{"title":"Julie Lowe | Authors","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"author-info-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author-info-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/book-author\/julie-lowe-books\/\"\u003eJulie Lowe\u003c\/a\u003e, MA, LPC, RPT-S is a licensed professional counselor with over twenty-five years of counseling experience, as well as a registered play therapist supervisor. She has authored several books, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/christian-books-parenting-books-resources-child-proof-parenting-by-faith-not-formula\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChild Proof\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/christian-books-parenting-books-resources-safeguards-shielding-our-homes-and-equipping-our-kids\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSafeguards\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/christian-books-biblical-counseling-books-building-bridges-biblical-counseling-activities-for-children-and-teens\"\u003eBuilding Bridges\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and the minibooks\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/minibooks-parenting-guide-books-helping-your-child-with-a-bully-learning-to-respond-wisely\"\u003eHelping Your Child with a Bully\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/minibooks-parenting-guide-books-helping-your-anxious-child-what-to-do-when-worries-get-big\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHelping Your Anxious Child\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/minibooks-parenting-guide-books-teens-and-suicide-recognizing-the-signs-and-sharing-hope\"\u003eTeens and Suicide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Julie and her husband, Greg, have five children and serve as foster and adoptive parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item recent-articles\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"recent-articles-heading\"\u003eRecent Articles\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recent-articles-list\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.newgrowthpress.com\/are-you-building-up-or-tearing-down\/\"\u003eAre You Building Up or Tearing Down?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recent-articles-list\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.newgrowthpress.com\/thinking-through-bullying-with-your-child\/\"\u003eThinking Through Bullying With Your Child\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.newgrowthpress.com\/author\/julielowe\/\" class=\"author-page\"\u003eView more\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"child-proof-parenting-by-faith-not-formula","title":"Child Proof: Parenting by Faith Not Formula","description":"\u003csection data-role=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a freedom-over-formula parenting book for moms, dads, and caregivers of all ages, \u003cem\u003eChild Proof\u003c\/em\u003e provides biblical insight and encouragement for readers who want to parent by faith. As an experienced counselor of children and families and an adoptive and foster mom applying the CCEF model of biblical change, Julie Lowe uses Scripture and biblical wisdom to teach caregivers how to know their children and specifically love them with the love of Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvery family is unique, which is why \u003cem\u003eChild Proof\u003c\/em\u003e explores the need for parents to cultivate personal and intimate care for their children as modeled in God's individual, personal, and fatherly care to his children. This child-rearing book lays a foundation of parenting by faith and progresses by teaching readers how they can know their own kids well and raise them accordingly. By discussing particular issues moms and dads might have in family life, Lowe demonstrates how formulas aren't the answer, and parenting with biblical wisdom is best for a proactive rather than reactive approach to parenting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough Lowe's personal and professional experience, moms, dads, and caregivers, as well as those helping parents—pastors, counselors, youth workers, and churches—will discover gospel-centered application rather than formulas for the ideal family, equipping guardians to be experts at knowing their own children so they can know Scripture and live it out personally in their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy establishing a mind-set rather than a model or a step-by-step \"how to\" approach to parenting, \u003cem\u003eChild Proof\u003c\/em\u003e empowers readers to come up with their own blueprint for their families through a biblical framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Julie Lowe","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":49952549109989,"sku":"9781948130158","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49952549142757,"sku":"9781948130165","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49952549175525,"sku":"9798891533660","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/5617\/9173\/files\/Child-Proof-Frontcover__12064.1753471420.1280.1280.jpg?v=1783356520"},{"product_id":"helping-your-anxious-child-what-to-do-when-worries-get-big","title":"Helping Your Anxious Child: What to Do When Worries Get Big","description":"\u003csection data-role=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen your child is anxious, it's easy to get anxious too. You want to help your child regain a sense of peace and safety, but how can you? This world is big and scary, and sometimes our worries get big too.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJulie Lowe, a skilled family counselor with more than twenty years of experience, guides parents in assessing their child's anxiety and gives practical ways to encourage and help worried children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe leads parents away from quick fixes that contribute to dependencies and points them to Christ, the One who is always available, loving, and powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Julie Lowe","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":49952550912229,"sku":"9781948130394","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49952550944997,"sku":"9781948130417","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49952550977765,"sku":"9798891532441","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/5617\/9173\/files\/Helping-Your-Anxious-Child__70139.1753471432.1280.1280.jpg?v=1783356641"},{"product_id":"teens-and-suicide-recognizing-the-signs-and-sharing-hope","title":"Teens and Suicide: Recognizing the Signs and Sharing Hope","description":"\u003csection data-role=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany teenagers are not navigating adolescence successfully. Often, even though they have material things, the latest electronics, and spending money, they can be stressed, unhappy, and feel directionless. For an increasing number of teenagers, their struggle to manage pressures and expectations leads them to consider suicide as their only means of escape.