A Call for Relational Discernment
It is easy for counselors to fall into the trap of categorizing our counselees. Here’s what I mean: instead of addressing people where they are and seeking to understand their unique problems, we tend to place them into a few different categories and offer counsel based on the category rather than the person. For example, if a counselee is struggling with anxiety, we take them to the same places in Scripture we took our last counselee who struggled with anxiety. Or, if a person is regularly viewing pornography, we give the same counsel we give to all of our counselees who struggle with sexual sin, and nothing more.
