Biblical Counseling Resources
General & Basic Counseling Resources • Competent To Counsel by Jay Adams • Curing the Heart by Howard Eyrich & William Hines • The Christian Counselor’s Manual by Jay Adams • Counseling – How to Counsel Biblically by John MacArthur (formerly known as Intro. to Biblical Counseling) • Seeing With New Eyes by David Powlison • The Peacemaker by Ken Sande • Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul Tripp • Christian's Guide to Psychological Terms by M. Asher • Christian Psychology's War on God's Word - Jim Owen • Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling - John Kruis • Quick Scripture Reference for Women - Tricia Miller • Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Youth by Patricia & Keith Miller • How to Help People Change by Jay Adams • The Case of the Hopeless Marriage by Jay Adams • Ready to Restore by Jay E. Adams • A Theology of Christian Counseling by Jay Adams • The Journal of Biblical Counseling (PDF’s of past journals 1977-2005 on CD)
Counseling Categories ABUSE • Recovering from Child Abuse: Healing and Hope for Victims (ccef booklet) by David Powlison • Living with an Angry Spouse: Help for Victims of Abuse (ccef booklet) by Ed Welch • Domestic Abuse (booklet) by David Powlison, Paul Tripp & Edward Welch • Leaving Yesterday Behind: A Victim No More - Hines • Only God Can Heal A Wounded Heart - Ed Bulkley • Bad Memories: Getting Past Your Past (booklet) by Robert D. Jones • "Why Me?": Comfort for the Victimized (booklet) by David Powlison • Counseling The Abuse Victim (pamphlet) [Faith Baptist Resources]
ADD / ADHD/ ASPERGER SYNDROME / AUSTISM / OCD • Asperger Syndrome (booklet) by Michael Emlet • A.D.D: Wandering Minds and Wired Bodies (booklet) by Edward Welch • OCD: Freedom from the Obessive-Compulsive (booklet) by Michael Emlet • Finding Your Child's Way On The Autism Spectrum by Laura Hendrickson • Running The Christian Race: Helping the Child Labeled ADD/ADHD by Sharon Backus • Adhd (booklet) Rita Jamison
ADDICTIONS OR LIFE DOMINATING SINS • Addictions: A Banquet to the Grave by Ed Welch • Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away from Addiction (Facilitator’s Guide) by Ed Welch • Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away from Addiction (Study Guide) by Ed Welch • What do you do when you know that you're hooked? (pamphlet) by Jay Adams • 'Just One More': When Desires Don't Take No for an Answer (booklet) by Edward T. Welch • The Useful Lie byusfeu William Playfair
ADOPTION/FOSTER CARE • Successful Adoption A Guide for Christian Families by Natalie Nichols Gillespie • Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches by Russell D. Moore • Helping Your Adopted Child: Understanding Your Child's Unique Identity (Booklet) by Paul Tripp
AGING/CARE GIVERS/DYING/DEATH/GRIEVING • Wrinkled But Not Ruined by Jay Adams • Help for the Caregiver: Facing the Challenges with Understanding and Strength (ccef booklet) by Emlet • Facing Death with Hope: Living for What Lasts (ccef booklet) by Powilson • Grief: Finding Hope Again (booklet) by Paul David Tripp • Loneliness (booklet) by Jayne V. Clark • Lost in the Middle: Midlife and the Grace of God - Paul Tripp
ANGER/BITTERNESS/STRESS • The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo • Getting A Grip by Lou Priolo • Bitterness (booklet) by Lou Priolo • What do you do when anger gets the upper hand? (pamphlet) by Jay Adams • Angry Children: Understanding and Helping Your Child Regain Control (CCEF booklet) by Emlet • Anger & Stress Management God's Way by Wayne Mack • Uprooting Anger - Robert D. Jones • Anger: Escaping the Maze (booket) by David Powlison • Angry at God?: Bring Him Your Doubts and Questions (booklet) by Robert D. Jones • Stress: Peace amid Pressure (booklet) by David Powlison • Counseling Those Who Are Bitter (pamphlet) [Faith Baptist Resources]
