Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99).

Introduction. A word from Bob -- Mistake #1. We elevate data collection above soul connection -- Mistake #2. We share God's eternal story before listening to people's earthly story -- Mistake #3. We talk at counselees rather than exploring scripture with counselees -- Mistake #4. We target sin but diminish suffering -- Mistake #5. We fail to follow the trinity's model of comforting care -- Mistake #6. We view people one-dimensionally instead of comprehensively -- Mistake #7. We devalue emotions instead of seeing emotions as God's idea -- Mistake #8. We minimize the complexity of the body-soul interconnection -- Mistake #9. We maximize sin while minimizing grace -- Mistake #10. We confuse the sufficiency of scripture with the competency of the counselor -- Conclusion. Assessing our biblical counseling.

"Drawing from more than three decades of counseling supervision, author Bob Kellemen shares ten counseling missteps he has noticed in himself and others"--