Talk:Christian counseling

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Much of this article appears to be biased. For example "Christian Counselors typically have more education than traditional therapists" -- simply not true. Christian counseling integrates christian principles with traditional counseling--plain and simple. 75.186.97.190 (talk) 05:48, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Cleaned up...
I have gone through most of this article and made sure the tone was not Christian-centric, but I can't be authoritative on the details of the article.

A degree in "Christian Counseling" is not required

Do universities offer degrees literally titled "Christian Counseling", or should this be

"Degrees in Christian counseling are available but are not commonly required for practice"?

''"Further over-capitalization of "Christian counseling" would also have to be reduced, if so.

It's likely this article's information needs clean-up on an organizational level, but I'm in Grammar Nazi mode right now and can't see past one sentence at a time.

Note: This article was evidently written in a very Christian-centric fashion ("Bible", not "Christian Bible"; "God", not "Christian God"; "a Christian" (qualified noun), not "Christian" (simple adjective) ). Some text used unnecessary jargon ("Holy Spirit"), some text used relevant jargon without linking to the available article (Christ), and some text even undervalued Christian counseling's impact by implying that it may perform differently from standard counseling.

If writing on a niche topic, please remember that Wikipedia is for all audiences, and is best utilized as a reference for people that do not understand even the basics of the topic you're writing on. --Caidence (talk) 01:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Helpful Suggestions
Some suggestions in correcting this article are: add how the procedure works, what techinques or education goes into the process and possibly define which psychology and Christian teachings are put into practice. Try using some more examples to help the audience understand what Christian counseling is. --CreativecookEr (talk) 22:01, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Helping clients
As one trained in psychology and in christian counseling, I changed the following sentence "It is often focused on solving the individual problems of the patient." to "It is often focused on helping patients to solve their individual problems." Prsaucer1958 (talk) 23:10, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Edits by Cdenkler
With this edit, I reverted some new material added by User:Cdenkler. I offered this edit summary as the reasons for the reversion: "rv to last ver by Bollyjeff: lede was not-neutral and jargon & not cited to third party RS; Integration additions need third-party source; Criticism additions also non-neutral and need RS)". Without any edit summary or discussion at talk, Cdenkler reverted my edit. I have stated my reasoning, if briefly, and would be happy to discuss this further. To my initial reasons, I would also add that the History section Cdenkler added also is not neutral (WP:NPOV) (especially unsourced phrases like  "Because he was a devout Protestant who held firm beliefs ... he gained converts but also lost popularity among people as well. This was just the start of his movement.") I will revert again with a pointer here for any discussion. Meanwhile, until consensus is reached on this new material, it should remain out of the article (WP:CONSENSUS). According to the contribution history, this is the first article Cdenkler has edited, so I'm hoping we can work through what he or she is trying to do, but do so meeting wiki standards.Novaseminary (talk) 04:40, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Criticism Section is not neutral
The criticism section sounds more like a promotional plug for the practice. Somebody should jump on that. 2002:8A2F:9610:0:0:0:8A2F:9610 (talk) 23:49, 22 March 2016 (UTC)