Biblical Counseling

Applying God's Truth to Life's Struggles

What is Biblical Counseling?

Biblical counseling is a personal discipleship ministry of God’s people to others under the oversight of God’s church, dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word through the work of the Holy Spirit. Biblical counseling seeks to reorient disordered desires, affections, and behaviors in a God-designed direction, seeking to restore true worship of God and right fellowship with others.

This is accomplished by speaking the truth in love, applying Scripture to the need of the moment, comforting the suffering, and calling for repentance of sin. Biblical counseling results in greater growth and maturity as God’s people learn to abide in Jesus Christ.

Contact Jem Tu with any questions jem@christchurchkop.com

There is hope!

We understand that times in life can be very challenging, and hope may seem very dim. We may cry out, “Is there any hope? Can God help me?” Whether you are struggling with marriage, parenting, interpersonal relationships, sexual sin, anger, depression, anxiety, or other emotional issues, God, through His Word, does provide answers.

Our counselors desire to walk alongside you in your struggles with wisdom, kindness, and compassion while bringing the Word of God to bear on your situation. We believe that, through scripture, God has given us all we need to know Him and live in a way that pleases Him (2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:3). All our difficulties may not vanish. However, when a person willingly submits to God’s instructions (God’s Word) and clings to His promises, there is hope and help. We believe that God will use your trials for your good when you respond with a Biblical perspective (Romans 8:28-29) and that in His sovereignty, He is refining you through the process (James 1:2-3, James 1:12, 1 Peter 1:7, Isaiah 48:10).

Anxiety/Depression

Does your life feel like it is falling apart?

Biblical counseling helps with these struggles and more

Addiction

Do you want to overcome that frustrating habit?

Marriage/Relational Conflict

Are you looking for relational peace and unity?

Spiritual Decision Making

Do you have questions about God and what He desires?

Grief/Loss

Do you desire a safe environment to process?

Sexual Sin

Do you need regular and stronger accountability?

Ready to Get Started?

If you’re ready to receive help now, please begin by filling out the form below. Please note that each individual desiring counseling must complete a separate counseling form.

What to expect

After you have been assigned to a counselor, you will schedule a time to meet and begin the process of growing and changing. Most sessions take between 1 to 1.5 hours. Here’s what you can expect during that time:

  • Our Biblical counselors will care for you and treat you with respect. Everything will be held in strict confidence except where, in the counselor’s judgment, there are Biblical requirements to involve others.

  • We ask that you be open to learning and willing to invest time and energy to apply God’s Word to your life. The most common response of our hearts is to change other people and circumstances, but we always need to start with ourselves first.

  • Our Biblical counselors will encourage you in your successes and exhort you to think and behave in a way that pleases Jesus Christ.

  • We will assign you homework to take home between your weekly counseling sessions. The assignments are meant to provide opportunities to grow knowledge and change habits that the Lord will use to transform your life over time. You may be asked to purchase resources (at cost) that will be part of your homework assignments. 

  • This process will take some time as your counselor gets to know you, some of your history and patterns in your life, and then you will learn new truths and put God’s promises into your daily life. In most cases, we ask individuals to commit to regular counseling appointments for 3 to 4 months. 

Other popular questions

  • Counselors at Christ Church King of Prussia (KOP) consist of staff and other mature church members. All have had training through personal trials and biblical counseling materials. Many of our counselors have either been certified through the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) or are in the process of being certified.

  • We ask that you attend the Sunday morning 10:00 am service at Christ Church KOP unless you already attend a Bible-believing, Bible-preaching church. Please discuss your church attendance with your Biblical counselor.

  • We can offer Biblical counseling free of charge since counseling is part of the ministries at Christ Church KOP.