Suggested Books

Below is a list of recommended books that provide insight into issues of concern.

Alcoholism

An Elephant in the Living Room, Tippo & Hastings
It will never happen to me, Claudia Black

Anger

Counseling for Anger, Mark Cosgrove
Exploring Your Anger, Glenn Taylor & Rod Wilson
The Anger Workbook, Les Carter & Frank Minirth
The Angry Book, Theodore Rubin
The Dance of Anger, Harriet Lerner

Anxiety

Adrenalin & Stress, Archibald Hart
Anxiety, Phobias & Panic, Reneay Puerifoy
Be Anxious for Nothing, Joyce Meyer
Feel the Fear & Do It Anyway, Susan Jeffers
Overcoming Anxiety, Archibald Hart
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Edmund Bourne
The Feeling Good Workbook, David Burns
The New Mood Therapy, David Burns
What you Can Change & What You Can't, Martin Seligman

Christian Counseling

Called to Counsel, John Cheydleur
Care for the Soul, Mark McMinn & Timothy Phillips
Care of Souls, David Benner
Effective Biblical Counseling, Larry Crabb
Healing the Wounded Spirit, John and Paula Sanford
Modern Psychotherapies, Jones and Butman
Psychology, Theology & Spirituality, Mark McMinn
Strategic Pastoral Counseling, David Benner
Theory & Practice of Counseling & Psychotherapy Manual , Gerald Corey
The Art of Helping, Richard Carkhuff
The Heart of Pastoral Counseling, Richard Dayringer
The Integration of Psychology and Theology, Carter and Narramore
The Safest Place on Earth, Larry Crabb
The Transformation of the Inner Man, John and Paula Sanford
The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen
Truth is Stranger than it Used to be, J. Middleton & B. Walsh
Wholeness and Holiness, N.E. Maloney

Co-Dependency

Boundaries, Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Caring Enough to Confront, David Augsburger
Love is a Choice, Robert Hamfelt, Frank Minirth, & Paul Meier
The Language of Letting Go, Melanie Beattie
Your Perfect Right, Robert Alberti

Dating Relationships

Boundaries and Dating, Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Finding the Love of Your Life, Neil Clark Warren
I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Joshua Harris
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Les & Leslie Parrott

Depression

Coping with Depression, Siang-Yang Tan
Finding Hope Again, Neil Anderson & Hal Baumchen
Freedom From Depression Workbook, Les Carter & Frank Minirth
Healing for Damaged Emotions, David Seamands
Help Me I'm Sad (Childhood Depression), David Fassler
Shattered Dreams, Larry Crabb
The Biology of Success, Bob Arnott
The Feeling Good Workbook, David Burns
Understanding Depression, Siang-Yang Tan & John Ortberg, Jr.
Unmasking Male Depression, Archibald Hart
Unveiling Depression in Women, Archibald Hart

Divorce

Dinosaurs Divorce, Laurene Brown
Fresh Start, Thomas Whiteman
Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook, Thomas Whiteman
Helping Children Survive Divorce, Arhicbald Hart
The Parents Book About Divorce, Richard Gardner
What Children Need to Know when Parents Divorce, William Coleman

Eating Disorders

Dying to be Thin, Ira Sacker
Feeding the Hungry Heart, Geneen Roth
Hope, Help and Healing for Eating Disorders, Groegoy Jantz
Love Hunger, Frank Minirth, & Paul Meier
The Hungry Heart, Geneen Roth
Wasted, Marya Hornbacher
When Food is Love, Geneen Roth

Emotions

Disappointment with God, Phillip Yancey
Healing the Child Within, Charlies L. Whitfield
Managing your Emotions, Joyce Meyer
My Beautiful Broken Shell - Words of Hope to Refresh the Soul, Carol Hamblet Adams
Taming your Gremlin, Richard Carson
When Life Doesn't Make Sense, James Dobson
Where is God when it Hurts?, Phillip Yancey

Finances

How to Manage your Money, Larrry Burkett
The Family Financial Workbook, Larry Burkett

