Sexual Identity In Christian Counseling

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Abstract Randolph K. Sanders brings to light an opportunity for the Christian counselor that will give the sexual minority client a relationship of autonomy and self-determination while learning from a Christian counselor the various and diverse choices, treatments as well as risks and failures of a diversity of options in context to sexual identity questions, conflicts, same sex attractions and behaviors as well as homosexual identification (Sanders, 2013). Competency is a critical component in the ethical standards of a Christian counselor who should be leading the charge in making sure that the sexual minority client who comes for help is given ‘all’ of the information available and not simply the ‘gay script’ (Sanders, 2013). The Christian …show more content…

252; Laumann et al, 1994, p. 253). The APA (2008) states there is no scientific consensus as to the exact reasons that one becomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, or heterosexual; noted “from the resource Answers to Your Questions about Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality on the website of the APA; www.apa.org/topics/sorientation.html#whatcauses” (Sanders, 2013, p. …show more content…

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