About the Author

Jay E. Adams is the director of Advanced Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary in California and the Dean of the Institute of Pastoral Studies at the Christian Counseling and Education Center.  Adams is a frequent lecturer at ministerial congresses both here and abroad.  He has published over 50 books, among which are Competent to Counsel, The Christian Counselor’s Manual, and The Biblical View of Self–Esteem, Self–Love, and Self–Image.