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4 Facts About Teen Depression and How Parents Can Help
What is Addiction Anyway?
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Anxiety Disorders (for teens)
Books
Devotional
The Indwelling Life of Christ
Why do we keep failing even in our best efforts to live the Christian life? Because no one other than Jesus Christ can live it, for the simple reason that He is the Christian life! And only He can live it in our lives as well. Major W. Ian Thomas takes a refreshing look at the pure thrill of living victoriously as you embrace the living Savior's presence within you. The more you become genuinely and relentlessly available to Christ, the more He can take over so that your Christian walk becomes vibrant and effective! This inspiring devotional, along with the application questions at the end of each reading, will help you focus consistently on Jesus Himself.
Jesus Calling
Jesus Calling is a devotional filled with uniquely inspired treasures from heaven for every day of the year. After many years of writing in her prayer journal, missionary Sarah Young decided to listen to God with pen in hand, writing down whatever she believed He was saying to her. It was awkward at first, but gradually her journaling changed from monologue to dialogue. She knew her writings were not inspired as Scripture is, but journaling helped her grow closer to God. Others were blessed as she shared her writings, until people all over the world were using her messages. They are written from Jesus' point of view, thus the title Jesus Calling.
Personal Growth
Brokenness
Nancy DeMoss has discovered an irrefutable spiritual principle: before every great movement of God there is always a time of deep repentance. Here is her moving, true account of how God created that brokenness in others—and the astonishing revival that followed.
Sit Walk Stand
In this book, Watchman Nee takes an inspiring look at Ephesians and the believer's association with Christ, the world, and Satan. This book has become one of Watchman Nee's true classics. There is more spiritual guidance and affirmation in a mere 126 pages than you could ever imagine.
Relaxing with God
Pastor and dynamic communicator frees readers from the “do more,” “be more” mentality and illustrates the power of resting in the finality of the cross and the reality of the resurrection.
The Relational Soul
What does loneliness tell us? "Be it chronic or acute, slight or significant, loneliness is proof of our relational design. At the core of our being is this truth―we are designed for and defined by our relationships," former pastors Plass and Cofield write. "We were born with a relentless longing to participate in the lives of others. Fundamentally, we are relational souls." Our ability to make deep and emotionally satisfying connections rests on the capacity to trust, and we all know trust can be difficult. Early-life relational "programming" and patterns of attachment can serve as blueprints for relationships later in life, whether good or bad. But no matter our conditioning, God is out to reclaim and restructure the deepest terrain of the human soul by helping us shed our reactive "False Self" and put on our receptive "True Self.”
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (Brené Brown, Ph.D.)
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (Brené Brown, Ph.D.)
Healing
The Gift of Forgiveness
Charles Stanley, one of the most influential spiritual leaders of our day, shares the key to personal and even world peace in The Gift of Forgiveness. as Stanley points out that no sin is so shockingly evil it blocks God's forgiveness nor so trivial it negates the need for God's mercy, he shares the specifics of how to go about receiving and giving forgiveness. The Gift of Forgiveness reflects the heart of Stanley's teaching ministry. In this markedly helpful book, Stanley addresses such questions as how to practise a life of forgiveness in all your relationships and how to make forgiveness an ongoing, practical experience in your life.
Victory Over Depression
Looking to experience victory over anger, disappointment, and depression? Bob George reveals how Christ can break the power of unmet needs, unhealed hurts, and hopelessness in our lives. Victory Over Depression encourages readers by sharing examples of people who have been set free through the love of God.
Good Grief
For fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers, including NFL players and a former first lady, find comfort and rediscover hope after loss. Now this classic text is available in a new edition with a foreword by one of the nation's leading communicators of medical health care information. An afterword by the author's daughters tells how the book came to be. Good Grief identifies ten stages of grief--shock, emotion, depression, physical distress, panic, guilt, anger, resistance, hope, and acceptance but, recognizing that grief is complex and deeply personal, defines no "right" way to grieve. Good Grief offers valuable insights on the emotional and physical responses persons may experience during the natural process of grieving.
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity (Nadine Burke Harris, M.D.)
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Bessel van der Kolk M.D.)
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (Peter A Levine, Ph.D.)
Marriage and Family
Marriage! The Journey
The truths in Anne’s book, Marriage! The Journey, will show the way out of struggles and into God’s fulfillment within the marital relationship. Marriage! The Journey explains in a clear and simple way how the paradoxical nature of life in Christ is to be lived out in marriage. It gives the wonderful promises of God that can be experienced - how mates can live in God’s best, being satisfied, fulfilled, secure, and lifted as on eagles wings - even within marriage.
He Said, She Said
If you want help in doing ANYTHING, ask someone who is already successfully doing it. Bill and Anabel's marriage traveled the gamut of marriage from horrible to wonderful. Many counseling books are filled with "case studies" of people they've worked with. Bill and Anabel are their own "case study." They speak from their own experience and SHOW YOU how to turn a disastrous marriage into an exemplary one. People are people. Men are men and women are women. Bill shows men how to treat their wives like women and Anabel shows women how to treat men like men.
