In this practice, we adhere to a Christian worldview. From this point of view, a Christ-follower needs to account for the way we interact with and assess the world in which we live. Worldviews serve the function of spectacles, helping a person to focus on the world around him in a meaningful way. Christianity does not belong to any specific grouping, because the gospel transcends language, denominations, time, culture, race and nationality.

The gospel message is uncomplicated and clear and should be accepted with childlike faith. However, every believer has a responsibility to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, a task that our Lord himself referred to as an issue of not only the heart but of the mind (Matthew 22:37 NIV). Dr Barbara is a keen advocate that everything must be integrated into a whole. A Christian worldview is one’s faith expression and a way of life, pertinent to all domains of life.

Dr Barbara Louw is an ordained minister and spent many years doing Christian Pastoral Counselling.

She uses a narrative pastoral counselling approach with the understanding that the past and present experiences influence the future. This is a Christian counselling model that carries the unique promise of the hope and power of Christ. The present painful situation can be addressed with narrative pastoral crisis involvement and counselling where the problem-saturated stories are viewed from several perspectives. Emotions, such as anger, pain and hopelessness, will surface as the painful stories and humiliation are shared.

Pastoral counselling is directed towards the healing, sustaining, guiding, reconciling and nurturing of a client whose troubles and concerns arise in the context of daily interactions and ultimate means and concerns.

She also trains Christian Pastoral Counsellor through Kailo Training Institute.

Trauma counselling helps individuals to better understand the specific painful concern they are experiencing, after a traumatic event. Dr Barbara Louw helps you to deal with the crisis in the here-and-now of your specific situation, identify your strengths and to determine the directions you need to take to address the concern and to become well.

Trauma counselling facilitates a greater understanding of difficult emotions, relationships and behaviours, and increased the ability to manage and overcome the challenges related to the trauma. She understands that a traumatic event is never separate from your life story and other life events.

Although there are no guarantees of what you will experience, trauma counselling focuses on solutions to specific problems, better relationships, and significant reductions in feelings of distress.

Dr Barbara Louw authored and co-authored various books on the topic of TRAUMA in English and Afrikaans.

One of the therapeutic tools that she utilises is the Wholist Wellness Coaching Model that formed part of her first PhD-study.