Intradisciplinary Integration Case Study

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Suffering Unfortunately, suffering is a part of many people lives. Therefore, as a Christian counselor I will encounter people who are dealing with tough times in their lives. Furthermore, I was recently helping my church out with counseling individuals, and I had the privilege of counseling a client name Jamie. Jamie has been going through some arduous times in her life. I have been counseling her on multiple occasion, however, she feels as though these sessions are not helping her. Although, see feels this way I believe that these sessions are productive. In counseling Jamie, I have taken a strategic plan that involves an intradisciplinary integration. According to McMinn (2011), “Christian counselors doing intradisciplinary integration, two areas of competence are necessary and sufficient: psychology and theology” (p. 9). In addition, there are some concepts that I have taken. The first question that I asked myself was how could I get Jamie back on track to a healthy productive life. In our first session, I did an assessment to figure out the problems that she was …show more content…

During this time, I asked her about her worldview. In knowing her worldview, it assisted me with targeting her issues from a Biblical perspective. According to Brewer and Peters (n.d.), the seven earmarks of integrative counseling are as follows: “All truth is God’s truth, be intentional about bridging and unity, have a holistic view of the client’s well-being, have a redemptive worldview, it demands the counselor self-awareness and humility, it requires multi-taking in the counseling process, and integration is intra personal: a way of life” (Week 1, Slide 3). I attempt to build a rapport with Jamie, to build trust in our sessions. Moreover, with listening and understanding her problems, it is evident that unforgiveness is

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