Families Where Grace is in Place
Christian parents want to do things right. They put their best efforts toward having a Christian marriage and raising Christian kids. But many end up tired, discouraged and feeling like failures. Why is that? The primary cause comes when Christian husbands, wives and parents focus on a spouse or child's behavior, then set out to apply pressure, make rules and control attitudes and responses. When people spend their lives trying to transform or "fix" their spouses and their kids, the natural result is exhaustion, depression and the hopeless sense of wanting to bail out of it all. Families Where Grace is in Place shares a message about how God's grace can transform relationships within a marriage and family.
Marriage Takes More Than Two
You may have read dozens of books on marriage. You've never read one like this. Guaranteed. Bill and Anabel Gillham have stood together before microphones in cities around the world. They've also talked face-to-face with hundreds of couples, one-on-one. Candid. Profound. And remarkably down-to-earth. The Gillham's are uniquely gifted at telling husbands and wives things they should know, without making them feel foolish. No pretense here.
Everyday Parenting: A Professional's Guide to Building Family Management Skills (Thomas J. Dishion, Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Stormshak, Ph.D., & Kathryn A. Kavanagh, Ph.D.)
Abuse
Controlling People
Learn how to 'break the spell' of control with Patricia Evans' new bestseller. Already hailed by Oprah Winfrey, Controlling People deals with issues big and small - revealing the thought processes of those who seek to control in order to provide a 'spell-breaking' mind-set for those who suffer this insidious manipulation. Invaluable insight and advice for those who seek support.
Why Does He do That
This fascinating investigation into what makes abusive men tick is alarming, but its candid handling of a difficult subject makes it a valuable resource for professionals and victims alike. Bancroft, the former co-director of Emerge, the nation's first program for abusive men, has specialized in domestic violence for 15 years, and his understanding of his subject and audience is apparent on every page. "One of the prevalent features of life with an angry or controlling partner is that he frequently tells you what you should think and tries to get you to doubt or devalue your own perceptions and beliefs," he writes.
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse
This helpful guide reveals how those who have been emotionally abused can overcome the past and rebuild their self-image.
The Indwelling Life of Christ
Why do we keep failing even in our best efforts to live the Christian life? Because no one other than Jesus Christ can live it, for the simple reason that He is the Christian life! And only He can live it in our lives as well. Major W. Ian Thomas takes a refreshing look at the pure thrill of living victoriously as you embrace the living Savior's presence within you. The more you become genuinely and relentlessly available to Christ, the more He can take over so that your Christian walk becomes vibrant and effective! This inspiring devotional, along with the application questions at the end of each reading, will help you focus consistently on Jesus Himself.
Jesus Calling
Jesus Calling is a devotional filled with uniquely inspired treasures from heaven for every day of the year. After many years of writing in her prayer journal, missionary Sarah Young decided to listen to God with pen in hand, writing down whatever she believed He was saying to her. It was awkward at first, but gradually her journaling changed from monologue to dialogue. She knew her writings were not inspired as Scripture is, but journaling helped her grow closer to God. Others were blessed as she shared her writings, until people all over the world were using her messages. They are written from Jesus' point of view, thus the title Jesus Calling.
Personal Growth
Brokenness
Nancy DeMoss has discovered an irrefutable spiritual principle: before every great movement of God there is always a time of deep repentance. Here is her moving, true account of how God created that brokenness in others—and the astonishing revival that followed.
Sit Walk Stand
In this book, Watchman Nee takes an inspiring look at Ephesians and the believer's association with Christ, the world, and Satan. This book has become one of Watchman Nee's true classics. There is more spiritual guidance and affirmation in a mere 126 pages than you could ever imagine.
Relaxing with God
Pastor and dynamic communicator frees readers from the “do more,” “be more” mentality and illustrates the power of resting in the finality of the cross and the reality of the resurrection.
The Relational Soul
What does loneliness tell us? "Be it chronic or acute, slight or significant, loneliness is proof of our relational design. At the core of our being is this truth―we are designed for and defined by our relationships," former pastors Plass and Cofield write. "We were born with a relentless longing to participate in the lives of others. Fundamentally, we are relational souls." Our ability to make deep and emotionally satisfying connections rests on the capacity to trust, and we all know trust can be difficult. Early-life relational "programming" and patterns of attachment can serve as blueprints for relationships later in life, whether good or bad. But no matter our conditioning, God is out to reclaim and restructure the deepest terrain of the human soul by helping us shed our reactive "False Self" and put on our receptive "True Self.”
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (Brené Brown, Ph.D.)
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (Brené Brown, Ph.D.)