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily and children's counselor Julie Lowe takes a look at some of the reasons teenagers are increasingly vulnerable to suicide and what factors lead to it. She offers helpful advice for all those who work with teenagers to recognize suicide warning signs and shares ways to guard against hopelessness and help them find reasons to live.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoving, trustworthy adults (parents, mentors, youth workers, and friends) need to establish solid relationships with teenagers that will serve as the basis for the direction and instruction that they still acutely need. Teenagers long to be known and accepted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiving them a solid foundation that they are known and loved by God, as well as displaying care, sacrificial giving, genuine compassion, faith in Christ, and being there for them builds a foundation that will not be easily shaken and will provide a lifeline to teens who are struggling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Julie Lowe","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":49952579453157,"sku":"9781645070061","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49952579485925,"sku":"9781645070085","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/5617\/9173\/files\/Teens-and-Suicide__27034.1753471453.1280.1280.jpg?v=1783358135"},{"product_id":"building-bridges-biblical-counseling-activities-for-children-and-teens","title":"Building Bridges: Biblical Counseling Activities for Children and Teens","description":"\u003csection data-role=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Note: To access PDF versions of the activity pages from this book, please \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.sharepoint.com\/:f:\/s\/ProductDownloads\/IgBkRN8PabwcRYK-kQo5eUizAQBqzD6PCBQiE_ixCADTlKY\"\u003eclick on this link\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnowing how to approach children and teens in counseling can be a challenge. Learning to enter into their world and draw them out can sometimes feel impossible. But with Julie Lowe's \u003cem\u003eBuilding Bridges\u003c\/em\u003e—a practical workbook of expressive activities to do with kids and teens in counseling—you will find the biblical tools you're looking for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has ever heard a child say, \"I don't know\" in answer to a question about what they are thinking and feeling or about why they acted a certain way, will be thankful for these thoughtful, biblically wise, and creative ways to engage young people. Julie Lowe, drawing on decades of experience in counseling children has compiled helpful, practical ways to speak the gospel into children and teenager's lives. By building bridges with young people, we can build bridges with them to the Lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith over fifteen years of counseling experience and by working as a registered play therapist supervisor, Julie Lowe understands there is a need to speak truth and hope into the lives of children and teens in a hands-on, meaningful way. That's why the activities and reproducible worksheets in \u003cem\u003eBuilding Bridges \u003c\/em\u003ecan be used over and over in multiple contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of CCEF's Helping the Helper series, this workbook walks counselors, teachers, parents, and caregivers through the rationale for expressive activities, provides examples, and then shows counselors how to do it themselves. Upon the purchase of this product, customers will be given access to downloadable, colorized versions of each of the interactive charts and graphics, with the option of creating printable posters for their ministry. By pointing to the Lord through expressive mediums, counselors and youth workers will be able to reach kids and teens in a unique, biblical way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Julie Lowe","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":49952603865317,"sku":"9781645070504","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49952603898085,"sku":"9781645070528","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/5617\/9173\/files\/Building-Bridges-Frontcover__75623.1753471401.1280.1280.jpg?v=1783358809"},{"product_id":"safeguards-shielding-our-homes-and-equipping-our-kids","title":"Safeguards: Shielding Our Homes and Equipping Our Kids","description":"\u003csection data-role=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by Paul David Tripp\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecause children are vulnerable, they need to be protected. After more than two decades as a family counselor, Julie Lowe has seen how important it is to help parents and caregivers think wisely and biblically about the dangers children face. Instead of living in fear or denial, parents and caregivers can equip children to assess people and situations and model for them how to live by faith in a world where evil exists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLowe helps parents and caregivers teach the safety skills that will help protect their children from mistreatment, unsafe situations, violence, bullying, cyber-crimes, predatory behavior, sexting, abuse, and other kinds of danger that they might encounter. The safety skills that are needed at every stage preschool, elementary-age, teens, and college-bound are discussed and applied in an age-appropriate way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSafeguards\u003c\/em\u003e provides tools, skills, and resources to help when faced with uncomfortable, challenging, or dangerous situations. Instead of growing more anxious, parents and caregivers can grow in a biblical understanding of the type of dangers and issues children and young people might face, learn how to instill confidence and conviction in responding to new or fearful situations, and distinguish safe vs. unsafe people and situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Julie Lowe","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":49952713769189,"sku":"9781645072867","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49952713801957,"sku":"9781645072874","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49952713834725,"sku":"9798891532656","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/5617\/9173\/files\/Safeguards-Cover__41141.1753471448.1280.1280.jpg?v=1783362790"},{"product_id":"helping-your-child-with-a-bully-learning-to-respond-wisely","title":"Helping Your Child with a Bully: Learning to Respond Wisely","description":"\u003csection data-role=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's hard to know what to do when you see your child struggling with a bully. Do you encourage them to tell an authority figure? Call the other child's parents? Intervene? What is the right response?