Staff Picks – a Suggested Book List
Here are a few books and articles as recommended by our therapists. They are sorted by category if you wish learn more about a particular area.
Addictions
- Addiction and Grace – Gerald May
- Beyond Codependency: Getting better all the time – Melanie Beattie
- Codependent No More – Melanie Beattie
- Boundaries – Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Anxiety and Depression
- Overcoming Anxiety – Archibald Hart
- The Anxiety & Phobia Worbook – Edmund Bourne
- Freedom from Depression – Frank Minirth & Paul Meier
- Unmasking Male Depression – Archibald Hart
- Unveiling Depression in Women – Archibald Hart & Catherine Hart Weber
- I don’t Want to Talk about It – Terrence Real
- Shame & Grace – Lewis B. Smedes
Finances
- Your Money Counts – Howard Dayton
- Financial Faithfulness: Unlocking Scripture to Avoid the Distraction of Money – Roger Gum (2013)
Forgiveness
Grief and Loss
- Grief and Loss – Article by Ann Noonan, Agape Founder
- A Grief Observed – C.S. Lewis
- A Grief Disguised – Jerry Sittser
- The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis
- Where is God When It Hurts? – Philip Yancey
- Lament for a Son – Nicholas Wolterstorff
Holidays and Stress
Marriage & Dating Relationships
- Boundaries in Marriage – Henry Cloud & John Townsend
- Boundaries in Dating – Cloud & Townsend
- Getting the Love You Want – Harville Hendrix
- Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts – Les & Leslie Parrott
- The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
- Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
- Meaningful Marriage – Timothy Keller
Men’s Sexual Addiction
- Every Man’s Battle – Stephen Arterburn
- Faithful & True – Mark Laaser
- False Intimacy – Harry Schaumburg
- Living with Your Husband’s Secret Wars – Marsha Means
- The Sexual Man – Archibald Hart
Parenting
- Parenting Children with Love and Logic – Cline & Fay
- Parenting Teens with Love and Logic – Cline & Fay
- Shame Free Parenting – Sandra Wilson
- Talking to Your Kids about Sex – Mark Laaser
- The Five Love Languages of Children – Gary Chapman
- Raising a Modern Day Knight – Robert Lewis
- 5 Conversations You Must Have with your Daughter – Vicki Courtney
- 5 Conversations You Must Have with your Son – Vicki Courtney
Sexual Abuse
- A Door of Hope – Jan Frank
- The Wounded Heart – Dan Allender
- On the Threshold of Hope – Diane Mandt Langberg