Jay E. Adams is an American

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 Reformed Christian

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 author who is mostly known for his book, Competent to Counsel, in which he states that any Christian is more competent to counsel than any secular psychologist

Psychologist

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. He has published more than 100 books.

His books have been translated into 16 languages, and he received his doctorate

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 in preaching.

Adams advocates the counseling method known as Nouthetic Counseling

Nouthetic Counseling

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, which he claims is practiced in the Bible

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