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