Pastoral Care, Counselling & Self-care

Pastoral Care, Counseling & Self-care books 

This is not a tidy category, but I have tried to list here any books that should be in this wide category. Some certainly overlap, and may also be listed under Christian living. 

Pastoral Care & Counselling - Biblical and Christian Perspective - for others

• Being There: How to love those who are hurting, Dave Furman 
• Biblical Counseling Basics, Jeremy Lelek
• A Biblical Counseling Process, Lauren Whitman
• Caring for families caught in domestic abuse, Chris Moles (ed)
• Caring for the Souls of Children: A Biblical Counselor's Manual, edited by Amy Baker
• The Christian Counselor's Medical Desk Reference, (2nd ed), Charles D Hodges Jr (ed.) 
• The Church as a Culture of Care, T. Dale Johnson, Jr. 
• CrossTalk, Michael R. Emlet
• Consider Your Counsel, Bob Kellemen
• How People Change, Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp
• Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia, John Dunlop M.D.
• Is It Abuse? Darby A. Strickland
• Mental Health and Your Church, Helen Thorne and Dr Steve Midgley
• Promises in the Dark: Walking with those in need without losing heart, Eric McLaughlin
• Saints, Sufferers and Sinners, Michael R. Emlet
• Side by Side, Edward T. Welch
• Someone I Know is Grieving, Edward T. Welch
• Tackling Trauma: Global, Biblical, and Pastoral Perspectives, Paul Barker (ed). 
• What Grieving People Wish you Knew About What Really Helps (and what really hurts), Nancy Guthrie
• When People are Big and God is Small, Ed Welch
• You are still a mother, Jackie Gibson

Pastoral Care & Counselling - Biblical and Christian Perspective - for self

• Angry with God: An Honest Journey Through Suffering and Betrayal, Brad Hambrick
• Anxious about Decisions, Michael Gembola
• Down Not out: Depression, Anxiety and the difference Jesus makes, Chris Cipollone
• Hearing Jesus Speak into Your Sorrow, Nancy Guthrie (Tyndale, 2009)
• I have a psychiatric diagnosis, Edward T. Welch
• I have PTSD: Reorienting after trauma, Curtis Solomon
• Moving Forwards after Abortion: Finding Comfort in God, Camille Cates
• My Spouse was unfaithful: finding strength in God's presence, Robert D. Jones
• When the Noise Won't Stop: A Christian Guide to Dealing with Anxiety, Paul Grimmond 

Counselling and Psychology - secular perspective

• The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk

Self-care / reflection books

* denotes Christian framework

• The Art of Rest, Claudia Hammond
• * The Art of Rest, Adam Mabry 
• Burnout: A Guide to Identifying Burnout and Pathways to Recovery, Gordon Parker, Gabriela Tavella and Kerrie Eyers
• *Calm my Anxious Heart, Linda Dillow
• Growing Yourself Up, Jenny Brown
• *Good & Angry, David Powlison
• *Grief Undone, Elizabeth W. D. Groves 
• * Pressure Points: A Guide to Navigating Student Stress, Shelby Abbott
• *Refresh, Shona and David Murray
• Resilient Grieving, Dr Lucy Hone
• *Serving Without Sinking, John Hindley
• *A Small Book About a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace, Edward T Welch 
• *A Small book for the Anxious Heart: Mediations on Fear, Worry and Trust, Edward T Welch 
• *The Whole Life: 52 Weeks of Biblical Self-Care, Eliza Huie and Esther Smith
• *Zeal without Burnout, Christopher Ash