SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE COUNSELING A FAITH-BASED INTEGRATION
February 24, 2026 PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Spiritually Integrated 978-1-5140-1493-6, 480 Pages, PBK, 7 x 10 inches, $59.99 SECOND EDITION
Psychology Master the Art of Communication for Counseling and Beyond For both beginning students and seasoned practitioners, Skills for Effective Counseling provides a biblically integrated approach to foundational counseling skills. It trains the reader to use crucial microskills such as perceiving, attending, empathic connection, and authenticity. This revised edition of Skills for Effective Counseling has been updated throughout to incorporate recent research and be even more useful for the classroom. This second edition includes a new chapter on video/online counseling, discussion of new approaches to biblical and theological integration, updated references, and expanded instructor resources. Heather Davediuk Gingrich taught at Denver Seminary for seventeen years, taught in the Philippines for eight years, and before that counseled and taught in Canada. She currently directs the graduate certificate of trauma therapy program and the MA in counseling ministries program at Toccoa Falls College and offers consultation to counselors treating complex trauma. She is the author of Restoring the Shattered Self and Shattered No More and coeditor of Treating Trauma in Christian Counseling. Fred C. Gingrich was professor of counseling at Denver Seminary for sixteen years. He previously taught in Ontario for eight years and directed MA and EdD degrees in counseling at seminaries in the Philippines. He retired as developer and director of the MA in marriage and family therapy program at the Toccoa Falls College School of Graduate Studies. He is coeditor of Treating Trauma in Christian Counseling.
“A quality training guide, offering in-depth counseling skills development from a Christian integration worldview. A must-read for the helping professions.” Roni R. Pruitt, professor of mission care graduate studies at Columbia International University and professor of international counseling postgraduate studies at Regent University
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Elisabeth Nesbit Wagner is a licensed professional counselor with over twenty years of clinical experience. She served on the faculty of Denver Seminary for ten years and currently works as the director of member care for a missionary organization based in Denver. She speaks and consults nationally on various topics related to generational culture in business and ministry, identity, faith, and career development. She is the coauthor of Effective Generational Ministry.
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