Recommended Resources
- Focus on the Family. Thriving Pastor, free e-book provides church leaders with a summary of “Acute Mental Illness and Christian Faith, helps pastors identify mental illness and make effective referrals for Christian counseling.
- Focus on the Family Equips Pastors to Address Mental Illness
- Mood Disorders and a Reason to Live | Boundless … The impact of mood disorders, whose average onset is … Many people with depression drink, or use … transmitted “meaning,” such as church and family …
- The Anxiety Cure book; A Proven Method for Dealing with Worry, Stress and Panic Attacks, by Dr. Archibald Hart
- Emotionally Healthy Spirituality; It’s Impossible to be Spiritually Mature While Remaining Emotionally Immature; book by Peter Scazzero
- The Thorn in the Flesh; Hope for All Who Struggle with Impossible Conditions; book by R.T. Kendall
- Anxiety and your mental health podcast
- The link between anxiety and gratitude podcast
- Anxiety, Depression, medication and Jesus podcast
- Anxiety about school podcast
- Help me with anxiety podcast
- Anxiety, Stress and sleep podcast
- I need help for my anxiety!
- Porn and Addictive behavior in marriage podcast
- What does porn have to do with my mental health? podcast
- www.purelifeministries.org
- Sexual Temptation: How Christian workers can win the battle; by Randy Alcorn (1988).
- Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage: DVD by Mark Gungor
- Christian Counseling Today Magazine Vol. 22, No. 1. Re: Pornography & Sexual Addiction.
- Every Man’s Battle book by Stephen Afterburn & Stoeker, F. (2009)
- Finally Free; Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace; book by Heath Lambert
- When Your Husband is Addicted to Porn; Healing Your Wounded Heart; book by Vicki Tiede
- Reclaiming Surrendered Ground; Protecting Your Family from Spiritual Attacks, book by Jim Logan (2016)
- RAPHAHOUSE – Trafficking & Exploitation
- Focus On The Family
- Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age, by David Platt
- God believes in love by Gene Robinson
- Lead them Home –by Bill Henson
- Is God Anti-Gay? By Sam Allberry
- Preston Sprinkle – Centerforfaith.com Faith, Sexuality, Gender
- Counter Culture by David Platt
- God, the Gospel, and the Gay Challenge — A Response to Matthew Vines
- Messy Grace, by Caleb Kaltenbach
- Boundaries (Cloud and Townsend)
- Boundaries in marriage (Townsend)
- Boundaries with kids (Townsend)
- Daring Greatly (Brene brown)
- Codependent no more (Melonie Beatle)
- Addiction.com
- The Willow Center Treatment and Recovery, 515 North Green Street, Suite 402,
Brownsburg, IN 46112, Phone: (317) 852-3690; Fax: (317) 852-2766; - Teen Challenge provides a broad scope of help and information in every area of drug and alcohol abuse. 3728 W. Chestnut Expwy. Springfield, MO 65802, (417) 862-6969, www.teenchallenge.com
- Eaton, L., Holz, A., Waliszewski, B. The Vicious Truth About Drug Addiction and Alcoholism retrieved July 10, 2017 from Focus on the Family website.
- Teen Challenge provides a broad scope of help and information in every area of drug and alcohol abuse. 3728 W. Chestnut Expwy. Springfield, MO 65802, (417) 862-6969, www.teenchallenge.com
- The Willow Center Treatment and Recovery, 515 North Green Street, Suite 402,
Brownsburg, IN 46112, Phone: (317) 852-3690; Fax: (317) 852-2766;
(Out-Patient services)
- Boundaries with In-laws podcast
- Recommended resources from Focus on the Family
- Healthy Cell Phone boundaries
- Boundaries books
- Boundaries and Self worth podcast
- How to find peace in the midst of uncertainty open letter from our Director
- You Tube Videos with helpful tips during this time
- Tips for dealing with uncertain times
- An unusual way but helpful way to cope article
- When you’re nervous about COVID article
- Business tips and links
- Specific tips on different areas of your life
- Addictive behaviors during stressful times and what you can do (ZOOM recording)
- Helping kids handle loss and disappointment (from Focus on the Family)
- ZOOM Interview with a adoptive, working mother of 5 to talk about real ways moms can handle this time
- Radio interview on the Todd Huff Show discussing how to manage stress during COVID and in life
- Business Owners, including our Director, talk about how to thrive during COVID
- Building Organizational Resilience for Leaders
- Care to Change Youtube channel with several recordings with tips on different topics
- The Connected Child by Drs. Karyn Purvis and David Cross
- Creating Trauma-Informed Classrooms BY CASEY CALL, PH.D., KARYN PURVIS,
PH.D., SHERI R. PARRIS, PH.D., &DAVID CROSS, PH.D. - Dealing With Difficult Behavior
- Practical Solutions for Positive Change
- Griefshare group – griefshare.org This organization provides materials to help churches facilitate grief recovery support meetings, and assists individuals in connecting with these local groups.
