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It has just happened again. The administrator for our counseling center emailed me with a new couple she is placing on my schedule. My first thought was, “I am already seeing four counselees that day, and now you have scheduled another case for 8pm!” I became weary just thinking about it! And then an email […]

Some parts of the Bible are easy to understand, but some of it is not. My expectation is that most believers desire to understand all of God’s Word, not just the easy parts. This is especially critical for the biblical counselor. As those coming alongside to help others who are suffering or in sin, we […]

At Clearcreek Chapel, we have both an ACBC Certified Training Center, and a biblical counseling center. It is a tremendous privilege to be able to serve the Christian community in Southwest Ohio through both of these entities. It is also a great privilege to have young men and women in our church complete the rigors […]

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”  Dwight D. Eisenhower How about you? Do you plan and prepare between counseling sessions? Or, have you done this for so long, that you don’t feel the need for any pre-counseling preparation? Let me suggest that our planning and […]

Years ago I was asked to complete a self-counseling excercise. I was to determine (with the help of others if necessary) an area of my life in which I was worshiping something other than God. OK, lets call it what it was – a heart idol. The process was difficult. It took almost 3 months […]