Biblical Counseling and Abuse

Sons of Patriarchy

Season 2 - Episode 6

Kimi Harris discusses her reporting about abuse in the ACBC (Association of Certified Biblical Counselors), the history of "Biblical" counseling, the major proponents of it, how they view abuse, how they unintentionally (and intentionally) perpetuate abuse, and much more.

Resources/Quotes referred to in this episode

(Original Christianity Today Article by Kimi) When Restoration Hurts, https://www.christianitytoday.com/2019/11/when-restoration-hurts-christian-counseling-abuse/

Mending the Soul, https://www.mendingthesoul.org/

Tim Keller’s ebook: Four Models of Counseling in Pastoral Ministry, https://gospelinlife.com/manual-paper/four-models-of-counseling-in-pastoral-ministry/

Jay Adam’s article: What is she to do? https://nouthetic.org/what-is-she-to-do/

Health Lambert article on his talk on Priests, Prophets, and Zombies: https://fbcjax.com/first-thoughts/priests-in-the-garden-zombies-in-the-wilderness-and-prophets-on-the-wall-the-current-state-of-the-contemporary-biblical-counseling-movement/

Brad Hambrick on Joseph and Abuse: https://bradhambrick.com/the-story-of-joseph-abuse-forgiveness-power-differentials-and-wisdom/

ACBC’s statement on abuse: https://abuse.biblicalcounseling.com/

ACBC’s conference on abuse: https://biblicalcounseling.com/product/2018-annual-conference-complete-conference-collection/

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