Healing
The Gift of Forgiveness
Charles Stanley, one of the most influential spiritual leaders of our day, shares the key to personal and even world peace in The Gift of Forgiveness. as Stanley points out that no sin is so shockingly evil it blocks God's forgiveness nor so trivial it negates the need for God's mercy, he shares the specifics of how to go about receiving and giving forgiveness. The Gift of Forgiveness reflects the heart of Stanley's teaching ministry. In this markedly helpful book, Stanley addresses such questions as how to practise a life of forgiveness in all your relationships and how to make forgiveness an ongoing, practical experience in your life.
Victory Over Depression
Looking to experience victory over anger, disappointment, and depression? Bob George reveals how Christ can break the power of unmet needs, unhealed hurts, and hopelessness in our lives. Victory Over Depression encourages readers by sharing examples of people who have been set free through the love of God.
Good Grief
For fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers, including NFL players and a former first lady, find comfort and rediscover hope after loss. Now this classic text is available in a new edition with a foreword by one of the nation's leading communicators of medical health care information. An afterword by the author's daughters tells how the book came to be. Good Grief identifies ten stages of grief--shock, emotion, depression, physical distress, panic, guilt, anger, resistance, hope, and acceptance but, recognizing that grief is complex and deeply personal, defines no "right" way to grieve. Good Grief offers valuable insights on the emotional and physical responses persons may experience during the natural process of grieving.
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity (Nadine Burke Harris, M.D.)
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Bessel van der Kolk M.D.)
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (Peter A Levine, Ph.D.)
Marriage and Family
Marriage! The Journey
The truths in Anne’s book, Marriage! The Journey, will show the way out of struggles and into God’s fulfillment within the marital relationship. Marriage! The Journey explains in a clear and simple way how the paradoxical nature of life in Christ is to be lived out in marriage. It gives the wonderful promises of God that can be experienced - how mates can live in God’s best, being satisfied, fulfilled, secure, and lifted as on eagles wings - even within marriage.
He Said, She Said
If you want help in doing ANYTHING, ask someone who is already successfully doing it. Bill and Anabel's marriage traveled the gamut of marriage from horrible to wonderful. Many counseling books are filled with "case studies" of people they've worked with. Bill and Anabel are their own "case study." They speak from their own experience and SHOW YOU how to turn a disastrous marriage into an exemplary one. People are people. Men are men and women are women. Bill shows men how to treat their wives like women and Anabel shows women how to treat men like men.
Families Where Grace is in Place
Christian parents want to do things right. They put their best efforts toward having a Christian marriage and raising Christian kids. But many end up tired, discouraged and feeling like failures. Why is that? The primary cause comes when Christian husbands, wives and parents focus on a spouse or child's behavior, then set out to apply pressure, make rules and control attitudes and responses. When people spend their lives trying to transform or "fix" their spouses and their kids, the natural result is exhaustion, depression and the hopeless sense of wanting to bail out of it all. Families Where Grace is in Place shares a message about how God's grace can transform relationships within a marriage and family.
Marriage Takes More Than Two
You may have read dozens of books on marriage. You've never read one like this. Guaranteed. Bill and Anabel Gillham have stood together before microphones in cities around the world. They've also talked face-to-face with hundreds of couples, one-on-one. Candid. Profound. And remarkably down-to-earth. The Gillham's are uniquely gifted at telling husbands and wives things they should know, without making them feel foolish. No pretense here.
Everyday Parenting: A Professional's Guide to Building Family Management Skills (Thomas J. Dishion, Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Stormshak, Ph.D., & Kathryn A. Kavanagh, Ph.D.)
Abuse
Controlling People
Learn how to 'break the spell' of control with Patricia Evans' new bestseller. Already hailed by Oprah Winfrey, Controlling People deals with issues big and small - revealing the thought processes of those who seek to control in order to provide a 'spell-breaking' mind-set for those who suffer this insidious manipulation. Invaluable insight and advice for those who seek support.
Why Does He do That
This fascinating investigation into what makes abusive men tick is alarming, but its candid handling of a difficult subject makes it a valuable resource for professionals and victims alike. Bancroft, the former co-director of Emerge, the nation's first program for abusive men, has specialized in domestic violence for 15 years, and his understanding of his subject and audience is apparent on every page. "One of the prevalent features of life with an angry or controlling partner is that he frequently tells you what you should think and tries to get you to doubt or devalue your own perceptions and beliefs," he writes.
Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse
This helpful guide reveals how those who have been emotionally abused can overcome the past and rebuild their self-image.
Videos
Understanding and Navigating through Grief and Loss (A Free Video)
How our Relationships Shape Us (Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., 1 hour 45 minutes)
Anxiety- Conditions & Treatment
Depression- Teen Mental Health
Depression- Conditions & Treatment
What is social anxiety disorder?
The 5 Types of Anxiety Disorders You Need to Know About
Dealing with Anxiety
How our Relationships Shape Us (Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., 1 hour 45 minutes)
Anxiety- Conditions & Treatment
Depression- Teen Mental Health
Depression- Conditions & Treatment
What is social anxiety disorder?
The 5 Types of Anxiety Disorders You Need to Know About
Dealing with Anxiety