The author, Richard Ganz, is a pastor and professor in Canada.  He spent much of his life as a clinical psychologist and even taught psychology at a couple well-known universities in New York.  When he got saved, he ran into some serious problems when it came to his occupation.  He realized that Christ is the answer to men's problems, and that he couldn't merely add Christ to his psychological counsel.  He saw that the biblical way and the worldly way of counseling are incompatible.  He was offered positions teaching and counseling as a "Christian psychologist" - mixing the gospel with psychology.  His conscience would not allow him to pretend the two could ever go together.

In Ganz' chapters on "Man as God Sees Him" and "The Myth of Integration" he explains the fundamental differences between biblical counseling and psychology.  The differences center on fundamental Bible doctrines such as the gospel, the depravity of man, the sufficiency of Scripture, and the importance of the local church.  He shows how psychology is built on unbiblical presuppositions.  In his chapter on "Caring to Confront" he shows how biblical presuppositions are fleshed out in counseling.  Counseling should not happen only when a person goes to a "counselor" to get help with a problem.  The Bible teaches that counseling happens in the context of everyday relationships - when a brother confronts another brother as the Bible instructs him to (Matthew 18; Galations 6).  The biblical counselor (any believer - even the "untrained") should not assume there is always sin that needs to be addressed whenever "counsel" is given (a common misunderstanding about "Biblical Counseling").  However,  he should recognize that there is a divine standard that dictates how men should live, and he should remember that every man tends to turn to "his own way" (Isaiah 53:6). 

I really appreciate Ganz' emphasis on the importance of the local church.  All of the "counseling" commands given in Scripture are given to members of local churches. Ganz' chapters on "The Healing Power in the Church," "Equipping the Body," and "Building Up the Body" are fantasitic!  The local church is "the church of the living God," "the household of God," and "the pillar and support of the truth" (1 Timothy 3:15)!  Sadly, while many Christians see the importance of doing biblical counseling, they do not understand that God's plan is for it to be done in the local church.  Counseling is ministry.  Why would the church assume that it should be done by "professionals" in "clinics?"  If the church can't do ministry, what good is it?  What else is it going to do?

I highly recommend this book.  It won't tell you everything you would want to know about biblical counseling, but it will go a long way in helping you see why biblical counseling is directly opposed to psychology.