Forgiveness

Dimensions of Forgiveness, Everett Worthington, Jr., editor
Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve, Lewis Smedes
The Choosing to Forgive Workbook, Les Carter & Frank Minirth
The New Freedom of Forgiveness, David Augsburger
Understanding and Facilitating Forgiveness, Robert W. Harvey & David G. Benner
What's So Amazing About Grace?, Philip Yancey

God Image

Lion & Lamb, Brennan Manning
The Sensation of Being Somebody, Maurice Wagner

Grief

A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
Coping with Life After Your Mate Dies, Donald & Rita Cushenbery
Good Grief, G. Westberg
The Problem with Pain, C.S. Lewis
Where is God When It Hurts, Phillip Yancey

Marriage

10 Great Dates to Revitalize Your Marriage, David & Claudia Arp
52 Ways to Have Fun, Fantastic Sex, Clifford & Joyce Penner
A Celebration of Sex, Douglas E. Rosenau
A Lasting Promise, Charles Stanley
A Marriage Without Regrets, Kay Aurthur
Acts of Love, David Jeremiah
Always Daddy's Girl, H. Norman Wright
Before A Bad Goodbye, Timothy Clinton
Boundaries in Marriage, Cloud & Townsend
Bring Home the Joy, Larry Crabb ( w/ Lemans, Parrott, Smalley)
Catching the Rhythm of Love, Neil Clark Warren
Getting the Love You Want, Harville Hendrix
Help Me, I'm Married, Joyce Meyer
Intended for Pleasure, Ed Wheat & Gaye Wheat
Intimate Allies, Dan B. Allender & Tremper Longman
Love For All Seasons: 8 Ways to Nurture Intimacy, John Trent
Loving Solutions: Overcoming Barriers in your Marriage, Gary Chapman
Making Love Last Forever, Dennis Rainey
Marriage Masterpiece, Al Jannsen
Making Sense of the Men in your Life, Kevin Leman
Men & Sex, Clifford and Joyce Penner
Men are from Israel - Women are from Moab, Norm Wakefield
Passages in Marriage, Frank Minirith
Reclaiming Intimacy, Heather Jamison
Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Les & Leslie Parrott
Seeking God Together, David Stoop
Sex Begins in the Kitchen, Kevin Leman
Starting your Marriage Right, Dennis Rainey
The 5 Love Needs of Men & Women, Gary & Barbara Rosberg
The Act of Marriage After 40, Tim & Beverly LaHaye
The Five Languages of Love, Gary Chapman
The Marriage You've Always Wanted, Timothy Clinton
The Other Woman in your Marriage, H. Norman Wright
The Sacred Romance, John Eldridge
Value Your Mate, Douglas McMurry & Everett Worthington, Jr.
When Bad Things Happen to a Good Marriage, Les Parrott
When Couples Pray Together, David & Jan Stoop
Winning Your Husband Back - Before It's Too Late, Gary Smalley

Medical Issues

Abortion - Victim/Victor, B. Kay Coulter
ADD/ADHD - You and Your ADD Child, Paul Warren, MD
Autism - Facing Autism, Lynn Hamilton
Enuresis - Sammy the Elephant, Joyce C. Mills
Fibromyalgia - The Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Good Living with Fibromyalgia, The Arthritis Foundation
OCD - Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Self-Injury - A Bright Red Scream, Marilee Strong
Self-Injury - Bodily Harm, Karen Conterio
Terminal Illness - The Measure of our Days, Jerome Groopman

Men's Issues

Every Man's Battle, Stephen Arterburn
Go the Distance, John Trent
Sold Out, Bill McCartney
The Sexual Man, Archibald Hart

Parenting

Creative Correction, Lisa Whelchel
Families and Forgiveness, Terry Hargrave
Growing Strong Daughters, Lisa Graham McMinn
Helping the Struggling Adolescent, Less Parrott III
How to Develop Your Child's Temperament, Beverly LaHaye
How to Make your Children Mind Without Losing Yours, Kevin Leman
How to Really Love your Child, Ross Campbell
How to Really Love your Teenager, Ross Campbell
Life on the Ragged Edge, James Dobson
Parenting Isn't for Cowards, James Dobson
Parenting Today's Adolescent, Dennis & Barbara Rainey, Bruce Nygren
Parent's Guide to the Spiritual Growth of Children, John Trent, Rick Osborne & Kurt Bruner
Raising Sons and Loving It, Gary & Carrie Oliver
Shame Free Parenting, Sandra Wilson
Talking to Your Kids About Sex, Mark Laaser
The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers, Gary Chapman
The Gift of the Blessing, Gary Smalley & John Trent
The New Dare to Discipline, James Dobson
The New Hide or Seek, James Dobson
Understanding Your Child's Personality, David Stop
You Can't Make Me, Cynthia Ulrich Tobias