ANXIETY/FEAR/PANIC/WORRY • Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety by Elyse Fitzpatrick • Fear: Breaking Its Grip (booklet) by Lou Priolo • Anger, Anxiety and Fear (booklet) by Stuart Scott • What do you do when fear overcomes you? (pamphlet) by Jay Adams • What do you do when you worry all the time? (pamphlet) by Jay Adams • When People Are Big and God is Small By Ed Welch • Fear Factor (workbook) by Wayne Mack and Joshua Mack • Worry: Pursuing a Better Path to Peace (booklet) by David Powlison • Pleasing People by Lou Priolo • Shyness And Social Anxiety (booklet) by Amy Baker • Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest by Ed Welch
CONFLICT RESOLUTION • The Peacemaker by Ken Sande • Peacemaking Principles Responding to Conflict Biblically (pamphlet) • The Young Peacemaker with Comic books by Ken Sande • The Peacemaker Student Edition by Ken Sande & Kevin Johnson • Peacemaking Women by Tara Klena Barthel & Judy Dabler • Peacemaking For Families by Ken Sande • Your Family, God's Way by Wayne Mack • War on Words by Paul Tripp • Ready to Restore by Jay Adams • Communication and Conflict Resolution (booklet) by Stuart Scott • How to Love Difficult People: Receiving and Sharing God’s Mercy (ccef booklet) by Smith • Family Feuds: How to Respond (ccef booklet) by Lane • How to Overcome Evil by Jay Adams • From Pride to Humility (booklet/worksheets) Stuart Scott • Judgments: Rash or Righteous (booklet) by Ed Welch • Manipulation: Knowing How to Respond (booklet) by Lou Priolo • How To Help People In Conflict by Jay Adams
DECISION MAKING • Decisions, Decisions, Decisions by Dave Swavely • Motives “Why Do I Do the Things I Do?” (Booklet) by Ed Welch • Step By Step - Jim Petty • Procrastination: First Steps to Change (booklet) by Walter Henegar • Priorities: Mastering Time Management (booklet) by James C. Petty • Guidance: Have I Missed God's Best? (booklet) by James C. Petty DEPRESSION • Down But Not Out by Wayne Mack • What do you do when you become depressed? (pamphlet) by Jay Adams • Depression: The Way Up When You (booklet) by Edward Welch • Out Of The Blues by Wayne Mack
EATING DISORDERS / BULIMIA / ANOREXIA • Love to Eat - Hate to Eat by Elyse Fitzpatrick • Uncommon Vessels by Elyse Fitzpatrick • Eating Disorders: The Quest for Thinness (ccef booklet) by Ed Welch • Counseling Anorexics Or Bulimics (pamphlet)
FAMILY/BLENDED FAMILIES/SINGLE PARENTING/ADOPTION • Help for Stepfamilies: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Learning to Love (ccef booklet) by Smith • Single Parents: Daily Grace for the Hardest Job (ccef booklet) by Jones • Helping Your Adopted Child: Understanding Your Child’s Unique Identity (ccef booklet) by Tripp • Family Feuds: How to Respond (booklet) by Timothy S. Lane • Singleness Redefined by Carolyn Leutwiler • Surviving A Spiritual Mismatch by Lee & Leslie Strobel
FINANCES • Master Your Money. By Ron Blue • Faith-Based Family Finances By Ron Blue, Jeremy L. White
GENERAL PROBLEMS OVERARCHING SOLUTIONS • Christ and Your Problems (booklet) by Jay Adams • How to Overcome Evil (small book) by Jay Adams • How to Handle Trouble (small book) by Jay Adams • Deception: Letting Go of Lying (booklet) by Lou Priolo • Hope...the Best of Things (booklet) by Joni Eareckson Tada • You Can Trust God (booklet) by Jerry Bridges • Trusting God by Jerry Bridges • Problems: Solving Them God’s Way (booklet) by Jay Adams • I Really Want to Change...So, Help Me, God. By James McDonald • Godliness Through Discipline by Jay Adams • How to Love Difficult People: Receiving and Sharing God’s Mercy (ccef booklet) by Smith • When Bad Things Happen: Thoughtful Answers to Hard Questions (ccef booklet) by Smith • Changed into His Image by Jim Berg • From Pride to Humility (booklet/worksheets) Stuart Scott • Thankfulness: Even When It Hurts (booklet) by Susan Lutz • Suffering: Eternity Makes a Difference (booklet) by Paul David Tripp • Rest (booklet) by Winston Smith • Priorities: Mastering Time Management (booklet) by James Petty • Procrastination: First Steps to (booklet) by Walter Henegar • Motives: Why Do I Do the Things (booklet) by Edward T. Welch • Lost in the Middle: Midlife and the Grace of God - Paul Tripp • It's Not Fair by Wayne Mack with Deborah Howard • Where Is God When Things Go Wrong by John Blanchard • Self-Image: How to Overcome Inferiority Judgements (booklet) by Lou Priolo
