What the heck does nouthetic mean?

I have had several people ask me what the heck nouthetic counseling is, so here it goes.
I suppose the best way to start is to share the definition given by the National Association of Nouthetic Counseling...NANC.

The word nouthetic comes from the Greek word nouqesia (nouthesia). It is a compound word meaning literally “to place into the mind.” It is usually translated “admonish” but that is a most inadequate translation. The problem is there is no English word equivalent to nouthesia so Adams thought it best to simply transliterate it into English and coin his own word so he could be sure it was defined correctly. In the word Adams finds three aspects:

1. The counselee has problems resulting from sin that must be resolved God’s way. 
2. These problems must be resolved by verbal confrontation using the Scriptures.
3. The resolution must be done out of love for the counselee to help him love God and enjoy Him in his life.[4]

Nouthetic counseling is counseling that uses Scripture to confront people about their sin with the goal of helping to restore them to usefulness (Gal. 6:1). Confrontation out of concern leading to change. It is of necessity directive and best done by those who have a thorough-going grasp of the Scriptures—Greek, Hebrew, and Systematic Theology—not by those immersed in secular systems of psychology. Taking his cue from Romans 15:14 Adams concluded, and then contended, that it was the believer who was filled with both goodness and the knowledge of God’s Word who was truly “competent to counsel.” Those who sought to counsel from a secular psychological stance or even a “Christian” psychological stance were usurpers whose wares were to be driven from the house of God.
http://nanc.org/About_Us/History.aspx

The basic idea is that all man is fallen in Adam and continues in sin from birth.  The noetic effects of sin on man is that the entire person is completely corrupted, an object of God's wrath and unable to come to the Truth apart from a divine work upon the heart, soul and mind.  Since that is true according to Scripture, then it is also true that any inorganic mental disorder is a result of sin and mans fallen nature.  To deal specifically with a persons "disorder" or dysfunctional behavior is to simply plug a hole in the dam, the deeper issue is the besetting sin behind it.  To further the analogy, if we are the dam and our sin is the mass of water contained behind it simply plugging holes where water (our sin) seeps through might solve the problem temporarily.  That is, until another breech is found and then another and so on.  A biblical approach to the matter would say that in Christ, as we come to a deeper knowledge and love of Himself, the water level itself begins to recede and while we are still frail and imperfect beings, as we abide in Christ, sin and its manifestations, will become less and less and we are conformed more and more into His image (2Pt 1:3-4).
Note: The reason I say any "inorganic mental disorder," is because most nouthetic counselors do recognize that there are certain organic (due to genetics or chemical imbalance) disorders which would occasionally require the use of medications.