INFERIORITAS DALAM KEHIDUPAN ROHANI: MODEL KONSELING TEOLOGIS UNTUK PEMULIHAN IDENTITAS DIRI DALAM KRISTUS

Yosua Gunawan; Juliana Hindradjat

doi:10.70420/atohema.v3i3.300

Authors

Yosua Gunawan Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Kharisma Bandung Author
Juliana Hindradjat Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Kharisma Bandung Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70420/atohema.v3i3.300

Keywords:

Inferioritas, Identitas dalam Kristus, Konseling Teologis, Restrukturisasi Kognitif, Terapi Pengampunan, Formasi Rohani, Inferiority, Identity in Christ, Theological Counseling, Cognitive Restructuring, Forgiveness Therapy, Spiritual Formation

Abstract

Many Christians, both adolescents and adults, continue to struggle with feelings of inferiority, worthlessness, and inadequacy, even after knowing Christ for many years. This struggle reflects a crisis of spiritual identity in which a person’s sense of worth is grounded more in failure, past wounds, and cultural pressure than in the new identity in Christ. This study aims to examine how the concept of identity in Christ can transform self-paradigms and break negative core beliefs that underlie inferiority complex, as well as to formulate its implications for Christian counseling practice. The research employs a qualitative method with a library research approach, analyzing relevant literature in psychology, theology, and Christian counseling. The findings show that inferiority complex has a broad impact on mental health, social relationships, academic achievement, and work functioning, and in the Christian context is intensified by distorted understandings of grace, forgiveness, and the imago Dei. This study proposes an integrative theological counseling model consisting of three pillars: cognitive restructuring based on the Word of God, forgiveness therapy and inner healing, and spiritual formation and disciplines as means of identity renewal. The novelty of this research lies in the systematic integration of psychological concepts of self-esteem and inferiority with the doctrine of identity in Christ, translated into operational counseling steps. This model is expected to contribute to the development of Christian counseling practice that is more holistic, contextual, and Christ-centered in helping individuals move from inferiority complex toward a healthy self-identity before God.

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