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Traumatized Church : What Paul’s Relationship With The Corinthian Church Te
$24.99Discover a path to healing and understanding in The Traumatized Church by New Testament scholar Scot McKnight and therapist Adrienne Gibson. Whether you’re a pastor, counselor, church leader, or someone who has been hurt by the church, this book provides a compassionate and practical framework to address the wounds of trauma and learn how to develop how churches can become trauma-informed spaces. McKnight examines the life of the apostle Paul and his complex relationship with the Corinthian church, offering biblical wisdom from Paul’s life that helps us shape a renewed response to trauma within the church.
This book dives deeply into the realities of trauma–how it impacts individuals, communities, and ministries–and uses theological insights to guide readers through the four R’s of trauma care: Realize, Recognize, Respond, and Resist. From understanding the symptoms of trauma in today’s church members to providing actionable steps to foster safety, trust, support, collaboration, and empowerment, this book creates a roadmap for healing. With stories of real experiences, practical advice, and scriptural grounding, McKnight and Gibson encourage a Kingdom-minded approach to community, rooted in love and restoration rather than re-traumatization. Together, we can create churches that reflect Christ’s healing and compassion.
If you’re ready to transform your understanding of trauma and begin building spaces of redemption, The Traumatized Church is an essential resource for your ministry or personal growth.
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Worship And Awe In Christian Psychology
$29.99Mental health resources increasingly focus on the self as the antidote to psychological suffering, offering strategies for prioritizing self-care and self-esteem. Yet as people focus more on the self, their suffering may actually worsen, as evidenced by the prevalence of mental health disorders today. According to Christian clinical psychologist Joshua Knabb, when people focus less on the self and more on God, their mental and spiritual health may improve.
Combining up-to-date psychological research with theological reflection, this book helps readers better understand the role that awe, pursued through the act of worship, plays in optimal psychological and spiritual functioning. Knabb explains that at its core, Christian mental and spiritual health involves worshipful awe of God, which can be intentionally cultivated throughout the day. The book also includes practices for readers to try out and use in clinical contexts.
Worship and Awe in Christian Psychology will benefit students in Christian counseling and psychology programs, mental health practitioners, and others who want to improve their mental and spiritual health from a Christian perspective.
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Freedom To Heal
$45.00A Practitioner’s Guide to Caring for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
For adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, there is no easy road to healing. Yet there is hope for true freedom-to thrive, to love others, and to love God.
Tammy Schultz, Hannah Estabrook, and Adam David Dell have written a go-to resource for faith-based practitioners caring for survivors of sexual abuse. Drawing from their personal experiences and work with survivors, the authors discuss the integration of theology and mental health practices and the healing pathways of the counseling journey. They also incorporate current research into each chapter, offering evidence-based, practical guidance. This book:
*reflects on biblical trauma narratives that show God’s concern for survivors;
*helps counselors and caregivers compassionately comprehend survivors’ experiences;
*suggests evidence-based therapeutic approaches and practices that address individualized needs;
*addresses vicarious traumatization and sustainable practices for clinicians and caregivers; and
*recommends interventions and resources to equip practitioners with next steps.
While every client’s experience is unique, there are common themes and challenges practitioners must understand as they craft personalized treatments. Freedom to Heal is an honest, compassionate guide for therapists, medical professionals, pastoral counselors, and others who endeavor to journey with trauma survivors.
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Trauma Aware : A Christian’s Guide To Providing Help And Care
$18.99Hope and Help for Trauma Sufferers and Supportive Helpers
What is trauma? How can we recognize it, and how do we offer help that is biblically faithful and empathetic?
Licensed and trauma-trained counselor Eliza Huie equips you with biblical foundations and clinical insights to help you better understand trauma and offer care to those suffering from its debilitating effects. Trauma can entangle the soul, freeze the body, and cloud the mind. In the face of this struggle, Trauma Aware emerges as an essential resource. This compassionate and informative book demystifies trauma, helping you to:
*understand the vitally interactive connections between brain, body, and soul
*promote healing with the aid of assessments, calming practices, and an array of practical tools
*improve care for others with proven strategies that lead to growth and change
Whether you’ve personally experienced trauma or desire to help those who have, Trauma Aware serves as an accessible guide that will provide you with practical direction on a path to recovery.
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Sexuality And Sex Therapy Second Edition
$64.99A Comprehensive Survey of Human Sexuality from a Christian Perspective
The field of human sexuality is one of ever-increasing complexity, particularly for Christian therapists and psychologists seeking to be faithful to Scripture, informed by science, and sensitive to culture. In Sexuality and Sex Therapy, Mark Yarhouse and Erica Tan offer a survey and appraisal of this field from a Christian perspective, grounding sex therapy in the biblical affirmation of physicality and the redemptive purposes of human life.
