Resources on Counseling Methodology
Resources on Counseling Methodology
(work in progress)
General
Advanced
Eric L. Johnson (ed.). Psychology & Christianity: Five Views. (2000).
Greggo & Sisemore (ed.). Counseling and Christianity: Five Approaches (2012).
Anti-Psychiatry
Intermediate
Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whittaker
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
Biblical Counseling and the Psychologies by Ernie Baker
Christian Psychology’s War on God’s Word: The Victimization of the Believer by Jim Owen
DSM: A History of Psychiatry’s Bible by Allan V. Horwitz
Hippocrates Cried by Michael Taylor
Madness by Ray Porter
Manufacturing Victims by Tana Dineen
Mental Illness: The Influence of Nurture by Daniel Berger, II
Mental Illness: The Necessity for Dependence by Daniel Berger, II
Mental Illness: The Necessity for Faith and Authority by Daniel Berger, II
Mental Illness: The Reality of the Physical Nature by Daniel Berger, II
Mental Illness: The Reality of the Spiritual Nature by Daniel Berger, II
Mind Fixers by Anne Harrington
Our Daily Meds by Melody Peterson
Prozac Backlash by Joseph Glenmullen
Psychobabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology by Richard Ganz
Psychology as Religion by Paul Vitz
Rethinking Depression: Not a Sickness, Not a Sin by Daniel Berger, II
Saving Abnormal: The Disorder of Psychiatric Genetics by Daniel Berger, II
Saving Normal by Alan Frances
The Truth about ADHD by Daniel Berger, II
The Insanity of Madness: Defining Mental Illness by Daniel Berger, II
The Chemical Imbalance Delusion by Daniel Berger, II
The Book of Woe by Gary Greenberg
The Deception of Psychological Labels by Samuel Stephens
The Duluth Model by Emily Stahly
The Insanity of Madness by Daniel Berger, II
The Making of the DSM III: A Diagnostic Manual’s Conquest of American Psychiatry by Hannah Decker
The Myth of the Chemical Cure by Joanna Moncrieff
The Myth of Mental Illness by Thomas Szasz
The Schizophrenic Unicorn by Daniel Berger, II
Toxic Psychiatry by Peter Breggin
Trauma-Informed Counseling by Ernie Baker
Unhinged by Daniel Carlat
Biblical Counseling
David Powlison. The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context. (2010).
David Powlison. Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition Through the Lens of Scripture. (2012).
David Powlison. Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness. (2016).
David Powlison. Making All Things New: Restoring Joy to the Sexually Broken. (2017).
David Powlison. Which Presuppositions? Secular Psychology and the Categories of Biblical Thought. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 12(4), 270-278.
David Powlison. Crucial Issues in Contemporary Biblical Counseling. Journal of Biblical Counseling, 9(3), 53-78.
David Powlison. Critiquing Modern Integrationists. Journal of Biblical Counseling, 11(3), 24-34.
David Powlison. Idols of the Heart and “Vanity Fair.” Journal of Biblical Counseling, 13(2), 35-50.
David Powlison. Biological Psychiatry. Journal of Biblical Counseling. 17(3), 2-8.
David Powlison. Affirmations & Denials: A Proposed Definition of Biblical Counseling. Journal of Biblical Counseling. 19(1), 18-25.
David Powlison. Is the Adonis Complex in Your Bible? Journal of Biblical Counseling. 22(2), 42-58.
David Powlison. The Sufficiency of Scripture to Diagnose and Cure Souls. Journal of Biblical Counseling. 23(2), 2-14.
David Powlison. Cure of Souls (and the Modern Psychotherapies). Journal of Biblical Counseling. 25(2), 5-36.
David Powlison. The Therapeutic Gospel. Journal of Biblical Counseling. 25(3), 2-7.
David Powlison. How Does Scripture Teach Us to Redeem Psychology? Journal of Biblical Counseling. 26(3), 18-27.
David Powlison. Giving Reasoned Answers to Reasonable Questions. Journal of Biblical Counseling. 28(3), 2-14.
Christian Psychology
Eric L. Johnson. Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Proposal (2014); God & Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith (2017).
History
Allan Horwitz. DSM: A History of Psychiatry's Bible (2021).