Relationships

Be There!, John Trent
Bold Love, Dan B. Allender & Tremper Longman, III
Boundaries in Dating, Henry Cloud
People Pleasers, Les Carter
Relationships, Les & Leslie Parott
The Control Freak, Les Parrott III
The Cry of the Soul, Dan B. Allender & Tremper Longman
The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck
Victim of Love, Tom Whiteman & Randy Petersen

Self Esteem

Abba's Child, Brennan Manning
Building Your Self-Image, Josh McDowell
Get off Your own Back, Freda Crews
How to Get it Right after You've Gotten It Wrong, Gary J. Oliver
Inside Out, Larry Crabb
Into Abba's Arms, Sandra D. Wilson, Ph.D
Me, Myself and I, Archibald Hart
The Lies We Believe, Chris Thurman
The Search for Significance Book & Workbook, Robert McGee

Sexual Abuse

A Door of Hope, Jan Frank
Healing for Damaged Emotions, David Seamands
Healing of Memories, David Seamands
On the Threshold of Hope, Diane Mandt Langberg, Ph.D
Redeeming the Past, David Seamands
The Courage to Heal, Laura Davis
The Healing Path, Dan Allender
The Male Survivor, Matthew Mendel
The Wounded Heart, Dan Allender & Larry Crabb

Sexual Addiction

Faithful & True, Mark Laaser
False Intimacy, Harry Shaumburg
Final Freedom, Douglas Weiss
Living With Your Husband's Secret Wars, Marsha Means
Men's Secret Wars, Patrick Means
Pure Desire, Ted Roberts & Jack Hayford
The Silent War, Henry Rogers

Sexual Identity

A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality, Joseph Nicolosi
Coming Out of Homosexuality, Bob Davies
Coming Out Straight, Richard Cohen
Origins of Difference, Elaine Storkey
Repairative Therapy of Male Homosexuality, Joseph Nicolosi
Same Sex Partners?, John Stott
The Broken Image, Leanne Payne

Spirituality

Changes that Heal, Henry Cloud
Experiencing God, Henry Blackaby
Hind's Feet on High Places, Hannah Hurnard
How People Grow, Cloud & Townsend
How to Listen to God, Charles Stanley
Inside Out, Larry Crabb
Intercessory Prayer, Dutch Sheet
Lion and the Lamb, Brennan Manning
Listening Prayer, Leanne Payne
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
People of the Lie, M. Scott Peck
Pleasures Evermore, Sam Storms
Restoring the Christian Soul, Leanne Payne
Shattered Dreams, Larry Crabb
The Bondage Breaker, Neil Anderson
The Christian's Secret to a Happy Life, Hannah Whitall Smith
The God Chasers, Tommy Tenney
The God of All Comfort, Hannah Whitall Smith
The Jesus I Never Knew, Phillip Yancey
The Lies We Believe, Chris Thurman
The Life of the Beloved, Henri Nouwen
The Life You've Always Wanted, John Ortberg
The Road Less Traveled, Scott M. Peck
Too Busy Not to Pray, Bill Hybels

Stress

Restoring Margin to Overloaded Lives, Richard Swenson
Stress and the Woman's Body, David & Linda Carruth Hager
Stress Test, Thomas Whiteman & Randy Petersen
The Overload Syndrome, Richard Swenson
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Robert Sapolsky

Women's Issues

Balancing Act, Mary Ellen Ashcroft
Battered But Not Broken, Patricia Riddle Gaddis
Out of Control and Loving It, Lisa Bevere
Lovestruck, Catherine Scott
Released from Shame, Sandra Wilson
Secrets of Eve, Archibald Hart
The Dance of Deception, Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Intimacy, Harriet Lerner
The Friendships of Women, Dee Brestin