The Psycho-Pneumatic Centric Therapy: A Pastoral Counseling Model Inspiring Transformational Thinking and Change

By Dr. Daniel Ximba

Do you work as a lay biblical counselor or as a professional pastoral counselor? Are you trying to find a simple yet methodical, biblical, and Spirit-centered paradigm to help people who require spiritual and psychological counseling?

In the book “THE PSYCHO-PNEUMATIC CENTRIC THERAPY: A Pastoral Counseling Model Inspiring Transformational Thinking and Change," Dr. Ximba presents a model he developed called the "PSYCHO-PNEUMATIC CENTRIC THERAPY," which is based on Romans 12:2.

The model aims to help pastoral counselors apply the concepts of transformational thinking and change problem-solving techniques to address the underlying issues that help-seekers face in their personal lives as well as the challenges they encounter in their careers.

Unlike other humanistic psychology models, this one uses the four well-organized stages of problem-solving, or the PEDA model. With the help of this framework, you will:

(P) - Pray: Pray for the Holy Spirit to use the help-seeker's feedback and open-ended inquiries to reveal the problem's underlying source.

(E) - Envision: Equipped with fresh perspectives on the underlying source of the issue, produce a maximum number of viable remedies.

(D) - Develop: Before drafting a plan of action, compile and narrow down your insights and discoveries into a small list of achievable possibilities.

(A) - Apply: Use the best result and let the person(s) seeking assistance know about its potential value and ability to effect change.

This approach helps you uncover issues that might not have otherwise appeared and get to the core of the problems presented by those seeking assistance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Daniel Ximba
• Release date: Feb 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9798215890721

Dr. Daniel Ximba

Dr. Daniel Ximba is an author, conference speaker, and a graduate of Pretoria University (UP), North West University (NWU) in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), and Southern Bible Institute and Seminary (USA).Dr. Ximba is the founder and lead pastor of Gospel Wind Blows Ministries (GWBM) headquartered in Tshwane the administrative capital city of the Republic of South Africa.He is the president of Ximba Transformation (XT), a church management and leadership consultancy ministry that he co-founded with his wife Tumi Ximba. He founded Psycho-Pneumatic Centric Therapy International (PPCTI) a sub-division of (XT) that trains Bible Counselors and also another subdivision Total Quality in Ministry International (TQMI) that trains church leaders in Church Quality Management Systems (Ch-QMS) which is headed by Pastor Tumi Ximba.They are both blessed with three awesome children: Faith, Grace, and William.

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THE PSYCHO-PNEUMATIC CENTRIC THERAPY

A Pastoral Counselling Model Inspiring Transformational Thinking and Change

Published by: Ximba Transformation

Copyright 2024 Dr. Daniel Ximba

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

PROLOGUE

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: Psycho-Pneumatic-Centric Therapy: A Problem-Solving Model for Pastoral Counsellors

CHAPTER 2: What Is Psycho-Pneumatic Centric Therapy, and Why Is It an Important and Complete Model?

CHAPTER 3: Why is Psycho-Pneumatic-Centric Therapy a Complete Problem-Solving Skill?

CHAPTER 4: The D-E-P-A Model - The Four Stages of the Psycho-Pneumatic Centric Therapy

CHAPTER 5: The Psycho-Pneumatic Therapy in a Biblical Counselling Group Session

CHAPTER 6: Frequently Asked Questions

ABBREVIATIONS

CONNECT WITH ME

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I dedicate this book to all ordained religious practitioners worldwide, including licensed pastoral therapists and lay counsellors, who are looking for a systematic, biblical psycho-pneumatic therapy to help them respond compassionately to those who are suffering psychologically or spiritually as a result of the social ills that their societies are dealing with.

With the goal of becoming an expert user of the tools and approaches I have laid out for you, may this book become more than simply another book in your library—rather, may it become the most important instrument you always carry with you, second only to your bible.

PROLOGUE

Biblical Counselling Policies and Procedures

Open Bible East offers a thorough biblical counselling policy and procedure to assist churches, professional biblical counselling facilities, and practices in adopting and adhering to a documented counselling policy, according to a resource on their website.

I advise religious practitioners like pastors, unless, of course, you are licensed pastoral counsellor or therapist, to follow this policy and sign this agreement to abide by it.

The best defence for the pastor and churchgoers is this policy, which will shield the pastor from unfounded claims of unethical behaviour, shield churchgoers from abusive counselling, and release the church, biblical counselling centre, and practice from liability so they can carry on with their ministries and services.

A lay pastoral counsellor in a church offering biblical counselling through its centre and not caring how they conduct a counselling session could be held culpable for any harm the pastor causes to the person they are counselling.

A church may also be held accountable for the negligent hiring of the pastor if it does nothing after learning—or ought to have learned—about the pastor's unfitness. In contrast, the professional organization that granted the pastoral therapist's license to practice can receive reports about this and take appropriate action.

To implement the concepts in this book and the psycho-pneumatic therapy instruments, the pastor, as a lay biblical counsellor, must specifically follow the following policies and procedures drawn from Open Bible East (OBE) assignments, unless you are a licensed professional pastoral therapist.

1. Limit counselling to Biblical and spiritual counselling

Refuse to provide medical, mental health, marriage counselling, or family therapy; and reject the label of licensed, clinical, or professional counsellor unless the pastor has actually received psychological training and licensing from an accredited institution.

2. Emphasize Biblical counselling by:

(a) Keeping the Bible open and clearly in sight throughout each counselling session;

(b) Reading from at least one Scripture reference during the counselling session;

(c) Assigning Scriptural homework to the person being counselled; and

(d) Beginning and ending each counselling session with prayer.

