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Clinical Counselors have a belief system about how to best help others. We focus on the wellness model of mental health. Counselors believe that problems are developmental in nature and that an awareness of human growth and life-span development issues is a necessary part of helping others. The counselor's goal is to empower others to independently resolve their own problems in the future. A counselor emphasizes prevention, education and recognition of personal assets as ways of accomplishing this goal. Clinical counselors are unlike other mental health professionals in that we do not prescribe a medical model focusing on pathology. Rather that “curing” mental illness, counselors promote health within a holistic framework

As a Christian Counselor, there are added benefits for my counselees. A Christian Counselor has a worldview that integrates core Biblical principles to form a unified and meaningful response to the challenges and opportunities of life. A Christian Counselor understands that the Bible provides the best answers to life's most important questions and only by living in light of God's design can a person find emotional stability and personal fulfillment.

 

Recommended Readings:

Anger

The Anger Workbook – Carter

The Anger Trap – Carter

Anxiety

The Anxiety Cure – Hart

Bipolar Disorder

The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide – Miklowitz

The Unquiet Mind – Jamison

Depression

Happiness is a Choice – Minirith & Meier

A Sacred Sorrow – Card

Men's Issues

Every Man God's Man – Arterburn

Every Man's Battle – Arterburn

Every Other Weekend – Parker & Jones

Men and Sex – Penner & Penner

Not Even a Hint - Harris

Sheet Music – Leman

The Samson Syndrome - Atteberry

Ten Secrets for the Man in the Mirror - Morley

The Man in the Mirror - Morley

Wild at Heart - Eldredge

Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

Obsessive Compulsive Trap – Crawford

Parenting

Bringing up boys – Dobson

Child Named “It” - Pelzer

Dad, Do You Love Mom? - Strack

Every Child Can Succeed – Tobias

How to Parent Your Teen Without Losing Your Mind – Barnhill

How to Speak Alien – Ross

Making Your Children Mind Without Losing Yours – Leman

Parenting for Today's Adolescent – Rainey

Raising a Modern Day Knight – Lewis

The New Dare to Discipline - Dobson

The Way They Learn – Tobias

Why ADHD Doesn't Mean Disaster – Swanberg & Passno

Relationships

Art of Forgiving – Smedes

Be There – Trent

Bold Love – Allender

Boundaries – Cloud & Townsend

Caring Enough to Confront – Augsburger

Caring Enough to Forgive – Augsberger

Communication: The key to your marriage – Wright

Covenant Marriage – Chapman

Dealing with People You Can't Stand – Brinkman & Kirschner

Five Love Languages – Chapman (couples, men, singles, children, teen editions)

Forgive and Forget – Smedes

Fresh Start – Bruns & Whiteman

Living in a Step-family Without Being Stepped On – Leman (out of print)

Love and Respect – Eggerichs

Love Must Be Tough - Dobson

Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It – Jenkins

Purpose Driven Life – Warren

Relationships – Parrott & Parrott

The Prodigal Spouse - Carter

To Understand Each Other – Tournier

When Bad Things Happen to Good Marriages – Parrott & Parrott

Winning the Heart of Your Stepchild – Barnes

Women are Always Right, Men are Never Wrong – O'Conne r

Self-Help

Angry Men and the Woman Who Love Them – Hegstrom

Bondage Breaker - Anderson

Broken Children, Grown-up Pain – Hegstrom

Finding Contentment - Warren

Healing of Damaged Emotions – Seamands

Hiding from Love - Townsend

Learning to Slow Down & Pay Attention: A book for kids about ADD – Nadeau & Dixon

The Blessing – Smalley & Trent

The Cain and Able Syndrome - Carlson

The Pleasers – Leman (out of print)

Victory Over Darkness - Anderson

Spiritual Growth

Desiring God – Piper

Disappointment with God – Yancey

Epic – Eldredge

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire - Cymbala

Loving God – Colson

Sacred Romance - Eldredge

Sit, Walk, Stand - Nee

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse – Johnson & VanVonderen

The Body – Colson

The Listener - Blackstock

The Living Reminder - Nouwen

Toxic Faith – Arterburn

Waking the dead - Eldredge

January 26, 2006

 

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