GOSPEL/EVANGELISM • The Ultimate Questions by John Blanchard (booklet) • Two Ways To Live by Matthias Media (booklet) • God’s Solution to Life Problems (Graham’s 5 lesson evangelistic study) • Where Is God When Things Go Wrong by John Blanchard
MARRIAGE/DIVORCE • The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace • Helper by Design by Elyse Fitzpatrick • The Exemplary Husband by Stuart Scott • The Complete Husband by Lou Priolo • Communication and Conflict Resolution (booklet) by Stuart Scott • Communication - Art of Relationship Building (booklet) by Rob Green • Reforming Marriage by Doug Wilson • What do you do when your marriage goes sour? (pamphlet) by Jay Adams • Strengthening Your Marriage. By Wayne Mack • Biblical Principles of Sex (booklet) By Dr. Robert Smith • Divorce Recovery: Growing and Healing God’s Way (CCEF booklet) by Smith • Help! My Spouse Committed Adultery: First Steps for Dealing with Betrayal (ccef booklet) by Smith • Living with an Angry Spouse: Help for Victims of Abuse (ccef booklet) by Ed Welch • Who Does the Dishes?: Decision Making in Marriage (ccef booklet) by Smith • Should We Get Married?: How to Evaluate Your Relationship (ccef booklet) by Smith • Renewing Marital Intimacy: Closing the Gap Between You and Your Spouse (ccef booklet) by Powlison • Intended for Pleasure by Ed Wheat • Love Life by Ed Wheat and Gloria Perkins • Losing That Loving Feeling by Lou Priolo • Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage in the Bible by Jay Adams • Divorce (booklet) by Lou Priolo • Restoring Your Broken Marriage (booklet) by Robert D. Jones • How To Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong by Leslie Vernick • When Sinners Say I Do by Dave Harvey • Love That Lasts, by Gary and Betsy Ricucci • Sacred Marriage, By Gary L. Thomas • Sex, Romance and the Glory of God, by C. J. Mahaney • Feminine Appeal, by Carolyn Mahaney
Unbelieving Spouse • Surviving A Spiritual Mismatch by Lee & Leslie Strobel • Beloved Unbeliever by Jo Berry • Women Helping Women (Chapter 9) by Elyse Fitspatrick & Carol Cornish
MEDICAL ISSUES • The Christian Counselor’s Medical Desk Reference by Dr. Robert Smith • Blame It On the Brain by Ed Welch • A Biblical Approach to Receiving Medical Care by James Halla, M.D. • Are You Ill? You Can Be Happy! By Todd Adams • Pain, The Plight of Fallen Man, Dr. Halla • True Competence in Medicine - James T. Halla, M.D. • Will Medicine Stop The Pain by Elyse Fitzpatrick & Laura Hendrickson
MEN • Manly Dominion - Mark Chanski • Mighty Men - John Crotts • Biblical Principles of Sex (booklet) By Dr. Robert Smith • Sex, Romance And The Glory Of God: What Every Christian Husband Needs To Know by C. J. Mahaney • For Men Only by Shaunti Feldhahn
REPENTANCE/FORGIVENESS • The Unrepenting Repenter (short article) by Jim Eliff • Unpacking Forgiveness by Chris Brauns • The Walk of Repentance (workbook) by Steve Gallagher • From Pride to Humility (booklet/worksheets) Stuart Scott • Forgiveness: "I Just Can't Forgive Myself!" (Booklet) by Robert D. Jones • The Freedom & Power of Forgiveness by John MacArthur • Forgiveness (booklet) by Rob Green [Faith Baptist Resources] • Seeking Him – Personal Revival (workbook) by Nancy Leigh DeMoss & Tim Grissom
