How does psychology work with biblical counseling?

Before we answer this question, it is worthy to note that there are different kinds of approach when it comes to psychology – Secular and Biblical. Secular psychology is concerned with the teachings of Carl Jung, Carl Rogers and Sigmund Freud, and this approach promotes mankind as the highest standard of truth and rejects the spiritual side of a person or his faith.

Biblical psychology, on the other hand, is based on the Word of God in which it teaches that our problems in life are spiritual in nature. Biblical psychology sees Bible as the sole approach to counseling and is committed to letting God speak to us through his Word. Therefore, psychology works with biblical counseling in terms of sanctification, not fixing a person’s self-esteem.