'How People Grow Reflection Paper by Cloud and Townsend\r'

'REFLECTION PAPER OF HOW hoi polloi GROW BOOK BY CLOUD AND TOWNSENDVillatoro-Ramirez focussing Department Denver Seminary Monte Hasz Psy. D. Elisabeth A. Nesbit, Ph. D. CO 631 01 race Development and Assessment October 8, 2012 Reading How People pose ( demoralise and T avouchsend, 2001) has been an interesting exist because the author of this paper’s knowledge about steering has been transformed in different fashions. This reading has forced me to evaluate my own coming to guidance and my weird conduct has been squeeze with the formula about gentleness and constabulary as well.I appreciate that this obtain has already been translated to Spanish language, which has given me the opportunity to read faster and give out understanding of some ideas because Spanish is my first language. I have already included this throw as a required reading to the course of coarse C be, which is taught at Denver Seminary’s Hispanic Initiatives because in my personal opin ion this book is useful for wholly tribe in Christian ministry who wants to know how stack begin. Thus, through this paper I will beg off my understanding on how passel convey fit in to streak and Townsend.In addition, I will critique the book comparing it with two of the systems of integration presented in associate by Drs. Nesbit and Hasz. To accomplishing it this paper has been divided in triplet plains. The first explains my personal understanding about what overcloud and Townsend (2001) introduce about how people fester. The second area compares this book with two systems of integration, which are Biblical counseling and the Integration approach. Fin every last(predicate)y, the rest of the paper focuses on reflection and activity as a re acknowledgment for clients.First, I conjecture debauch and Townsend (2001) use the construct of Christian counseling and discipleship or personal carry through in the same way. For them at that place is non difference mi ngled with spiritual behavior and real invigoration (21). The essence of their book presents the idea of working on relational and emotional issues back into the mainstream of spiritual becometh (21). It give the sack be seen in the chapter the Paradise lost where foul started to describe that at the time that he began his ministry at that place were quad models of how people wax (16).He was clear formula that he saw value in these four models practicing on the whole of them in some degree steady though he was inclined for the model of rectitude which held that the truth would the person unembellished. If the person was not free or some area of life was not working it mustiness be because lacked truth in the life of this person (16). However, and correct though vitiate (2001) saw people improve, and prayer, learning Scripture, and repentance were precise powerful elements in healing many clinical conditions he realized that something was missing in all these elemen ts (18).He realized that all these spiritual methods did not dispel some problems (18). People were helped but not cured (18). Thus, Cloud (2001) became disillusioned and went for further training and has experience with sincere Christian people who had been very prompt about spiritual growth but without victor (19). However, he continued to work in Christian counseling for a few years to a greater extent when he started to see processes that actually changed people’s lives (19). These processes were not the traditional Christian way to grow that he had learned.These processes involved deep transformations of the soul and there was the spiritual life, where we learned about God and grew in our human relationship to him, and then there was the emotional and relational life, where we learned how to solve real-life problems (19). In other words, twain Cloud and Townsend (2001) believe that the issues why people get into for counseling are not growth issues or counseling i ssues, but spiritual growth issues (21). In addition, Cloud and Townsend (2001) emphasis that spiritual growth should light upon relationship problems, emotional problems, and all other problems of life (22).For them there is no difference between spiritual life and real life because it is all one. They go through the major categories of Christian doctrine and dialogue about how each doctrine applies to personal growth (23). Second, about the comparison of this book with two systems of integration, I think in some point Cloud and Townsend (2010) are part of the biblical counseling approach which focus is on the sufficiency of the Scripture for counseling needs.A definite strength for Cloud and Townsend’s book is their use of the sacred scripture and appeal to its authority as well. Contrary to Scott’s presentation of Biblical counseling, Cloud and Townsend (2010) are not directive and sermonic. They are more(prenominal) hardheaded and enlighten the process of how people grow through the emotional and relational life, where they share practical ideas about how to solve real-life problems. In this sense, there is not way to use their method out of the perform or Christian environments, which I think it is a weakness of their method.In other words, following this methodology a counselor would not seek the govern affable instant of a professional license and cannot work in worldly counseling settings as a rule. Because Cloud and Townsend (2001) at the beginning of their book expressed through some examples of Christian people facing mental problems in a hospital, I thought that they whitethorn lean toward the integration approach looking to lay models for treatment techniques. However, in the rest of their book they did not mention about a different way of treatment more than practical counseling application of the Bible.In addition to this point I can say that it seems to me that Cloud and Townsend (2001) use group therapy as a rise of he lp people even though they say that working in group is an outer spiritual source that God has given us to grow. I think to working in a Christian environment, this idea of groups to help people to grow is powerful. However, it seems to me that Cloud and Townsend (2001) did not want to be associate to the four methods that were at that time they began to work on counseling.However, this book ends doing almost the same thing that biblical counseling in the sense that does not freehanded space for secular techniques as a source of help other than the Bible. Cloud and Townsend (2001) differentiate native and extraneous sources that God has given us to grow (126). For them internal sources are Bible, prayer, and Holy Spirit and external sources are all help that others can gives us as a way of help. In this sense, they discourse widely about the work in groups, which I think it may be a secular technique however they did not recognize that.It seems to me that they are ambiguous no t telling that they are corporate trust some secular techniques in their work at Christian environments. Finally, because Cloud and Townsend (2001) were clear to say that their disposition that their book be practical, and help the reader (I think Christian reader) to understand how the growth process is theological. I agree that in my life they accomplish that confide because there are some areas of application that I can mention that would like to implement in my ministry. First thing that I learned in the reading of â€Å"How people grow” Cloud and Townsend, 2001) was the concept of approving and law. I think in our Christian world we have misunderstood the concept of grace and that is why we live under the idea of a God who is ready to punish us. At least it is what I discovered on my own life through this reading. I like how Cloud and Townsend (2001) explained that grace is something that we cannot give ourselves because it comes from outside of us, as unmerited est eem; and we can not do anything to obtain grace (127). It was powerful to me learning that grace is an external source of healing that we can give and receive through the body of Jesus, the church.I appreciate that Cloud and Townsend (2001) remind us that God created us to be in relationship with others so it is through others that people can grow as well. I love this concept because it is inverse with what our individualistic culture says. In addition, this concept is perverse with some teachings that say that people do not need other people at all because Christ alone is sufficient or that his formulate or prayer is enough. These teachings actively and directly put across others to not depend on people at all because they think it is wrong.I like how Cloud and Townsend (2001) explained that the Bible teaches that all these things are part of the process, including other people (121). Through the book both of them Cloud and Townsend (2001) accentuate loudly the exercise of th e body in the process of how people grow. In sum, how people grow (Cloud and Townsend, 2001) is a great tool for counselors who work in Christian environments because offers practical ideas about based on the Scripture. other than to the Biblical counseling approach, Cloud and Townsend (2001) focus on the grace instead of the law.In addition, Cloud and Townsend (2001) emphasize the role of the body of Jesus as a source of growth in the life of the believer. Cloud and Townsend (2001) is not recommended for counselors who work in a secular settings even though the principles that come directly from the Bible must be applicable in the personal life that any Christian counselor no return where his or her job’s place be. References Cloud, H. , and Townsend, J. (2001). How people grow: What the Bible reveals about personal growth. molar concentration Rapids, MI: Zondervan\r\n'