If you have felt like you are fighting against your own mind, When Thoughts Get Stuck will help you understand why. Showing you a gentle pathway to peace, it will reintroduce you to the unshakeable love of God in the midst of fear.Written by two people who live with OCD, this book combines personal experience with psychological insight and spiritual wisdom. Well-being Chaplain Rev Will Van Der Hart and mental health communicator Thea Joshi expose the hidde...

This book offers positive, achievable steps to help readers determine how to move past issues such as discouragement, stress, difficult relationships, aging, loneliness, depression, and grief.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERFeatured on SUPER SOUL PODCAST hosted by Oprah Winfrey.**Too often we’ve been taught to view our emotions with suspicion, seeing them as something to be suppressed, managed, or mastered. This isn’t true.**Emotions are not your enemy. Internal war is not your destiny. You were created to flourish.In this game-changing book, trauma therapist a...

What you believe about God actually changes your brain.Brain research in neuroscience has found that our thoughts and beliefs affect our physical, mental and spiritual health. Mind and body are interrelated, and we are designed for healthy relationships of love and trust. When we understand God as good and loving, we flourish. Unfortunately, many of us have distorted images of God and mostly think of him in fearful, punitive ways. This leads us into unhealthy patterns of self-defeating beh...

The bestselling self-help guide Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder has been combined with Taking Control of OCD: Inspirational stories of hope and recovery to offer the reader an effective and appealing self-help package. These two titles not only set out practical techniques to overcome obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but offer inspiration to the reader to confront the challenges they may face on the road to recovery.Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive...

**A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days“A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church**What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-...

Depending on whom you ask, the term Christian counseling can mean anything from secular psychology practiced by a Christian to biblical counseling that completely shuns psychological insights. Christ-Centered Therapy thoroughly integrates psychology and practical theology. A book written by experts from both fields, it utilizes the contributions of science in an uncompromisingly biblical framework. Here at last is a powerful resource to help you—pastor, counselor, or spiritual advisor—unde...

What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? Why do some Christians struggle with anxiety? Can the Bible help with psychological disorders? How can we break free from fear?P. A. Kennan herself struggled with the debilitating effects of OCD - until one day she found herself in a life-threatening situation, and discovered the key to her healing.Kennan describes the biology of OCD, then guides the reader through the relevant emotional and spiritual issues, providing practical ...

If you have depression, don’t blame yourself or wonder if you and God have somehow failed each other. Mental and emotional health issues strike the strongest of us. King David led a nation – yet wrote some of the Bible’s bleakest laments. Naomi experienced deep emptiness and bitterness following devastating loss, and Job longed for a death that would not come.This book explains what happens in stress-related depressive illness, and presents effective ways to get better and stay wel...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERFeatured on SUPER SOUL PODCAST hosted by Oprah Winfrey.**Too often we’ve been taught to view our emotions with suspicion, seeing them as something to be suppressed, managed, or mastered. This isn’t true.**Emotions are not your enemy. Internal war is not your destiny. You were created to flourish.In this game-changing book, trauma therapist a...

Discover how you can start to move toward hope and healing from your mental health struggles.Mental illness loves to tell lies. One of those lies is that you should be able to manage what you're struggling with all by yourself, but in Depression, Anxiety, and Other Things We Don't Want to Talk About, pastor and psychotherapist Ryan Casey Waller reminds us that we don't have to suffer alone.Mental health issues aren't a symptom of a...

"Few books combine theological precision with practical wisdom as skillfully as Lies My Therapist Told Me." — Jonny Ardavanis"Dr. Gifford is an incredible resource." — Allie Beth StuckeyFrom beloved Christian counselor, professor, and podcaster Greg Gifford comes a bold and balanced critique of the mental health establishment.Too many people are caught in a vicious cycle of visiting every doctor, psychiatri...