This second edition:
*Integrates the latest research with a Christian worldview as the authors explore sexual dysfunctions as well as various clinical issues and treatments,
*Updates key research findings in each chapter, and
*Addresses more recent societal trends related to gender identity, non-normative sexualities, digital and social media, and other areas of interest.
Not only have Yarhouse and Tan written a standard resource for Christian therapists and counselors, but they also challenge the church to talk more honestly and openly about the blessing of human sexuality.
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Counsel For Couples
$25.54Many pastors feel ill-equipped to handle the challenges that arise when a couple is going through marital difficulties.
If you are or have been in this situation before, this book shows church leaders how to counsel married couples from both a logical and biblical perspective.
Author and pastor Jonathan Holmes offers you a practical guide to get started with the first sessions and then offers specific guidance on nine of the most common topics that come up in marriage counseling.
In Counsel for Couples, Holmes provides you with:
*a biblical methodology that navigates you through the world of marriage counseling based on God’s word
*a theological counseling approach addressing the deepest of marital issues
*advice from several respected voices in the biblical counseling community
In each chapter, you’ll meet a new couple dealing with a different issue, much like the people in your church, office, and neighborhood.
Whether you’re a novice or already knowledgeable, Counsel for Couples provides theologically sound and biblically practical tools to help you as you help couples in need.
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Skills For Safeguarding
$49.99The Only Textbook on Safeguarding for Faith-Based Ministries and Seminaries
Christians are called to care for the vulnerable, but churches have not always led the way in becoming places safe from abuse. Increasingly, organizations and churches are recognizing the importance of the field of safeguarding: training and equipping people to prevent abuse, act when abuse happens, and promote healing for survivors.
Lisa Compton and Taylor Patterson have edited the first textbook on safeguarding designed specifically for faith-based ministries and seminaries. In Skills for Safeguarding, experts from universities around the world have contributed on topics in their areas of expertise. This book:
*provides an understanding of trauma and abuse from a Christian integration perspective;
*gives insight into perpetrator dynamics and systems that enable abuse;
*teaches skills necessary to interact with victims and their families;
*includes questions for self-reflection and discussion; and more.Safeguarders can be individuals hired by the church in a vocational role, but they can also be pastors and other church leaders, laypeople, mental health professionals, and anyone who desires to promote a safe environment. Ideally, every adult in the church should recognize their responsibility to safeguard and seek to grow in skills to better serve abuse survivors and cultivate a culture that protects the vulnerable. This book provides the essential starting place.
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Effective Biblical Counseling
$22.99In Effective Biblical Counseling, Gold Medallion Award-winning author Dr. Larry Crabb presents a model of counseling that can be gracefully integrated into the functioning of the local church. He asserts that counseling is simply a relationship between people who care and that its goal is to free people to better worship and serve God. This book will show you how to help people achieve obedience and character growth in their lives, and establish a sense of personal worth and security along the way. Dr. Crabb says, I believe that God has ordained the local church to be his primary instrument to tend to his people’s aches and pains. In writing this book I have tried to be of practical help to Christians who want to be more effective in ministering to their suffering brothers and sisters.
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All Our Griefs To Bear
$18.99Church and Christian community look a lot different than they did before the horrors of the coronavirus pandemic, racial trauma, and economic uncertainty revealed difficult truths about the wounds we carry. The damage caused by trauma is deep and affects every part of our lives together. At the same time, the pandemic has upended or called into question many of our traditional ministry models. For those tasked with leading congregations through this disorienting new territory, the challenges are great indeed.
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Yet God’s people are amazingly resilient. In All Our Griefs to Bear, author Joni S. Sancken builds on her own trauma-aware background and engages leading sociologists and mental health professionals to name some of the largest issues that congregations now face and will face as we process the cascading trauma of our time. Chapters focus on practices such as lament, storytelling, and blessing to help leaders and church members to nurture resilience and compassion.We cannot go back to who we were before. But the church can experience new life and renewal in the wake of trauma as God’s healing and hope move through us into our world.
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Consejeria – (Spanish)
$31.23Si esta tratando de condensar el ministerio de consejeria en un volumen, !aqui lo tiene!
Se presentan solidos fundamentos teologicos de la consejeria biblica a diferencia de las teorias humanistas y seculares de la consejeria psicologica. Un libro practico, proactivo y relevante para estudiantes, lideres de iglesia y laicos. Esta coleccion de escritores representa a algunos de los maestros y consejeros biblicos mas destacados de Estados Unidos.Otros colaboradores incluyen a: Ken L. Sarles, David Powlinson, Douglas Bookman, David Maddox, Robert Smith, William W. Goode y Dennis Swanson.
