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Counseling Resources for Elders and Ministers
Resources for Interacting with Counselors:
- Communicating with Counselors: For Ministers and Elders
- Guidelines for Referrals to Counseling
- Suggestions for Churches Financially Helping People get Counseling
Resources for Interacting with Individuals
Recommended Christian Books/Workbooks to Teach “How to” Skills.
The Anger Workbook
Authors: Les Carter & Dr. Frank Minirth
This 237-page book offers a unique 13-step interactive program that will help you identify the best ways to handle anger and identify learned patterns of relating, thinking, and behaving in your life that influence your anger.
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your Life
Authors: Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
This 304-page book is about developing emotional and relational boundaries. It focuses on helping you take responsibility for your own actions and not let others run over your boundaries by using guilt, anger, or manipulation.
Changes That Heal: Four Practical Steps to a Happier, Healthier You
Authors: Dr. Henry Cloud
This 336-page book teaches four key skills: bonding to others, separating from others, sorting out good and bad, and becoming an emotional adult. Each skill is reviewed through the lenses of grace, truth and time.
The Choosing to Forgive Workbook
Authors: Les Carter & Dr. Frank Minirth
This 254-page workbook includes a 12-step plan that guides you through the elements that are crucial to forgiveness and healing.
Forgiving Our Parents, Forgiving Ourselves
Author: Dr. David Stoop
This 256-page book helps people who grew up in dysfunctional families to find hope, healing and the power to move forward with their lives.
The Grief Recovery Workbook: Helping You Weather the Storms of Death, Divorce, and Overwhelming Disappointments
Author: “Chaplain Ray” Guinta
This 256-page workbook walks readers through the step-by-step process of grief and loss. Both tangible and intangible losses are thoroughly covered. *** Contact ACCFS for copies.
Learning to Tell Myself the Truth
Author: William Backus, Ph.D.
This 220-page workbook helps readers to understand their negative self-talk and learn to use scriptural truths to think in a healthier, Christ-like manner. It includes specific chapters on dealing with depression, anxiety, anger, and perfectionism.
Additional Articles
Overview of Mental Health and Relationship Issues
Note: It is highly recommended that the ministers’ wives be included in this training. This 2 hour, in-person session looks at the most common reasons people seek help and the most common barriers they have to seeking help. We discuss the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual model for human beings
Resiliency in the Ministry
This 2 hour, in-person session focuses on what resiliency is and why it is essential for those in the ministry. We learn about risk factors that lower resilience and fuel burnout and how Satan takes advantage of them. We discuss the characteristics of resilient people and how to grow in
Engaging the Congregation
This 2 hour, in-person session looks at interpersonal concepts such as approachability, being good listeners, and letting people know we care. We discuss ways to encourage good relationships and interactions with the entire congregation. We share common (mis)perceptions which people can have concerning the pulpit and what ministers can do
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