Charles Allen Kollar is the author of a book called "Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling", which presents what I consider to be a Christian Subculture View of Mental Health. The following quote comes from p36 of his book.

"Christianity is in its truest sense a counterculture. That is, it is its own world - the entrance of the kingdom of God on earth, with all church leadership being in submission to Jesus Christ. It has its own mores and ethics, its own definition of value and success, its own community and support systems, even its own music and literature. Many within the church have become accustomed to going outside of this counterculture in order to obtain business opportunities, as well as education and medical care for their children. As the church becomes more acclimated to the present secular culture, some may also look within it for their entertainment and identity needs. The more Christians are at home in this present culture, the more they adopt its values and definitions of success."

Kollar goes on to argue that secular theories of personality development are fatally flawed because they "do not, and cannot, account for the intention of God for an individual's life. Nor can they account for the uniqueness of each individual." (p56)

On this basis, Kollar rejects the overall thrust of secular counselling, which is to make the client feel better. Instead, he suggests that godly counselling should seek to help the client get on track in regard to what God is already doing in his/her life. Taking this further, he states that pastors, who know their people in a context of supportive community, are far better suited to offer sound counselling than secular mental health professionals.

Kollar also laments what he calls the "deficiency labelling" of modern psychotherapy. He sees this as severely conflicting with God's purpose and unwisely locking people into a perception of mental deficiency that has more to do with mental health textbooks than it does with the client's perceived reality. In other words, when someone is told for instance that he is a borderline personality disorder, he accepts the profesional explanation and begins to see himself as flawed. Despair then sets in instead of hope.

Kollar does not recommend Christian pastors to refer their parishioners to secular psychotherapists. He feels that, since most psychiatric counselling deals with either depression or anxiety, both of which the Bible speaks to very directly, that pastoral counselors are better qualified than they have tended to believe.

I think Kollar makes a good point. It really is just one more example of the secular culture trying to impose itself on everyone, including Christians. We should passionately resist such cultural colonialism, especially when it so clearly compromises the Gospel of Jesus Christ.