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's always important to take bullying seriously and to guide your child in how to respond when it happens to them or those around them. Experienced family and children's counselor Julie Lowe offers tips for discerning the nature of the concerning behavior, gives practical advice for the best ways to respond, and points parents to the wisdom from God that comes as we ask him for guidance and help. She encourages parents to start by being a source of comfort and understanding, helping a child identify safe people to go to, and role-playing appropriate responses to mean behavior. Reminding children that their value comes from Jesus and that he is always with them will help counteract the temptation for retribution, mishandling of conflict, or falling into isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Julie Lowe","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":49952785400037,"sku":"9781645074588","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49952785432805,"sku":"9781645074595","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/5617\/9173\/files\/Helping-Your-Child-with-a-Bully__71042.1753471410.1280.1280.jpg?v=1783365490"},{"product_id":"safeguards-school-curriculum-equipping-kids-with-safety-skills-usb-drive","title":"Safeguards School Curriculum: Equipping Kids with Safety Skills (USB Drive)","description":"\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause child abuse occurs even in faith-based communities, the Safeguards School Curriculum for elementary and homeschool teaches children how to assess and respond to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003epotentially unsafe situations and people. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis six-week curriculum\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eteaches elementary grades abuse awareness and prevention from a biblical worldview, based on the principles in the book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSafeguards,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by family counselor Julie Lowe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by Lowe, Lynne Little, and Angela Ruiz,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eall with extensive experience in counseling, education, and curriculum formation, the curriculum \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eemphasizes scriptural truth as the foundation for developing the wisdom and discernment needed by children to be safe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe curriculum is divided into two age levels (K–grade 2 and grades 3–5) and employs stories, puppets, role plays, crafts, and a variety of hands-on activities to teach about wisdom and discernment. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTopics addressed include learning to say no, respect and privacy, being lost, and bullying. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelps teachers and parents gain a biblical understanding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof both the dangers children face and God’s power to overcome. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach lesson includes a take-home paper to educate and equip parents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to continue the conversations started at school.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeveloped in partnership with the Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which provides awareness, accreditation, and resources to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristian organizations who are serving children. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/book-author\/julie-lowe\/?showHidden=true\"\u003eJulie Lowe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, MA, LPC, RPT-S is a licensed professional counselor with over twenty-five years of counseling experience, as well as a registered play therapist supervisor. She has authored several books, including \u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/christian-books\/parenting-books-resources\/child-proof-parenting-by-faith-not-formula\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChild Proof\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/christian-books\/parenting-books-resources\/safeguards-shielding-our-homes-and-equipping-our-kids\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSafeguards\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/christian-books\/biblical-counseling-books\/building-bridges-biblical-counseling-activities-for-children-and-teens\/\"\u003eBuilding Bridges\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and the minibooks\u003cem\u003e \u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/new-releases\/upcoming-books\/helping-your-child-with-a-bully-learning-to-respond-wisely\/\"\u003eHelping Your Child with a Bully\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/minibooks\/parenting-guide-books\/helping-your-anxious-child-what-to-do-when-worries-get-big\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHelping Your Anxious Child\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/minibooks\/parenting-guide-books\/teens-and-suicide-recognizing-the-signs-and-sharing-hope\/\"\u003eTeens and Suicide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Julie and her husband, Greg, have five children and serve as foster and adoptive parents.\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection\u003eThe Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention (\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/book-author\/ecap\/?showHidden=true\"\u003eECAP\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e) is a national association of Christian ministries dedicated to child and youth protection. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ecap.net\/\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"%%GLOBAL_ShopPathSSL%%\/book-author\/ecap\/?showHidden=true\"\u003eECAP\u003c\/a\u003e does this primarily through established Child Safety Standards which are the basis for an independent validation process which results in accreditation. 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Written by Lowe, Lynne Little, and Angela Ruiz, all with extensive experience in counseling, education, and curriculum formation, the curriculum emphasizes scriptural truth as the foundation for developing the wisdom and discernment needed by children to be safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe curriculum is designed for ages 7 through 11 (grades 2 through 5). 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