Gain a knowledge of counseling methods that are practical and consistent with Christian theological convictions.
What do the Scriptures say about counseling? What is the biblical basis for using Scriptures in counseling? What does it mean to think biblically about counseling-related issues?
At the root of this book is the confidence that Christ and his Word are not only sufficient for effectively handling the personal and interpersonal challenges of life but are superior to the resources found in the world. The practice of psychological counseling is a ministry and should not belong only to the realm of humanistic and secular theories of the mind.
Written to pastors, elders, deacons, seminary students, and laypeople; well-known pastor John MacArthur and contributors present a system of biblical truth that brings together people, their problems, and the living God. This kind of counseling is based on the convictions that:
*God’s Word should be our counseling authority.
*Counseling is a part of the basic discipling ministry of the local church.
*God’s people can and should be trained to counsel effectively.Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically provides biblical guidelines to counsel people who are struggling. The contributors represent some of America’s leading biblical teachers and counselors, including: Ken L. Sarles, David Powlison, Douglas Bookman, David B. Maddox, Robert Smith, William W. Goode, and Dennis M. Swanson.
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I Love Jesus But I Want To Die
$18.00What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you.
You just want a way out.
But there’s hope.
In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better.
Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
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Treating Trauma In Christian Counseling
$64.99Introduction (Heather D. Gingrich And Fred C. Gingrich)
Part I: Foundational Perspectives On Trauma
1. The Crucial Role Of Christian Counseling Approaches In Trauma Counseling (Fred C. Gingrich And Heather D. Gingrich)
2. Theological Perspectives On Trauma: Human Flourishing After The Fall (Richard Langer, Jason McMartin, And M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall)
3. The Neurobiology Of Stress And Trauma (William M. Struthers, Kerryn Ansell, And Adam Wilson)
4. Trauma, Faith, And Care For The Counselor (Cynthia B. Eriksson, Ashley M. Wilkins, And Nikki Frederick)Part II: Interpersonal Contexts Of Trauma
5. A Developmentally Appropriate Treatment Approach For Traumatized Children And Adolescents (Daniel S. Sweeney And Madeline Lowen)
6. Treating Sexual Trauma Through Couples Therapy (Debra Taylor)
7. Assessment And Treatment Of Intimate Partner Violence: Integrating Psychological And Spiritual Approaches (Terri S. Watson)
8. Strengthening Family Resilience To Trauma (Fred C. Gingrich)
9. Responding To Survivors Of Clergy Sexual Abuse (David K. Pooler And Amanda Frey)Part III: Complex Trauma And Dissociation
10. Beyond Survival: Application Of A Complex Trauma Treatment Model In The Christian Context (Jana Pressley And Joseph Spinazzola)
11. Sexual Abuse And Dissociative Disorders (Heather D. Gingrich)
12 The Treatment Of Ritual Abuse And Mind Control (Alison Miller And Heather D. Gingrich)
13. Sex Trafficking: A Counseling Perspective (Shannon Wolf)Part IV: Global Contexts Of Trauma
14. Faith And Disaster Mental Health: Research, Theology, And Practice (Jamie D. Aten, Alice Schruba, David N. Entwistle, Edward B. Davis, Jenn Ranter, Jenny Hwang, Joshua N. Hook, David C. Wang, Don E. Davis, And Daryl R. Van Tongeren)
15. Improving Trauma Care In Developing Nations: Partnerships Over Projects (Phil Monroe And Diane Langberg)
16. Trauma Counseling For Missionaries: How To Support Resilience (Karen F. Carr)
17. Preventing And Treating Combat Trauma And Spiritual Injury (Laura Schwent Shultz, Jesse D. Malott, And Robert J. Gregory)Part V: Conclusion And Appendix
18. Reflections On Christian Counseling’s Engagement With Trauma (Heather D. Gingrich And Fred C. Gingrich)Appendix: Religion, Spirituality, And Trauma: An Annotated Bibliography (Fred C. Gingrich)
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Traumatic experiences are distressingly common. And the risks of developing posttraumatic stress disorder are high. But in recent years the field of traumatology has grown strong, giving survivors and their counselors firmer footing than ever before on which to seek healing. This book is a combined effort to introduce counseling approaches, trauma information, and Christian reflections to respond to the intense suffering people face.With extensive experience treating complex trauma, Heather Gingrich and Fred Gingrich have brought together key essays representing the latest psychological research on trauma from a Christian integration perspective.
Students, instructors, clinicians, and researchers alike will find here
an overview of the kinds of traumatic experiences
coverage of treatment methods, especially those that incorporate spirituality
material to critically analyze as well as emotionally engage trauma
theoretical bases for trauma treatment and interventions
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