Description: Counseling is the attempt to provide encouragement and guidance to those who face a loss, a decision, or a disappointment that is devastating to them. Counseling then can stimulate growth, help people cope with problems such as inner conflict, emotions, and interpersonal tensions. It can help people to overcome life patterns that are self-defeating, causing unhappiness to good people. Counseling is then an effort to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, for He is the only answer to our problems.

As counselors disciple people, they take on a pastoral role, probably the closest description of which is pastoral care. In this subject, we’re going to learn about Identity Issues like self-Esteem, physical problems, grief, being single (unmarried), choosing a mate (spouse), and developmental issues like parental responsibilities, adolescence, young adulthood, middle-aged person, the senior citizen and others. we’re going to learn about the counselor, personal issues, interpersonal issue, and family issues.