PARENTING • Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp • Age of Opportunity by Paul Tripp • The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo • When Good Kids Make Bad Choices by Elyse Fitzpatrick & Jim Newheiser • Teach Them Diligently By Lou Priolo • Withhold Not Correction by Bruce Ray • Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris • I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris • How Do I Stop Losing It with My Kids?: Getting to the Heart of Your Discipline Problems (ccef booket) by Smith • Peer Pressure: Recognizing the Warning Signs and Giving New Direction (ccef booklet) by Tripp • Teens & Sex: How Should We Teach Them? (Booklet) by Paul David Tripp • Get Outta My Face by Rick Horne • Getting A Grip by Lou Priolo • Girl Talk by Carolyn Mahaney & Nicole Mahaney Whitacre • Instructing A Child's Heart by Tedd & Margy Tripp • Checklist For Parents by Pam Forster • Parenting the Pew by Robbie Castleman • The Family: Together in God’s Presence (brochure) Desiring God Ministries (John Piper) • Story Of Me by Stan & Brenna Jones (Book 1 God's Design for Sex Ages 3-5) • Before I Was Born by Carolyn Nystrom (Book 2 God's Design for Sex Series Ages 5-8) • What's The Big Deal? By Stan & Brenna Jones (Book 3 in the God's Design for Sex series Ages 8-11)
PRIDE & HUMILITY • Pride & Humility worksheets by Stuart Scott • Humility: The Forgotten Virtue by Wayne Mack
SEXUAL SIN / PORNOGRAPHY • At the Alter of Sexual Idolatry by Steve Gallagher • Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World by Josh Harris • Biblical Principles of Sex (booklet) By Dr. Robert Smith • The Walk of Repentance (workbook) by Steve Gallagher • Pornography: Slaying the Dragon - David Powlison • Homosexuality: Speaking the Truth in Love (booklet) by Edward T. Welch • Teens and Sex: How Should We Teach Them? (Booklet) by Paul Tripp
SUICIDE/SELF-INJURY • Suicide: Understanding and Intervening (booklet) by Jeffrey S. Black • Self-Injury: When Pain Feels Good (booklet) by Edward T. Welch • Cutting (booklet) by Amy Baker
THOUGHT LIFE/DEALING WITH THE PAST • In the Arena of the Mind by John Vandegriff • Leaving Yesterday Behind: A Victim No More - Hines • Only God Can Heal A Wounded Heart - Ed Bulkley • Bad Memories: Getting Past Your Past (booklet) by Robert D. Jones • Loving God With All Your Mind by Elizabeth George
WOMEN • Women Helping Women by Elyse Fitzpatrick & Cornish • Biblical Principles of Sex (booklet) By Dr. Robert Smith • Womanly Dominion: More Than A Gentle and Quiet Spirit by Mark Chanski • Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss • Attitudes of a Transformed Heart by Martha Peace • Afternoon Of Life by Elyse Fitzpatrick • Damsels In Distress by Martha Peace • Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney • Peacemaking Women by Tara Klena Barthel & Judy Dabler • Idols of the Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick • Because He Loves Me by Elyse Fitzpatrick • For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn
MISC • Powlison, Healing after Abortion: God’s Mercy Is for You (ccef booklet) • Lane, Freedom from Guilt: Finding Release from Your Burdens (ccef booklet) • Frustrated By Authority (booklet) by Bob Smith • Shyness And Social Anxiety (booklet) by Amy Baker • Handling The Past Biblically (booklet) by Steve Viars
TRAINING RESOURCES Pastoral (or Basic) Counseling (DVD’s) by Dr. Stuart Scott [The Master’s Seminary] Marriage & Family Counseling (DVD’s) by Dr. George Scipione [Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship] Advanced Biblical Counseling (DVD’s) by Dr. John Street [The Master’s Seminary] Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave (VHS) by Ed Welch [CCEF] Changing Hearts Changing Lives (DVD’s) by Paul Tripp & David Powlison [CCEF] Changed into His Image (DVD’s) by Jim Berg Biblical Counseling Observations (DVD’s) by Patten, Dutton, Viars, Baker, Smith [Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries]
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