Gifts for the Counselor

Transformative Friendships shares seven simple questions that will help you be intentional with your relationships and offers a springboard to deepening and strengthening friendships that will enrich your life. Building meaningful friendships is not...

Biblical counseling is not an easy calling. How do you effectively communicate the gospel to hurting people? Theological training and learning from other counselors are both key to growing in the wisdom, love, and skill needed to apply Scripture to...

Mobilizing Church-Based Counseling, the first book in the Church-Based Counseling series, provides a framework for guiding churches through the process of building a volunteer-led counseling ministry. Many churches would like to start a counseling...

Dr. Charles Hodges Jr. and a team of contributing physicians, health care professionals, and biblical counselors answer questions and offer solid biblical principles about counseling individuals with medical issues and address a variety of specific...

*Note: To access PDF versions of the activity pages from this book, please click on this link.Knowing 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...

What makes counseling biblical? What does the biblical counseling process entail? What is the focus of each stage of the process? Lauren Whitman, an experienced CCEF counselor, addresses these questions and more in A Biblical Counseling Process, sharing...

Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse is a comprehensive, Christ-centered response to the spiritual, emotional, and physical harm that domestic abuse causes to the abused spouse, the abusive spouse, and their children. Written by an experienced...

Overcoming your addiction is a hard journey, and while nothing makes that easy, it is worth it. Taking this journey one step at a time with the support of others with similar struggles will give much-needed support and help. If you are willing to...

Drawing from a wide range of resources and experts in Christian soul care, this book is a well-researched, easy-to-read, and practical guide for students and counselors both inside and outside of biblical counseling to better understand its aspects,...

Coming alongside struggling children can feel like an uphill battle. Yet children struggle with the same desires adults struggle with, are lured by the same lies adults fall prey to, and can find hope in the same source adults can find hope—in...

OCD, ADHD, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder . . . these are no longer just technical terms and medical diagnoses, they are part of our common vocabulary and culture. As Christians, we shouldn't isolate ourselves from this discussion or dismiss these important...

Facilitating Counseling Groups, the second book in the Church-Based Counseling series, provides training for lay leaders to guide a group-based church counseling ministry (G4 model) that addresses common life struggles. Leading a counseling group is...

When you're in a destructive relationship, it can be difficult to identify what is happening and how to respond. It is normal to be disoriented by the chaos of a destructive relationship, but you do not have to remain passive in response to your loved...

Is the church vulnerable to the pressures of governmental regulations regarding moral issues in counseling? How should biblical counselors navigate their responsibilities before God and government requirements? And what exactly are those requirements?...

Christian Book Awards 2023 FinalistIn the midst of challenging seasons of life there is hope. The CSB Life Counsel Bible, developed in partnership with Holman Bibles, is designed to equip readers with biblical truth and counsel on a wide range of topics...

Christian Book Awards 2023 FinalistIn the midst of challenging seasons of life there is hope. The CSB Life Counsel Bible, developed in partnership with Holman Bibles, is designed to equip readers with biblical truth and counsel on a wide range of topics...

Christian Book Awards 2023 FinalistIn the midst of challenging seasons of life there is hope. The CSB Life Counsel Bible, developed in partnership with Holman Bibles, is designed to equip readers with biblical truth and counsel on a wide range of topics...

Martin Luther was not only a theologian, a writer, and a preacher, he was a pastoral counselor who longed for peace with God. Now, 500 years after he posted his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church, his teachings on gospel-centered and...

Christian Book Awards 2023 FinalistIn the midst of challenging seasons of life there is hope. The CSB Life Counsel Bible, developed in partnership with Holman Bibles, is designed to equip readers with biblical truth and counsel on a wide range of topics...

Christian Book Awards 2023 FinalistIn the midst of challenging seasons of life there is hope. The CSB Life Counsel Bible, developed in partnership with Holman Bibles, is designed to equip readers with biblical truth and counsel on a wide range of topics...