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聖書カウンセリングとは何か
みなさんは、「カウンセリング」という言葉を聞くと、何を思い浮かべるでしょうか。心理学の専門家に悩みを聴いてもらい、心の問題の解決を目指すことでしょうか。あるいは、フロイトやユングの影響を受けた精神分析、認知行動療法のよう…
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聖書カウンセリングとは何か
みなさんは、「カウンセリング」という言葉を聞くと、何を思い浮かべるでしょうか。心理学の専門家に悩みを聴いてもらい、心の問題の解決を目指すことでしょうか。あるいは、フロイトやユングの影響を受けた精神分析、認知行動療法のよう…
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Why We Use "聖書カウンセリング" Instead of "聖書的カウンセリング"
When translating the term "biblical counseling" into Japanese, we carefully considered several options and adopted 聖書カウンセリング as our standard translation.
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