The influential book “Psychobabble”, written by an RP minister drew “very heavily on Dr. Jay Adams and “Competent to Counsel”. Dr. Adams basically says that there is no biological basis for mental illness, and that it doesn’t really exist at all. “Psychobabble” appears to share this [harmful] view.”

Reviewing the Introduction of Jay Adams’ “Competent to Counsel”

“So called, ‘Biblical counseling’, is a specific field and method of counseling that rejects mainstream research and secular psychology and focuses only on the Bible. Emotional problems and relational problems are viewed through the lens of sin or lack of faith. Depression is seen as a lack of faith, rather than potentially a biological condition.

Biblical counselors are not licensed with the state (unlike licensed marriage and family therapists; licensed social workers; or licensed clinical psychologists). They don’t have ethical guidelines they must follow to retain their license.

One cannot understate the importance of Jay Adams on the biblical counseling movement. He was the one who told the church that using secular practices in counseling was wrong, and the Bible was all we need. His book “Competent to Counsel”, a defense of biblical counseling, affected the viewpoints on psychology for an entire generation, and is still a primary textbook in many seminary’s. “

See also Jay Adams horrific teachings on abuse – https://baremarriage.com/2022/04/biblical-counseling-and-abuse/