'Round About the Church - Pastor's Study
Psychological Testing:
Principles, Applications, and Issues
Author - Robert M. Kaplan & Dennis P. Saccuzzo
Publisher - WadsworthThis book is a valuable tool for clergy, professional and lay counselors within the church. Areas of important information is covered most clergy have no workable knowledge of and this kind of a tool can help bridge the information gap for counselors as they work with their respective congregations. It can help them be better able to understand and speak the language as well as understand the problems their people are dealing with from a more holistic perspective. Extremely well written!
- Favorite Features -
- This resource offers insights for understanding
- psychological testing
- information on specific tests themselves
- making sense out of the scoring
- the role of reliability and validity
- helpful diagrams
('round about the church would like to thank Pastor Nate Wagner for reviewing this resource for us!)
How Can I Help
Author - Lynda Elliott
Publisher - Chosen/Baker BooksThis book offers sound, practical easy to find and understand help. Extremely well done Lynda and Chosen/Baker Books!
- Favorite Features -
- looks at how to help, listen and offer comfort
- looks at helping people who grieve, are ill, angry, depressed, have been betrayed, have a poor self image, have been abused, are bitter and fearful
- written in a question/answer format - very helpful
- uses Scripture throughout
- encourages people to celebrate their achievements
Fearless
Author - Cheri Fuller
Publisher - Revell/Baker BooksSo many people struggle with fear, this book is an excellent resource to find help to overcome their fear. Extremely well done Cheri, Revell/Baker Books!
- Favorite Features -
- true stories throughout of how real women faced and dealt with their fear
- looks at fear and what it does to us
- walks through how to rely on trust in God to find real peace
- how to overcome fear about -
- our children
- finances
- fear that harms our relationships
- flying
- childhood fears
- failure
- health
- disaster
- discussion/study questions for each chapter
- Scripture throughout to show God's best for us - overcoming fear
Overcoming Addictive Behavior
Authors - Neil T. Anderson & Mike Quarles
Publisher - Regal BooksThis book is written to help people understand addiction and how to find real freedom from it. Extremely well done Neil, Mike and Regal Books!
- Favorite Features -
- going deeper questions at the end of each chapter to help you think through and apply
- looks at reasons why people become addicted
- looks at solution in God's love and grace and how to have freedom in Christ
- walks through choices people need to make for freedom
- looks at strongholds and how to overcome them
- includes "Who I Am in Christ" and the Overcomers Covenant in Christ
Conquering Depression
Authors - Mark Sutton & Bruce Hennigan
Publisher - Broadman & HolmanI like the emphasis on the physical aspects that effect depression and that the authors combine that with the truth from God's Word for a complete and effective tool that can genuinely help people conquer depression. Tremendously well done Mark, Bruce and Broadman & Holman!
- Favorite Features -
- 30 daily studies designed to help walk a person through their depression and begin to heal
- each study has -
- power to win - thoughts by authors and Scripture
- Strength for today - Christian perspective
- Tools for tomorrow - Scripture and questions to help heal
- summary
- Physicians fact
- includes LifeLifter cards - daily reminders of what you are learning
Know Fear
Author - Ed Young Jr.
Publisher - Broadman & HolmanThis book is an excellent resource for a pastor to read and then pass on to those he is trying to help with their struggle with fear. Extremely well done Ed and Broadman & Holman!
- Favorite Features -
- walks through six common phobias and God's solutions
- each chapter ends with Facing Life's Phobias and reviews main points from the chapter -
- includes Scripture that relates
- four stages to work through your fear
- shows how to face fear by knowing -
- God has forgiven us
- we have the power to change
- we can have freedom from fear
- we have eternal security
- encouraging, challenging
the
Minirth Guide for
Christian Counselors
Author - Frank Minirth
Publisher - Broadman & HolmanI really like how this book emphasizes the need to rule out physical causes first and goes on to provide useful information to help counselors help others find real answers. Tremendously well done Frank and Broadman & Holman!
- Favorite Features -
- starts with the basics of Christian Counseling
- each chapter ends with summary questions
- walks through seven steps in Christian Counseling
- emphasizes ruling out physical problems first
- walks through identifying and helping people with -
- burnout
- worry
- guilt
- God's Will
- losing weight
- overcoming poor grades
- anger
- information on things like -
- characteristics of Mental Disorders
- basic look at DSM-IV
- sample forms/releases/evaluations/reports/progress notes
- genetic factors in Psychiatric Disorders
- physical causes of psychological problems
- psychiatric medications
- Christian perspective of secular therapies
- looks at skills a Christian Counselor needs - emphasizes ability to use Scripture
Understanding People
Author - Dr. Larry Crabb
Publisher - ZondervanFilled with solid information and insight firmly grounded in God's Word, this is a must read for any who want to be used of God to help those who struggle with issues in their lives. Tremendously well done Dr. Crabb and Zondervan!
- Favorite Features -
- clearly takes a stand for the Bible being essential to truly helping people
- challenges pastors to stop referring people to "professional" counselors
- shows how "christian" counselors are only Christian when they center their counsel in God's Word and challenge their counselees to confess/forsake sin and choose to live as God directs in the Bible
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