Comprehensive Pastoral Counselling: Taking into Account the Whole Person - Eric Johnson

Some Christians have tended to treat psychological problems as purely a matter of sin. Modern psychology and psychiatry, by contrast, have tended to treat psychological problems as purely biological and a result of poor socialisation. However, the greatest thinkers and pastoral leaders of the Christian church typically rejected such simplistic views, favouring a more holistic approach that takes into account all four dimensions of human life and that can be easily incorporated into church life. A case study of a church member with psychological problems will be discussed that illustrates the presence of all four dimensions, and we will consider how ministers, lay people, and Christian mental health professionals, including physicians, can collaborate to help.

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Eric L. Johnson is Scholar-in-Residence at the Christian Psychology Institute, after teaching psychology, counseling, and worldview studies for over 30 years at the University of Northwestern, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Houston Christian University. In addition to writing more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, he edited Psychology and Christianity: Five Views, and was a co-editor of Marriage: Its Foundation, Theology, and Mission in a Changing World. He has written Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal and God and Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith. He was the first director of the Society for Christian Psychology and has been doing pastoral counseling for over 25 years. He’s married to Rebekah, and they have two children, Laura and Iain, and a son-in-law, Rich, and three incredible grandchildren, Cash, Jedi, and Seraphina.

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