1. Counseling & the Bible Session #5

2. Review from Last Wk: Crisis Intervention Make Contact (go to them) Reduce Anxiety (facts, breathe) Focus on Issues (be specific) Evaluate Resources

3. Review from Last Wk: Crisis Intervention Plan Intervention (options) Encourage Action (any kind) Instill Hope (distorted logic) Provide Environ. Help

4. I. Knowing When To Refer Be prepared: have list of providers & resources ahead of time

5. Question to Ponder: When does somebody need professional help??

6. A Person Needs Professional Help When: Things don’t improve A severe financial need A need for legal or medical advice Severe depression and/or suicide

7. A Person Needs Professional Help When: Severe aggression Emotional disturbance When there are inappropriate boundaries When your “gut” says so

8. A Person Needs Professional Help When: …things are big enough, bad enough, been going on long enough, getting in the way of life functioning enough… then someone needs professional help

9. IB. How to help someone see they need help: Provide facts, education, information Give repetitive information Limit your help if this hinders

10. IB. How to help someone see they need help: Apply relational skills (warmth, empathy, genuineness) Seek to understand and create safety… always

11. How do you help a non- Christian?

12. II. How do you help a non-Christian Relational skills (same) Availability Meeting them on common ground Providing basic information about God

13. II. How do you help a non-Christian Provide a Bible & pray that God reveals Himself thru it Provide Christian resources- people and places (Christian therapist, Church, a class like this)

14. The role of pain in impacting a person... some people come to Christ in the midst of their pain some people need some alleviation of pain before considering the place of God in their life