Books
While much change can come within the therapy session itself, there are many great resources you can use in your everyday life! Below you will find reading material and other useful tools to help you on your journey.
General
The Healing Path
By Dan Allender
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil
By M. Scott Peck
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
By Brene Brown
Boundaries for Your Soul
By Alison Cook PhD, Kimberly Miller MTh LMFT
Perfection
Perfecting Ourselves to Death
By Dr. Richard Winter
The Gift of Imperfection
By Brene Brown
The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves
By Curt Thompson
Body Image & Weight
Body Kindness: Transform your health from the inside out—never say diet again
By Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN
Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight
By Linda Bacon, PhD. And Lucy Aphramore, PhD. RD
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
By Linda Bacon
Made to Crave
By Lysa Terkeurst
Relationships
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting or Self-Involved Parents
By Lindsay C. Gibson
Bold Love
By Dan Allender
Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Embracing Love: Living on the Other Side of Disconnected Relationships
By Steve Benson
The Emotionally Absent Mother
By Jasmin Lee Cori MS LPC
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
By Susan Forward
Brainspotting
Brainspotting: The Revolutionary New Therapy for Rapid and Effective Change
By David Grand
Splankna
I Give You Authority
By Charles H. Kraft
Splankna: Here, Let Me help…
By Sarah J. Thiessen
UpperDogs: Christians have the Advantage, It’s Time to Take It.
By Sarah Thiessen and Heather Hughes
Spirituality
A Praying Life
By David Powlison
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
By Peter Scazzero
The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God
By Brent Curtis and John Eldredge
Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
By Diane Langberg
Trauma
Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores
By Diane Langberg
The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease
By Robert Scaer
The Body Keeps the Score
By Bessel van der Kolk
When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection
By Gabor Maté, M.D.
Sexual Abuse
Healing the Wounded Heart
By Dan Allender
On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the Door to Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
By Diane Langberg
The Wounded Heart
By Dan Allender
Kids
What to Do When You Grumble Too Much: (A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Negativity)
By Dawn Huebner
What to Do When You Worry Too Much ( A Kids’ Guide to Overcoming Anxiety)
By Dawn Huebner
What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck (A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD)
By Dawn Huebner
What to Do When Your Temper Flares (A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems with Anger)
By Dawn Huebner
Parenting
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
By Adele Faber
No-Drama Discipline
By Dan Siegel
