This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in light of fresh research and outlines a practical training resource that can be used to train and equip lay counselors.

Filled with useful forms and questionnaires, it also provides a helpful and comprehensive survey of the programs and resources that are currently available.

Dr. Siang-Yang Tan, is senior pastor of First Evangelical Church in Glendale, CA. He is also professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, a licensed psychologist, and author of Lay Counseling: Equipping Christians for a Helping Ministry.

Eric Scalise, Ph.D., currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) with Hope for the Heart, and is also the President of LIV Consulting, LLC. He is the former Senior Vice President for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and former Department Chair for Counseling Programs at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dr. Scalise is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over four decades of clinical and professional experience in the mental health field, and he served six years on the Virginia Board of Counseling under two governors. Specialty areas include professional/pastoral stress and burnout, combat trauma and PTS/PTSD, marriage and family issues, grief and loss, addiction and recovery, leadership development, and lay counselor training. As the son of a diplomat, Dr. Scalise was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, and has also lived and traveled extensively around the world. He is a published author (Addictions and Recovery Counseling and Lay Counseling: Equipping Christians for a Helping Ministry), adjunct professor at several Christian universities, conference speaker, and frequently works with organizations, clinicians, ministry leaders, and churches on a variety of issues. Dr. Scalise and his wife, Donna, have been married for 43 years, have twin sons—who are combat veterans serving in the U.S. Marine Corps—and four grandchildren.