Recommended Christian Counseling Books and Workbooks
Certain books are required and other's recommended as part of your therapy.
Christian Counseling books on addictions and recovery
In our experience the following books are the best on addictions and recovery from different types of addictions.
Transformation: Three chapters on Bible models about addictions.
At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry: Recovery from sexual addiction by a recovered addict.
When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart: Recovery for the wives of sexual addicts by the wife of the author of At the Alter of sexual idolatry.
Conquering Chemical Dependency: The best Christian 12 step workbook on recovery from alcohol and drug addictions with Bible verses.
The Final Freedom: By another recovered sexual addict with a focus on sexual reprogramming.
Freedom from Addiction: Using your position in Christ to overcome addictions for those with a good biblical foundation.
Freedom from Addiction Workbook: Companion workbook for Freedom from Addictions.
Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addictions: Previously titled Faithful and True. Again by a sexually addicted pastor who recovered.
Overcoming Addictive Behavior: Another book by Neil Anderson on addictions.
Preventing Homosexuality: A book for parents from the best known author on the subject of Homosexuality.
Out of Egypt: Deliverance from the Lesbian Lifestyle.
Into the Promised Land: Life after the Lesbian Lifestyle.
Reparative Therapy for Male Homosexuals: The classic theory book on the recovery from homosexuality.
Homosexual No More: Recovery from Homosexuality through Christ
When You Love Too Much: Classic book on romance, relationship, and sexual addiction.
Treating Child Sex Offenders and Victims: The most definitive book on treating pedophiles.
The power of Right Believing: Overcoming fear, guilt and addiction by understanding the unmerited favor and love of God for us based on what Christ has already accomplished on the cross.
Christian Counseling Books on Codependency
In our experience the following books are the best on codependency and recovery from different types of codependency.
Transformation: This book has the most in-depth overview of codependency, six chapters on the different types of codependency and biblical models for each.
Conquering Codependency: This is the classical 12 steps program for codependency with associated Bible verses and is the best for support groups. It is the best for the Dependent Rescuer and the Independent Worldly Success types of codependency. (This book may be purchased cheaper directly from the publisher at www.mcgeeandme.net.)
Untangling Relationships: This book delves deeper into the relation aspects of codependency and is the best alternative for Dependent Rescuers.
Love is a Choice: This is the classic book on codependency and is best for the Dependent Passive type.
Love is a choice workbook: This is the companion workbook for the Love is a Choice book.
Boundaries: This is the classic method for addressing the extremes of codependency.
Boundaries Workbook: This is the companion workbook for the Boundaries Book.
Experincing God Workbook: Although this is a spiritual growth work book it is the best treatment for the Responsibility Avoidant type of codependency.
Codependent No More: This is the classic first secular book on codependency.
Codependent No More Workbook. This is the companion workbook for Codependent No More.
Christian Counseling Books on Marriage and Family Counseling
Transformation: Chapters on the dysfunctional family and boundaries.
Hidden Keys: Classic book on gender differences; half of him and half for her.
Love and Respect: Women need love and men respect or you end in the crazy cycle.
The DNA of Relationships: Classic book on taking responsibility of for yourself.
Attachment: Classic Christian book on attachment that determine how you attach.
Safe Haven Marriage: Application of attachment to marriage.
His Needs Her Needs: Classic book on gender needs and basis of the "love bank theory."
Love Busters: Identifying and removing the negative in the marriage.
The Languages of Love: The five ways we want to give and receive love.
Boundaries for Teens: How to set boundaries for your teens.
Boundaries in Families: How to set boundaries in your family.
Boundaries for Children: How to set boundaries with younger children.
Love and logic for Children: How to parent with both love and consequences.
Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: How to parent teens. Many unique ideas.
Before a Bad Goodbye: Why marriages fail and how to save them.
Christian Counseling books on Emotions
In our experience the following books are the best on handling emotions.
Transformation: Book has four chapters on Bible models for overcoming dominating emotions including Hurts, wounds, and scares, depression, grief, and suicide.
The Freedom from Depression Workbook: Has a excellent quick survey and methods for treating depression.
The Battlefield of the Mind: Classic by Joyce Meyers.
Be Anxious for Nothing: Also by Joyce but for dealing with anxiety.
Living Beyond Feelings: Feelings do not have to dominate you.
Managing Your Emotions: You can manage your emotions.
Do yourself a Favor...Forgive: You can learn to forgive.
Helping People Through Grief: You will live through grief.
Choosing to Forgive Workbook: Forgiveness is a Choice.
The power of Right Believing: Overcoming fear, guilt and addiction by understanding the unmerited favor and love of God for us based on what Christ has already accomplished on the cross.
Christian Counseling Books on Self-Image, Self-worth and Significance
In our experience the following books are the best on self-worth and significance issues.
Faith Therapy: Probably the most specific book on overcoming self-worth and significance issues.
Transformation: Has a complete chapters on overcoming inferiority and feelings of abandonment.
Search for Significance: The classical book on this issue.
Root of Rejection: The effects of rejection and the answers for recovery.
Approval Addiction: The trap of basing one's worth on the approval of others.
The power of Right Believing: Overcoming fear, guilt and addiction by understanding the unmerited favor and love of God for us based on what Christ has already accomplished on the cross.n our performance but on what Jesus had done on the cross and has freely given us and the gifts of righteousness and of no condemnation.
Unmerited favor: All that is required to receive God's unmerited favor is to receive his free gift of grace and realize that we do not merit it. He loves us unconditionally and has already forgiven us based on the fact that Jesus took the punishment for all of our sin and given us the gift of His righteousness without works on our part.Revelations That Will Set You Free: The eight steps of spiritual growth according to 2 Peter Chapter 1 provide a road map to spiritual maturity.
Christian Counseling Books on Spiritual Growth
In our experience the following books are the best on spiritual issues and growth.
The Pursuit of God: A classic on getting to know God.
Experiencing God: One of the best known workbooks on learning to know God.
Knowing God: Another classic on getting to know God.
The God Chasers: The experience of pursuing God.
God Attachment: Recent research on attachment theory as it applies to God.
The Christians Secret to a Happy Life: A classic on the protection of God.
The Spiritual Man: One of the deepest books ever on understanding the spirit.
Destined to Reign: Recent best seller on the covenant, grace, and love of God.
Unmerited Favor: Explains the grace of God in a way that sets you free.
The power of Right Believing: Overcoming fear, guilt and addiction by understanding the unmerited favor and love of God for us based on what Christ has already accomplished on the cross.
The Miracle of the Scarlet Thread: The New Covenant as revealed in the old.
The Triumphant Church: The key to victory in spiritual warfare.
God Speaks Your Love Language: Learn the 5 Love Languages of God similar to human love languages.
Bible Faith Study Course: Kenneth Hagin on the subject of faith.