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Addictions 

Advanced

• Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave by Ed Welch

• Mate, Gabor. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (2010)

• Breaking the Addictive Cycle: Deadly Obsession or Simple Pleasures? by David Powilson

• Divine Intervention: Hope and Help for Families of Addicts by Mark E. Shaw

• Eating Disorders: Hope for the Hungering Soul by Mark E. Shaw 

• The Heart of Addiction by Mark Shaw

Abuse & Assault

• Jeremy Pierre

• Concept Creep

• Chris Moles

• Darby Strickland

• Justin S. Holcomb and Lindsey A. Holcomb, Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault, Crossway (288 pages).

• Justin S. Holcomb and Lindsey A. Holcomb, Is It My Fault?: Hope and Healing for

• Those Suffering Domestic Violence, Moody Publishing (240 pages).

• Justin S. Holcomb and Lindsey A. Holcomb, Children and Trauma: Equipping Parents and Caregivers, New Growth Press. (18 pages)

• Justin S. Holcomb and Basyle Tchividjian, Caring for Survivors of Sexual Abuse

• Basyle Tchividjian and Shira Berkovits, The Child Safeguarding Policy Guide or Churches and Ministries, New Growth Press (320 pages)

• Diane Langberg, Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores, New Growth Press (361 pages)

• Victor Vieth, On This Rock: A Call to Center the Christian Response to Child Abuse on the Life and Words of Jesus, Wipf & Stock (82 pages)

• Michael Kruger, Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church

• Chuck DeGroat, When Narcissism Comes to Church (IVP, 2020)

• Brad Hambrick, The Self-Centered Spouse: Help for Chronically Broken Marriage

• Brad Hambrick, ed., Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused

• Todd Bordow, What Did Jesus Really Say About Divorce?: An Alternative Interpretation of Matthew 5:31 and 32 and Its Implications for Counseling Troubled Marriages in the Church

• Wade Mullen, Something’s Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse and Freeing Yourself From its Power

• Steven Tracy, Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse 

Anger

• David Powlison

• Robert Jones

Anxiety

• David Powlison

Anthropology & Personality

• Body and Soul by J.P. Moreland 

• Conscience: What Is It, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ by Andrew Naselli and J.D. Crowley 

• Created in God’s Image by Anthony A. Hoekema

• Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey

• The Enneagram and the Biblical Counselor by Rhenn Cherry

• The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman

• With All Your Heart by A. Craig Troxel

• Jesus and Personality Theory, James R. Beck

• Who are We? Needs, Longings, and the Image of God in Man, Ed Welch, article, JBC 13.1

• Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World by Gregg Allison

• You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News by Kelly Kapic

Change

• Nate Brooks

• Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners by Dane Ortlund

Depression

• Charles Hodges. Good Mood, Bad Mood.

• Martyn Lloyd Jones

• Zack Eswine. Spurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for those Suffering with Depression ().

Dementia

• Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia by John Dunlop

Development

• Child development

Forgiveness

• Brad Hambrick

• Tim Keller

Gender & Sexuality

• Brad Hambrick

Habits

• Atomic Habits

• Heart and Habits by Greg Gifford

• The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life by Jeremy Pierre

Marriage & Family

• John Gottman

• Baker, Amy, ed. Caring for the Souls of Children: A Biblical Counselor’s Manual 

• Fitzpatrick, Elyse, and Jim Newheiser. When Good Kids Make Bad Choices: Help and Hope for Hurting Parents 

• Robert D. Jones. My Spouse Was Unfaithful: Finding Strength in God’s Presence 

• Jones, Robert D. Pursuing Peace: A Christian Guide to Handling Our Conflict

• Newheiser, Jim. Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (); You Never Stop Being a Parent ().

• Tripp, Paul David. Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make.

Medication 

• Descriptions and Prescriptions, Michael R. Emlet

Mental Disorders 

• The Heart of Man and Mental Disorders by Rich Thomson 

• The Psychological Anthropology of Wayne Edward Oates by Samuel Stephens

• Blame It on the Brain? by Ed Welch

Motivation 

• Motives: “Why I Do the Things I Do?” by Ed Welch

Sanctification

• David Powlison

Self-Esteem 

• Self-Image by Lou Priolo

• The Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, and Self-Image by Jay Adams 

• The Danger of Self Love by Paul Brownback

Shame

• Ed Welch

• Shame: Being Known and Loved, Esther Liu

Spiritual Warfare

• David Powlison