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 some of my favorite reading material, websites, and other useful tools to help you on your journey.
Career & Life Planning
- Book: “Twenty Someone: Finding Yourself in a Decade of Transition” by Craig Dunham & Doug Serven
- Book: “What You Do Best In the Body Of Christ” by Bruce L. Bugbee
- Website: Myers Briggs Test – Free Personality Assessment
- Website: O*Net – Occupation database
- Website: USA Job Bank – Job opportunities
Family & Parenting
- Book: “Boundaries With Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Kids” by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
- Book: “Boundaries With Teens” by Dr. John Townsend
- Book: “The Price of Privilege” by Madeline Levine
- Book: “Losing Control and Liking It: How to Set Your Teen (and Yourself) Free” by Tim Sanford
- Website: Center for Parent/Youth Understanding – Parent resources for understanding today’s youth culture.
- Website: Focus on the Family – Resources for marriage, parenting, life and spiritual issues.
General Resources
- Book: “The Healing Path” by Dan Allender
- Book: “To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future” by Dan Allender
- Website: National Alliance on Mental Illness – Information and resources on mental illnesses.
- Website: National Institute of Mental Health – Health topics and research on mental illnesses.
- Document: Knowing Your Client Rights and Responsibilities (Courtesy of NBCC)
Grief & Loss
- Book: “Helping Those Who Hurt” by H. Norman Wright
- Website: GriefShare – An organization that offers grief recovery support groups
Identity
- Book: “Beyond Identity” by Dick Keyes
Perfectionism
- Book: “Perfecting Ourselves to Death” by Dr. Richard Winter
Relationships
- Book: “Bold Love” by Dan Allender & Tremper Longman
- Book: “Boundaries in Dating: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships” by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
- Book: “Boundaries In Marriage” by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
- Website: Focus on the Family – Resources for marriage, parenting, life and spiritual issues.
Sexual Abuse
- Book: “The Wounded Heart” by Dan Allender
- Book: “Healing the Wounded Heart” by Dan Allender
Spirituality
- Book: The Bible
- Book: “The Heart of Evangelism” by Jerram Barrs
- Book: “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren
- Website: Bible Gateway – Online Bible with various search options.
- Website: Blue Letter Bible – Helpful tools to understand Scripture more in depth.
- Website: Focus on the Family – Resources for marriage, parenting, life and spiritual issues.
Trauma
- Article: “Putting the Pieces Together: 25 Years of Learning Trauma Treatment” by Janina Fischer
- Book: “Getting Past Your Past” by Francine Shapiro
- Book: “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel Van Der Kolk
- Book: “The PTSD Workbook” by Williams & Poijula
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