Can You Trust Psychology? : Exposing the Facts & the Fictions - Collins, Gary (Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 1988)
Part 1 : Questions about getting counseling. Can you trust psychology? -- Why should a Christian get counseling if God can meet all our needs? -- Why go to psychologists if they never help anyone? -- Should a Christian ever go to a non-Christian counselor? -- Should Christians take therapeutic drugs? -- Why is professional counseling so expensive? -- Are lay counselors as effective as professionals? -- Part 2 : Questions about Christian counseling. What is unique about Christian counseling? -- Is there a spiritual way to counsel that is better than the psychological way? -- Does Christian counseling always work? -- Why are there so many different approaches to Christian counseling? -- Why would a Christian counselor use secular counseling methods? -- Can Christian counselors help non-Christians? -- Should a Christian bother to get counselor training? -- Is mental health the same as Christian maturity? -- Part 3 : Questions about how Christianity and psychology conflict. Jesus and Paul never used psychology, so why should we? -- What good is psychology if the Bible tells us all we need to know? -- Is psychology a new religion that competes with Christianity? -- Does psychology dabble in the demonic? -- Does psychology explain away biblical miracles? -- Are psychological problems all caused by sin? -- Can Christians study secular psychology without undermining their faith? -- Why is psychology taught in seminaries and Bible colleges? -- Can secular psychology and Christianity be integrated? -- Part 4 : Questions about special issues. Is mental illness a myth? -- Is psychology really a science? -- Is an emphasis on the self really harmful? -- Why would a good Christian ever attempt suicide? -- Is anything wrong with parapsychology and ESP? -- Is there power in positive thinking? -- Postscript : Is psychology its own worst enemy?
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