

6. How should we discern as we read psychological information?

7. Final thoughts on opportunity cost?

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1. God glorifying change as a key tenet of biblical counseling.

2. Where do we get the concept that sanctification is the primary aim in biblical counseling?

3. What texts come to mind when thinking about not adding to God's Word in counseling?

4. Why do we see sanctification as such an important issue when considering helping others in counseling?

5. Where do we see people substituting ...

1. Why should counselors be careful when sharing the Gospel?

2. What are the potential pitfalls?

3. How can our mishandling of the Gospel harm someone?

4. How can counselors avoid some of these pitfalls?

5. What resources have helped you?

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1. What is a biblical understanding of discontentment?

2. What are common factors that contribute to discontentment?

3. What are the dangers of not dealing with discontentment biblically?

4. What are good resources on discontentment?

5. How can the counselor or pastor think through discontentment?

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1. Who is Bessel Van der kolk?

2. What is the concept of the body keeps the score?

3. What is dissasociation and how do we think about it?

4. How does Van der Kolk utilizes the concept of re-experiencing unresolved trauma?

5. How is Van der Kolk impacted by LeDoux and darwinsim?

6. How does Van der Kolk understand dysregulation?

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1. What are the weaknesses of the construct of the DSM?

2. What are some of the financial issues surrounding the use of the DSM?

3. What are the weaknesses of the worldviews surrounding the DSM?

4. Is the DSM a "bible" for the counseling world?

5. What are you hoping people walk away with after reading your book?

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1. How did this book come together?

2. What is the DSM?

3. What does it mean to have a mental disorder diagnosis?

4. What is the DSM and what is it not?

5. What are counselors trying to accomplish with the DSM?

6. How is the DSM a culturally attuned guide?

7. What is the DSM not?

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1. Is worry sinful?

2. How can it be liberating to acknowledge that worry is sinful?

3. How do you see worry as an invitation to draw near to God?

4. How is the character of God inviting for those struggling with worry?

5. How is understanding God's names helpful for those in the middle of worry?

6. How should we work through various sins and emotions that come along with worry?

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1. How did this book come together?

2. What are common responses to anxiety and how does God call us to respond in Scripture?

3. How does focusing on God's character help us through anxiety?

4. How does the soveriengty of God become practical and not just a lofty truth?

5. Is it okay to pray for God to take your worry away?

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1. How does the human body feel physical pain?

2. How does physical pain challenge our faith?

3. How do we offer practical advice for those going through physical pain?

4. What spiritual practices can help in the midst of physcial pain?

5. What aspects of God's character are helpful to dwell on in the midst of physcial pain?

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1. Why has this concept become so prevelant in the context of counseling?

2. Is this concept of boundaries a biblical notion?

3. What are the positive things we can gather from Townsend relating to this concept of boundaries?

4. How do we set limits in boundaries based on a biblical foundation?

5. Should the book on boundaries by Townsend form our primary lens in veiwing this concept?

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1. What is civic righteousness?

2. How does civic righteousness relate to biblical counseling?

3. How do the distinct goals of biblical counseling relate to a civic righteousness focus in counseling?

4. How should we view certain techniques and methods used under the guise of common grace insights?

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