3. Require each person being counselled to sign a Counselling Agreement in which he:

(a) Acknowledges that the counselling provided is Biblical and not professional;

(b) Acknowledges the counselling pastor is not professional in psychological counselling, psychiatric therapy, or marriage and family counselling or therapy and is not licensed by the state or (professional body) as a counsellor, social worker or therapist;

(c) Agrees not to sue the church for any expenses or damages that result from any of the pastor's counselling services;

(d) Agrees that otherwise confidential communications may be disclosed to appropriate state law enforcement authorities or (professional body) where required by law.

4. Refer people with serious problems requiring professional counselling to a professional medical or psychiatric counsellor with specialized training.

5. Set a limit on the number of counselling sessions with each individual

Include this limitation in the counselling agreement signed by the person being counselled. This policy not only ensures that the pastor reserves sufficient time for his or her other pastoral duties but also lowers the risk of the pastor and counselee relationship becoming either intimate or estranged. Indeed, studies show that many of those counselled for an extended period actually leave the church because they feel exposed or like they have become the target of sermon illustrations.

6 Schedule all counselling sessions in writing,

At all times keep a secretary informed as to the pastor's whereabouts.

7 Avoid counselling members of the opposite sex out of sight and alone.

Make sure the counselling session is clearly visible to others. Conduct the session in a room with a window or on a pew in front of the church out of the hearing of anyone else, or require the presence of another staff person or trusted church member of the same sex as the person being counselled.

Counselling in an open venue will eliminate the opportunity for emotional attachment and protect the pastor against unfounded allegations of misconduct. Removing the temptation for impropriety might save a pastoral counsellor from the sin of adultery. One study of pastors involved in affairs found 71 percent of the affairs began through pastoral counselling sessions.

8. Never counsel a minor out of the presence of another adult.

9. Never touch anyone in an inappropriate manner.

10. Take steps to insure the confidentiality of counselling sessions.

11. Keep detailed records of counselling sessions, including notes of the following:

(a) The date, time and location.

(b) The names of those present and the reason for their presence.

(c) The confidential nature of the session.

(d) The problem for which counselling was sought.

(e) Any unusual incidents or statements occurring during the session -- for example, threats of harm to oneself or others, allegations of child abuse, or evidence that the counselee is under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.

(f) The spiritual advice given, including specific Scripture references shared.

(g) The specific actions recommended and any actions the counselee was discouraged from taking.

(h) A reasonable suspicion of child abuse.

Keeping careful records is necessary to protect pastors from a he said, she said dispute in a legal claim against the pastor or church. The notes should be retained in a confidential file to which no one but the counsellor has access.

PREFACE

God as a Psycho-Pneumatic Therapist

God has been trying to make peace with humanity ever since the fall—not just as their Creator but also as their Saviour and Redeemer. God had to assume the position of the Redeemer to address the issue of human sin.

This required Him to renounce His role as the Creator and accept responsibility for bringing humanity and Himself back together. He did this by taking on the characteristics of a sinful man and giving His life on the cross. As religious practitioners and professional pastoral counsellors, we inherit this ability to solve problems from God, who was the first to do so in recorded human history.

This book engages the Bible and the Holy Spirit using a psycho-pneumatic-centric methodology to offer help-seekers practical biblical therapy. To improve the counselling process, the model incorporates several skill development approaches.

Using the psycho-pneumatic-centric approach, pastoral counsellors apply techniques and treatments to address the underlying causes of the help-seeker's difficulties, directed by the Holy Spirit and the Bible. Biblical counselling constantly emphasizes the significance of experiencing and knowing the Holy Spirit and combines this awareness with psychological concepts.

The P-E-D-A model, which stands for Pray, Envision, Develop, and Apply, is the acronym for the four phases of the model framework. In the first stage, or (P) - Pray, we concentrate on three orienting assumptions from an article by Edward E. Decker Jr. et al. titled The Spirit, Change, and Healing - Toward a Spirit Centered Model of Healing.

The psycho-pneumatic centric therapy of biblical counselling, which prepares for transformational thinking and change prompted by the Holy Spirit, has clear procedures and methodologies thanks to these guiding principles.

We offer a selection of transformational thinking tools to both the pastoral counsellor and the help-seeker in stage two of our counselling program, which we refer to as (E) - Envision.

These strategies can help break negative psychological patterns that result from spiritual or socially unpleasant experiences. The Five Psycho-Imaginative Meditation Layers (5-PIML) which are brainstorming methods are one example of such instruments.

The goal of the development stage, or stage (D), is to generate potential solutions based on previous envisioning stage. This is done by testing the most promising ideas and documenting their possible successes and failures, which helps achieve the agreed upon solution. Utilizing the 5-PIML tools to generate concepts, then merging and assessing them to build a range of possible solutions, is the development stage. The letter (A), which stands for Apply, is the last step in the P-E-D-A model framework. With a focus on transformational thinking, the preceding three stages have led to this one.

To implement an appropriate solution, you will use all of the information you have acquired, potential solutions you have designed, and discoveries made during the application step. It's the culmination of the entire undertaking.

Pastoral Counselling’s Historical Evolution and Biblical Counselling’s Application

In the early part of the 20th century, pastoral counselling became a distinct subfield of counselling in North America. It evolved when different religious institutions started introducing knowledge and instruction from disciplines like psychology, social work, and psychiatry into the training of clergy members.