Includes bibliographies.

Therapy with theological constructs and tactics / Harold Wahking -- Biblical themes in psychological theory and practice / J. Harold Ellens -- Toward an integral mode of psychotherapy / Arnold H. DeGraaff -- Christian counseling and human needs / Edward W. C. McAllister -- Hope in psychotherapy / Hendrika Vande Kemp -- The concept of the ideal : therapy for Christians / C. Markham Berry -- Basic biblical counseling / Lawrence J. Crabb, Jr. -- Assertiveness training / Rodger K. Bufford -- The encounter with the family of origin / Mary Vander Vennen -- Hypnosis and theology / H. Newton Malony -- Meditation and altered states of consciousness / Bill Zika -- Preventing and reversing marital burnout / David R. Leaman -- A terrible, swift sword : Christ imagery in therapy / William G. Bixler -- Treatment of multiple personality / Vance L. Shepperson --

"'Every therapist...is called to be an original self,' writes the editor. 'Each of us...is to strive to find and express the unique self God has called us to be. I believe that the resulting pluralism, so clearly reflected in the present volume, shows the health and vitality of current efforts of Christian psychotherapists to be distinctively and thoroughly Christian" -- BACK COVER.