Asbury College

Frequently Asked Questions

Counseling is a means of facilitating personality growth and development. It also attempts to help individuals cope more effectively with the problems of life, with inner conflict, and with painful emotions. Counseling can provide encouragement and comfort to those who are suffering from loss, and guidance to those whose behaviors are self-defeating and causing unhappiness and discouragement.

At the heart of Christian counseling is the good news of Jesus Christ, a message of hope that all may be reconciled to God. It is Jesus Christ that makes change, redemption, and new life possible no matter how terrible the circumstance. With help from God and other believers, we are able to not only survive life's problems, but also grow in our faith. With help, we are able to move through brokenness and pain to become wiser, humbler, stronger, and more understanding and caring toward others.

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