Counselling and Recovery

The church's response to child and adolescent mental health disorders has too often been characterised by fear and misinformation rather than grace...

Pastors and counselors regularly minister to people whose marriages or families are in crisis. Tempers run high and feelings are brought low when a...

As a social worker, jail chaplain, and justice advocate, Bethany Dearborn Hiser pushed herself to the brink of burnout—and then kept going. Stress,...

Shame is to the soul what cancer is to the body. Typically acquired in childhood and carried into adulthood, shame causes people to feel defective,...

A first-aid approach to mental health using the Blob Trees and ideal as a resource for schools and youth clubs. The Blob Trees are the best loved a...

Drawing from theological reflection on the lives of 30 Christians with severe mental health challenges, (depression, bipolar disorder and schizophr...

In May 2004 prominent philosopher, author, and professor J. P. Moreland awoke in the middle of the night to a severe panic attack. Though often anx...

Have you determined your unique “why” for existing on planet earth? Instead of coasting along, hoping everything will somehow work out, it’s time t...

Faithfulness is one of the most important qualities necessary for Christian service. God’s people are God’s stewards, and so we are accountable to ...

Drawn from more than sixty years of classroom experience, this introductory guide provides students with a coherent framework for considering psych...

Disabilities can come in all shapes and sizes, but many people dont know what to say or do to support a friend that is newly affected by a disabili...

Mental illness loves to tell lies. One of those lies is that you really should be able to manage what you're struggling with. Pastor and psychother...

Depression seems to be everywhere. You all know someone who suffers from it – you may yourself? It has become such a part of the psychological land...

Many Christians prefer to keep God at a safe distanceÑa distant God makes fewer demands. They imagine God has rules just for the sake of obedience,...

This substantially revised and updated edition of a widely used textbook covers the major approaches to counseling and psychotherapy from a Christi...

Counseling Techniques  provides a useful resource for any type of counseling practitioner. Presenting a wide variety of the most effective and comm...

Traditionally, counseling has focused primarily on the individual--overlooking the interaction between the community and the individual. Wilson has...

When you were learning to ride a bicycle, the hardest part was the first few pedal strokes—those wobbly seconds before you built up enough momentum...

David Augsburger believes conflict is inevitable in human life, but that it is essential and can be quite constructive. He proposes a shift to an '...

Compassion is the emotion most frequently attributed to Jesus in the Gospels. But compassion is more than an emotion—it is a God-centered, God-insp...

It is now universally accepted that we are experiencing a profound mental health epidemic, and too often Christians have struggled to know how to r...

Africa is in great trouble: the culture is broken, the children live in a vacuum, and personal faith has hardly touched the core of the culture tha...

Lord, do you not care if we perish? That’s what the frightened disciples shouted to Jesus as he slept in the stern of a storm-tossed boat. In th...

This practical handbook invites the reader to embark on a journey of healing by taking a guided walk through the Scriptures where they will learn t...

Recent events have shown again how suicide touches all of us ― often when we least expect it. But how to unpack the grief that follows such a painf...

This classic book has helped many thousands of people to manage the impact that childhood sexual abuse has had on their lives. The positive and opt...

Trauma, abuse, childhood wounds, and toxic relationships have broken us. But there is no shame in brokenness. In fact, it’s in our brokenness where...

Body Connections teaches pastors and other spiritual leaders to make the connections between their embodied experience and faithful spiritual care....

Counseling has always been part of God’s interaction with humankind and is a critical aspectof Christian life today. Jeremy Lelek, a leader in the ...

Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused is a training experience designed to equip the church on how to respond well to the initial report...

The book addresses the conflict between the all-sufficiency of the Word of God and the use of psychological principles. It tackles the challenge of...

Do memories of your past haunt you? Is there help for people who suffer because of their own past? Most people who suffer from bad memories want t...

Mental health problems are a growing public health concern around the world today. Anxiety: Finding Peace offers a Christian perspective on the ove...

Worry, doubt, and fear get the best of us all sometimes, and often there is no way to get rid of them. Anxiety, like any other negative emotion, is...

In this brief book, Guan Un turns away from superficial answers and quick fixes, looking instead to Psalm 131. He offers Christians dealing with an...

What do you do when tragedy strikes? When you’ve been abused or traumatized, how do you heal? When everything seems lost, how do you find a way out...

Aging with Grace by the Power of the Gospel There are many blessings that come with age: retirement, grandchildren, travel, and life experience. To...

What does the world look like through the eyes of the traditional African, and what is the role of God in this world view? What is lacking in the t...

Ronald Nydam acquaints the pastoral counselor with some of the struggles that adopted people confront in their development and in their adult lives...

Addiction, according to Welch, is when we worship ourselves and our desires instead of the true God.

For some people, unwanted thoughts are a nagging discomfort. Others experience them as a brutal and invisible form of torture. Are you distracted b...