Mcminn Examine The Role Of Confession In Counseling

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Next, McMinn continues through the concerns that influence the client spiritually and psychologically: sin, confession, forgiveness, and redemption (McMinn, 2011). Sin is a universal and personal dilemma. Sin exist in all individuals, and an essential element of counseling is to confront the sin currently in a person’s life; choosing when and how to confront sin in counseling has immense implications for success. Confession is a primary component of coping with sin, and counseling is, in essence, a method of confession. The objective of the Christian counselor is to help the client experience forgiveness while concurrently being held accountable for sin and encouraging an empathetic outlook of other individual’s sins (McMinn). Forgiveness

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