- Endurance.org
- Grief and Loss Podcast
- Living with Healthy Grief
- The Grief of Infertility
- Experiencing Grief by H. Norman Wright
Sooner or later, we all face grief. Wright guides you through five essential stages: shock, rage, despair, release, and peace - Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers and Hope by Albert Y. Hsu
“After his father’s death, Hsu wrestled with intense emotional and theological questions surrounding suicide. While acknowledging that there are no easy answers, he draws on the resources of the Christian faith to point suicide survivors to the God who offers comfort in our grief and hope for the future.” - Parenting in the Midst of Tragedy by Glenn Lutjens
When trauma strikes a family, children may especially feel their life has been turned upside down. Circumstances may require change. But giving thought to how you can maintain familiar patterns—providing security through verbal, emotional, and physical support—can give your child the best opportunity to work through pain and uncertainty.
- Pluggedin.com & Joshshipp.com
- Hickem, C. (2012)“Unfriended: Parenting in a Social Media World”
- American Academy of Pediatrics: “Clinical Report –The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families(March, 2017).
- Parenting Techies–available
- How to Help Your Kids Find Fun Outside of Technology podcast
- Connecting with Kids in this age of technology podcast
- Focus on the Family
- His Needs Her Needs, Harley, W. (1986).
- Prepare-Enrich
- 9 Lies that Will Destroy Your Marriage and the Truth That Will Set Them Free (Smalley and Paul)
- Hope Restored
- How to Help Your Man podcast
- How to come out of this stronger. 5 stresses and ways to overcome those stresses
- Mental wellness tips from the Washington Post
- Practicing Self Care
- Self Care Tips from Stanford
- From Anger to Intimacy: How Forgiveness Can Transform Your Marriage Cunningham, Ted.,Smalley, Gary. (2009)
- Prepare/Enrich–Multiple Care To Change Counselors certified as Prepare/Enrich
Counselors. The Prepare Enrich process addresses couples communication, anger, and other marriage stressors
- Breaking Free from Abusive relationships podcast
- What Women Wished Pastors Knew: Understanding the Hopes, Hurts, Needs, and Dreams of Women in the Church by Denise George; Zondervan.
- Refuge from Abuse: Healing and Hope for Abused Christian Women by Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger; InterVarsity Press.
- Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know by Al Miles; Fortress Press.
- Violence in Families: What Every Christian Needs to Know by Al Miles; Fortress Press.
- The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing it! Stopping it! Surviving it! by Leslie Vernick; Harvest House.
- When “I Do” Becomes “I Don’t” by Laura Petherbridge; David C. Cook.
- A Dangerous Marriage: Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence by S. R. McDill and Linda McDill; Spire
- Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse by Marie Fortune; Harper, San Francisco.
- He Promised He’d Stop: Helping Women Find Safe Passage from Abusive Relationships by Michael Groetsch; Crisis Prevention Inst. Inc.
- Ending Violence in Teen Dating Relationships by Al Miles; Augsburg Fortress Publishers.
- Being the Church regarding racial reconciliation – Bethebridge.com
- Forging a path to racial reconciliation
- A Christian’s response to racial tension
- How to talk with your kids about racial differences
Alive to Thrive: A Biblical Guide to Preventing Teen Suicide – This program explores the social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of suicide. It’s written by Christian clinical experts and is designed to help parents, youth workers, ministry leaders, and teachers understand how suicide is a profoundly spiritual issue.
Alive to Thrive also features videos of church workers, healthcare providers, and young people discussing their own struggles with suicidal thoughts and how the Bible provides clarity and comfort in a turbulent and confusing world.
E-book: Alive to Thrive: A Biblical Guide to Preventing Teen Suicide
- A Relentless Hope: Surviving the Storm of Teen Depression by Gary Nelson
Nelson offers compassionate, practical help for questions and concerns related to teen depression. The book “is written for teens, parents, teachers, pastors, and any who walk with the afflicted through this valley of the shadow of death.” - It’s Okay to Cry: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children Through the Losses of Life by H. Norman Wright
When a child experiences loss, whether it be small (a broken toy) or traumatic (the death of a friend or family member), they need to know it’s okay to cry. Wright’s advice equips you to assist those you love grieve and heal. Standing in the Shadow: Help and Encouragement for Suicide Survivors by June Cerza Kolf
Find gentle understanding and scriptural truth as you work through issues such as forgiveness, depression, guilt, anger, mourning, and acceptance.Too Soon to Say Goodbye: Healing and Hope for Victims and Survivors of Suicide by Susan Titus Osborn, Karen Kosman, and Jeenie Gordon
Whether you’ve lost a loved one to suicide or have thought about taking your own life, there’s hope to overcome the darkness.When Your Family’s Lost a Loved One: Finding Hope Together by David Guthrie and Nancy Guthrie
When your family’s lost a loved one, reminders are everywhere—a silent crib, an unused pillow … There’s no avoiding the pain, and each family member will grieve in their own way. But it is possible to find hope, joy, and unity again. Sharing from their personal journey through loss, the Guthries offer practical, compassionate help.- Parenting in the Midst of Tragedy
- Understanding and Coping With Trauma
- Dealing With Death
- Helping Bereaved Parents
- Question Persuade Respond – all about suicide prevention
- To be trained in suicide prevention or QPR, contact our Director, April Bordeau, who is a master QPR instructor
- 5 Key Differences Between Mental Illness and Spiritual Struggle
- Mental Illness & Medication vs. Spiritual Struggles & Biblical Counseling
- How therapy is different from talking with a friend podcast
Care to Change’s director, April Bordeu, and therapist Jean Crane, talk with Josh Hershberger with the Indiana Family Institute, on how to impact the mental health crisis. You can also find it on YouTube.