Nouthetic Counseling
Nouthetic Counseling at the heart involves teaching, love, and compassion from the Word of God with emphasis on the relationship and confrontation of sin. To accurately define Nouthetic Counseling one may consider application of three elements, the Whole Church responsibility, the purpose of good, and bringing the counselee into conformity with the law of God.
Three elements guide the counselor, whom is also defined as a "teacher." First, the counselee has a problem, defined as a sin, or barrier not Christ Centered and needing changed. Second, the counselor uses verbal discussion with a goal of bringing about change for the benefit of the counselee. Last, the counselor uses confrontation seeking change to the hurt and sin in the counselee’s
Three elements guide the counselor, whom is also defined as a "teacher." First, the counselee has a problem, defined as a sin, or barrier not Christ Centered and needing changed. Second, the counselor uses verbal discussion with a goal of bringing about change for the benefit of the counselee. Last, the counselor uses confrontation seeking change to the hurt and sin in the counselee’s