Christian Psychology and Integration Perspectives

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Christian Psychology and Integration Perspectives
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CHRISTIAN PSYCHOLOGY AND INTEGRATION PERSPECTIVES 2
Christian Psychology and Integration Perspectives
Christian psychology is a relatively new perspective in the field of psychology. The
perspectives seek to understand the human being and his nature using the foundations of
Christian faith alone. Christian psychology is still not well established as a distinct branch of
psychology. Most people who have adopted this perspective argue that it is not a very new
idea since it could be retraced to the biblical authors (Watts, 2018). There have also been
various church authors throughout history whose writings have demonstrated that Christian
teachings could be used therapeutically to help people who may have psychological issues.
This argument has always not been well accepted by modern psychologists. Modern
psychologists view psychology as a discipline that deals with the mind (Johnson, 2010). Due
to this, they cannot see the clear connection between Christian psychology and the ‘secular'
psychology. Professional who advocate for Christian psychology argue that it is the best
approach since scriptural counseling has been used for centuries to help people overcome
various mental health problems.
There are several strengths that are associated with the Christian psychology
perspective. One of the strengths is that it demystifies the discipline of psychology. Instead of
viewing psychology as a modern, complicated study of the mind, the Christian perspective
simply views psychology as the study of human beings. Although it may not sound like
modern psychology, the perspective of Christian psychology helps to understand the
important role of biblical scriptures in the lives of Christians. This is a very important aspect
for Christians. Another strength is that the perspective has helped shed some light on the
beginnings of the psychological discipline. The discipline of Christian psychology focuses on
attaining wellbeing by focusing on all the appropriate spheres of human life. These are the
moral aspects, religion, family, etc. The perspective of Christian psychology has one main
weakness. This is that it fails to consider the modern aspects of psychology. Research