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TRAINING FOR CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS

There is a current need in Christianity for Christian counselors to be properly trained and
credentialed. This has become more evident as counselors begin to appear all over the
world. This training certification and licensing programs, being offered throu gh J.T.S. will
meet this need.

J.T.S., through N.C.C.A., offers training to Christian pastors, professionals, and laity in
Temperament Theory and Therapy. Temperament Theory and Therapy is a Christian counseling
method based on the biblical view that man is directly created by God, in His image, not
through an evolutionary process. This therapeutic method was developed during seven years
of research. The research involved five thousand (5,000) individuals who were seeking help
for their problems. The research concluded that the outcome of treatment is over ninety
percent (90%) successful when Temperament Therapy is administered by a qualified
Temperament Therapist.

The success of Temperament Therapy is based on two concepts. First, it is a biblically based
system. Second, its therapeutic approach "targets" the source of the counselee's problem(s).
Temperament Therapy provides a session-by-session plan for counseling.

TEMPERAMENT THERAPY

Temperament Therapy is a therapeutic method developed by Christians for the Christian
community. It is currently being used by pastors, professional counselors and laity
throughout the United States and several foreign countries.

The N.C.C.A.'s therapeutic procedure is unique. The counselor administers a questionnaire
which takes the counselee less than ten minutes to complete. The questionnaire is then sent
to the counselor's supervisor for analysis. The counselor receives a completed profile
explaining the individual's needs and traits. The profile also provides the counselo r
with specific information and suggestions which are important when counseling that
particular individual. This is based upon the principle that each individual is uniquely
created in the image of God, and therefore, will respond to his or her particular
circumstances in a different way. This process will help the counselor save time in
developing a treatment program for his/her counselee

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