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  When Hurting People Come To Church

  $22.99

  People are hurting at a scale we’ve never seen. They’re dealing with an onslaught of issues like anxiety, grief, mental illness, family troubles, and hopelessness. Pastors and counselors can’t see everyone in need. This book can help.

  Based on national research with more than 2,000 church leaders, social researcher and bestselling author Shaunti Feldhahn and psychologist and professor Dr. James Sells show how this is the church’s moment -and present a tested vision that is already thriving in churches of every size across the country!

  We have an incredible opportunity to bring healing to the hurting, take the load off of the already-too-busy pastor and counselor, and grow healthy church communities of care–for now and many years to come.

  Today, we face a dramatic rise in every psychological and spiritual need, just as affordable counseling solutions are more difficult to find. For perspective, 25 million people–more than the population of Florida–are not getting help for severe anxiety alone. Enter the church and millions of Christian lay people who understand brokenness, grace, and the power of relationship.

  In every community, the church has the opportunity to be a key place people go for help . In fact, church growth experts describe this type of church care ministry as the evangelism, discipleship, and church growth method of the 21st century.

  This book will share how this works, and equip you as a busy leader to:

  *understand the mental health crisis in your community

  *raise up motivated lay people within the church to help address the spiritual and emotional needs of the hurting

  *partner with counselors and other mental health professionals most effectively

  *organize the church’s time and resources to reach the most people, while freeing you to step in where you are most needed

  *grow your outreach to your community

  Don’t miss this opportunity to meet people’s needs, grow your people, and grow your church.

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  Ministering To Families In Crisis

  $59.99

  A Guide for Ministry Leaders to Provide Mental Health First Aid

  When people encounter a crisis, they often turn to ministry leaders, who may feel unprepared to guide them. Families face a multitude of challenges, from depression and anxiety to relational conflict to trauma and abuse. Providing the right resources and tools to help church members navigate their journeys is a solid starting place for every pastor and ministry leader.

  Ministering to Families in Crisis provides leaders with an essential shelf reference for supporting your community’s mental and emotional health. In each chapter, Christian leaders with unique expertise address common ministry challenges, providing evidence-based insights and practical suggestions. The book covers a full range of topics affecting families, marriages, children, and teens-including mental illness, LGBTQ+ issues, divorce, disability, poverty, racial trauma, and technology use. Contributors guide leaders on how to provide care and when to offer referrals.

  Whatever members’ background or experience, the church is a spiritual family that God designed to contribute to their formation and sense of belonging. This book gives ministers the tools and encouragement they need to help family members find hope amid the storms of life.

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  Family Therapies : A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal (Revised)

  $64.99

  Preface
  Part 1: Foundational Considerations
  1. A Christian Understanding For Family Therapy
  2. Historical Foundations Of Family Therapy

  Part 2: Models Of Family Therapy
  3. Bowenian Family Therapy
  4. Strategic Family Therapy
  5. Structural Family Therapy
  6. Psychodynamic Family Therapy
  7. Contextual Family Therapy
  8. Experiential Family Therapy
  9.. Solution-Focused Family Therapy
  10. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy
  11. Narrative Family Therapy
  12. Toward An Integrative Christian Family Therapy

  Part 3: Integration Of Family Theory With Critical Issues In Psychotherapy
  13. Crisis And Trauma
  14. Attending To Marital Conflict
  15. Separation, Divorce And Remarriage
  16. Individual Psychopathology
  17. Substance Abuse
  18. Gender, Culture, Economic Class And Race
  19. Sexual Identity

  Part 4: Casting A Vision
  20. Casting A Vision For Christian Family Therapy
  Author Index
  Subject Index

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  Christian therapists doing family therapy have never had a resource to help them navigate the various family therapy theories from a Christian perspective–until now. In this book Mark A. Yarhouse and James N. Sells survey the major approaches to family therapy and treat, within a Christian framework, significant psychotherapeutic issues. The wide array of issues covered includes crisis and traumamarital conflictseparation, divorce and blended familiesindividual psychopathologysubstance abuse and addictionsgender, culture, economic class and racesexual identity Calling for an integrated approach of “responsible eclecticism,” they conclude with a vision for Christian family therapy. A landmark work providing critical Christian engagement with existing models of family therapy, this volume was written for those studying counseling, social work, psychology or family therapy. Family Therapies will also serve as an indispensable resource for those in the mental health professions, including counselors, psychologists, family therapists, social workers and pastors.

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