Significant progress in counseling begins when believing counselees start to grasp the reality of their new identity in Christ. They are not on their own. Their progress doesn’t depend on their own strength. They are not stuck in their problems. They are forgiven, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, dead to the power and penalty of sin, supplied with divine grace to please and honor God, and so on. When they truly grasp the power and significance of their union with Christ and other powerful truths about their new identity, they will grow in hope, encouragement, strength, and confidence that they can overcome the most debilitating life problems.