For each
of the seven counseling scenarios below offer one or two responses
(feeling reflections or summary statements) to empathize with
the person's pain. Then offer either a summary response that
identifies the possible growth struggle related to the pain
or a question that invites taking positive action with the pain.
(For help review the section at the end of the CE Notes titled
"The Do's and Don'ts of How Christ's
Ambassadors Respond to the Hurting.")
1. A woman is scared
of being verbally abused by her husband again. She thinks she deserves it.
2. A man is angry at
his wife for continually yelling harsh "character assassinations" at his daughter
(her step-daughter)
3. A lonely and depressed
young man feels guilty about using pornography on the Internet again.
4. A 45-year old man
cries because his wife, the mother of their three small children, has died
in a car accident.
5. A depressed man is
consumed with being more successful and making more money.
6. A depressed wife feels
guilty asking her husband to respond to her needs to be listened to and appreciated.
7. A Christian man is
criticized by his workaholic boss for leaving work at 5:30 to have dinner
with his family and go to a midweek church service.
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