Religious counselling Books

Adapt and Advance: A Faith-Based Step-by-Step Guide to Turning Trials into Triumphs is your spiritual blueprint for navigating life's toughest seasons with strength, clarity, and purpose. Written by Dr. Oluwole Babatunde-physician-scientist,...

Being a Crisis Chaplain delivers the essential elements of crisis chaplaincy, outlining the process of responding to crises with clarity and compassion. Drawing from real-world experiences and research, this is a concise but comprehensive toolkit for...

In this embodied, practical approach to the integration of psychology and faith, students are guided through the process of constructing a culturally informed, organic model of integration that works for them and for justice in our churches, communities,...

In addition to being the mother of a son suffering from substance abuse, Dr. Mordock is currently a Substance Abuse County Coalition Member and Advisory Board Chairperson at the Council on Addiction Prevention and Education, assists in the Celebrate...

The more we recognize the presence of God in our lives, the more we experience an empathetic resonance; namely, our soul coming into resonance with the soul of God. What we discover in being more fully connected to the soul of God is that we are...

The Companion is your personal assistant, helping you focus on what you will never want to forget through repetition, reflective questions, and practical scenarios. You will discover that the Companion will help you embrace the following four basic...

An Epistle to a Street Gangster is God's message of warning and love going out to all the street gangsters, whether Blood, Crip, or Folk. Are you a wannabe or maybe a trynna-be but not yet an OG? If so, this message goes out to you because within the...

Representing two generations of counselor education and practice, Megan Anna Neff and Mark McMinn provide practitioners with a fresh look at integration in a postmodern world. Modeling how to engage hard questions, they consider how different theological...

The third volume in the acclaimed and best-selling Ignatian Trilogy, by international speaker and retreat leader, Fr. Timothy M. Gallagher. In Spiritual Consolation, Fr. Gallagher introduces us to the teachings of Ignatius of Loyola through the use of...

The examen prayer is a transforming and ever-growing practice in Christian spirituality. In The Examen Prayer, Fr. Timothy Gallagher draws from real-life stories and his experience as a spiritual director to explain the core principles of the examen...

Ninguna persona debería marcharse de la iglesia por sentirse manipulada, controlada, humillada o condenada. En esta obra descubrirás como identificar a la iglesia abusiva y también como liberarte de su legalismo destructivo.

People living with mental health challenges are not excluded from God’s love or even the fullness of life promised by Jesus. Unfortunately, this hope is often obscured by the well-meaning labels and medical treatments that dominate the world...

Adolescent development expert and counselor Steven Gerali addresses the issue of teen eating disorders in this book from the What Do I Do When... series, which is designed to equip parents and youth workers to help teens who are hurting.

A Scriptural and Moral Catechism by Abraham Smith is a book that aims to teach and promote the love and practice of mercy. It is a religious text that uses scripture and moral teachings to encourage readers to be kind and compassionate towards all living...

Help for those who question Gods will in our suffering.

The book ""The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences: In Two Parts"" is a historical account written by Hosea Quinby and first published in 1873. The book is divided into two parts, each detailing the experiences of a prison chaplain in the United...

The Parson's Counselor, With The Law Of Tithes Or Tithing: In Two Books is a book written by Simon Degge and published in 1820. The book is divided into two parts, the first part being The Parson's Counselor and the second part being The Law of Tithes or...

The Pastor's Assistant Volumes 2 and 3 were written by Alexander Robert C. Dallas in 1843. The books are a comprehensive guide for pastors and other religious leaders, providing practical advice on a wide range of topics related to church administration...

The Origin and Permanence of Christian Joy: As Connected with the Doctrine of Personal Assurance is a book written by William Innes in 1839. The book explores the concept of joy in Christianity and how it is connected with the doctrine of personal...

In 2015, on that faithful day, Ify Odugbemi witnessed the loss of her 18 month old daughter due to undetected sepsis in the hospital. It was like time stood still. From that day forward, her life changed forever. There are so many loaded literature...

ESTE LIBRO BRINDA PUNTOS DE VISTA BÍBLICOS Y CIENTIFICOS BIEN DOCUMENTADOS SOBRE EL ABUSOEn el abuso, en sus diferentes formas (físico, sexual, verbal, espiritual, y por negligencia), reduce las emociones, asesina el valor propio, paraliza la mente e...

