HOW IT WORKS: The Counselor works together with the Client/Believer through his/her relationship with God in Christ in order to discover what the key issues are and to begin addressing those issues in light of the finished work of Christ on the cross in practical and transforming ways. Prayer will be offered by the counselor to invite the Holy Spirit into the session and to help the client/believe
r to form a unified bond with God as primary issues and concerns are discussed. Problems and concerns are acknowledged in order to discover God’s provisions to meet those needs. YADA uses a spiritual approach in which the counselor helps the client/believer with the covenant-relationship with God through Christ by understanding how beliefs, feelings, interest, self-identity, and thoughts, outside of
God’s holy requirements can negatively impact an individual’s Christ-likeness as it relates to their responses to life’s issues and concerns. Hopefully the client/believer will learn about his or her perceptions that don’t line up with biblical truths or the finished work of Christ and will be able to see how distorted/sinful thinking impacts how he or she reacts to life’s issues and concerns. These issues and concerns are usually rooted in the past thought processes and are revealed through an individual’s behavior patterns and speech patterns pre-salvation. YADA therapy is based on the finished work of Christ on the cross and aids in authentically becoming the “new creature” in Christ Jesus through real-life and practical experience.