Based on a series of true stories. Suitable for children aged 10 - adult.Charlie (aka Charlotte) struggles with stealing and lying. She is haunted by this invisible dark-hooded figure which causes her to behave in this way. Her behaviour is continually...

Every pastor knows that each community of faith consists of individuals who may be in crisis at any given moment, for a multitude of reasons. However, it s essential that church leaders also view their congregations as a single organism in need of...

This book provides a forum for five major perspectives on the interface of Christianity and psychology to display their distinctions in a counseling context. Experts in each approach show how to assess, conceptualize, counsel and offer aftercare to a...

Seeking an adequate response to the "theological disequilibrium" of many of her patients, Virginia Todd Holeman set out to explore the connections between theology and the practice of counseling. Her "trinitarian reflections" will help students and...

How do you counsel a couple that is already heading for divorce by the time they seek help? Building on the research presented in their previous book Family Therapies, Mark Yarhouse and James Sells have developed a resource to train pastors and...

In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates a compelling alternative...

Everett L. Worthington believes psychology can contribute to the Christian life, because all of us, psychologists and non-psychologists alike, are human and can benefit from better understanding our fellow humankind. Beyond integrating Christian and...

There are some things we just don't talk about. Pastor T. C. Ryan narrates the unsettling story of his lifelong struggle with sexual addiction, one that predated and pervaded his pastoral ministry-one that went on for years in secrecy and isolation. In...

In this book Marnie C. Ferree offers a unique resource for women struggling with sexual addiction. Written by a counselor who understands the condition from the inside out, No Stones offers practical help for those battling sexual addiction and those who...

Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III have together written this brief, simple and engaging introduction to help couples build healthy and happy marriages. Following the "leave, weave and cleave" imagery of the Bible, they help couples learn how to...

Psychiatrist and theologian Richard Winter explores the complex issues surrounding depression. He sorts through scientific research, dispels common misunderstandings and looks at how biblical characters experienced despair. Here is help for all those who...

Brad Hoffman and Michael Todd Wilson present this workbook designed to be used by people in vocational ministry, alongside their peers, to safeguard them from burnout, moral failure and spiritual exhaustion.

Kim Gaines Eckert has spent years helping women tackle the issues life throws their way. At the heart of their struggle, she believes, is not the desire to be perfect, but the desire to be whole. As Kim invites you into her conversations with women,...

Discover how to relate to others with the honesty and authenticity God intended in this book by counselor Russell Willingham. He identifies the relational masks that keep us from relating freely to others and God. When you are able to remove those...

Many counselors are not adequately prepared to help those suffering from complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). In this updated text, Heather Davediuk Gingrich provides an essential resource for Christian counselors, ably integrating the...

Can contemplative prayer be integrated into therapeutic work? Building an alliance between science, theology, and Christian contemplative thought, Gregg Blanton presents a new paradigm for integrating contemplative prayer with counseling practice. This...

Effective counseling depends on mastering basic communication skills. In this integrative, classroom-ready text, Elisabeth Nesbit Sbanotto, Heather Davediuk Gingrich and Fred Gingrich break these skills into manageable microskills and connect them to...

The past 30 years has seen a theoretical and clinical renaissance in psychoanalysis, as well as a flourishing of Christian engagement in the fields of psychology and anthropology. This volume of essays stages a new conversation between Christianity and...

Pitfalls in Christian counseling include either emphasizing sin at the expense of grace or grace at the expense of sin. Mark R. McMinn seeks to overcome these exaggerations and enable all those in the helping professions see the proper understanding and...

How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature.This collection of essays edited by Eric Johnson and...

Stephen Greggo presents a resource for trained leaders of ministry care groups in a variety of church-related contexts. Its purpose is to assist group leaders in facilitating the development of healing, transforming relationships in the group setting.

In this volume in the Christian Worldview Integrations series, edited by J. P. Moreland and Francis Beckwith, John H. Coe and Todd W. Hall provide an introduction to a new approach to psychology. This model "represents a spiritual formation and...

Jack and Judy Balswick offer a vision of marriage that is both profoundly spiritual and thoroughly practical for the twenty-first century.

Sexual brokenness permeates our culture and is often a source of fear, shame, or secret sin for emerging adults within the church. But as we experience love, joy, and intimacy with God and others, sexual shame and sin lose their power. Incorporating...