RESOURCES

REPORTING & SUICIDAL IDEATION

• Suicidal Ideation: Recommendation Plan

• Mandated Reporting

Articles

• Why Would the State Seek to Regulate Biblical Counseling?

• A Definition for Biblical Counseling

• 10 Keys to Ensure Biblical Counseling is Helping

• Conversations With Someone Not Ready to Change

Podcasts/Videos

• Speak The Truth: Ep 2 What Is Biblical Counseling Pt 1

• Speak The Truth: Ep 3 What Is Biblical Counseling Pt 2

• Speak The Truth: Ep 27 Biblical Counseling & Church Planting

• Speak The Truth: Ep 29 Launching a Biblical Counseling Ministry in an Established Church

Books

• Soul Care: Biblical Counselors

• Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners

• Grace Based Counseling: An Effective New Model

• Christ-Centered Counseling: How The Gospel Changes Lives

• A Biblical Counseling Process: Guidance for the Beginning, Middle, and End

• HBC Counseling Rubric- (Self-Eval)

• Session 1 Checklist

• 2021 Biblical Counseling Resources **ADD

• Client Intake PDF

• Leadership Assessment

• How to Live an Authentic Christian Life

• Establishing a Rhythm of Rest in Your Ministry (Podcast)

• Help for Compassion Fatigue

• 50 Failure Markers for Counselors

• Insights For Counselors

PRACTICAL CARE

• Dry Brushing (Detoxing)

• Epsom Salt Baths (Stress & Pain)

• Castor Oil Packs (Multi-support)

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

• Biblical Healing Practices Handout (PDF)

• Be Well: Learning to Steward Your health (booklet)

• Journaling & Walking: Ingredients for health

• WELLNESS WISDOM: Pocket Reminders

• R.E.S.T Workbook

• Self Care Wheel

• Finding Discrepancies Worksheet

• S.H.A.P.E Assessment - Giftings

• God-Honoring Goal Setting

• Wheel of Life

• Optimal Wellness Survey

• Neuroplasticity (article)

• Stress and Women's Health: How to Balance Cortisol Levels Naturally

• 4 G's of God

• Motives: Why We Do the Things We Do

• What I Can & Can’t Control

• When I am Anxious- Memory Verses

• Anxiety Wheel

• Spiritual, Physical, & Emotional Goals

• God’s Grace in Your Suffering

• What to Do in a Crisis

RESOURCES

Articles

• What Does God Say About Emotional Abuse?

• Domestic Abuse: How to Counsel

• Acting as an Agent of God’s Love in Domestic Abuse Care

• The Dynamics of Domestic Abuse

Podcasts/Videos

• Ask Christian Counselor: Recovery from Verbal and Emotional Abuse

• CCEF: Reporting Abuse

• I Am Not Scarred for Life: Overcoming Childhood Sexual Abuse

• Speak the Truth: Ep 65 Domestic Violence A Year Later

Books

• Innocence Lost: Rebuilding After Victimization

• Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Absued

• Abuse: Finding Hope in Christ (booklet)

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Mandated Reporting

• Create an Action Plan (PDF linked) (emergency phone #’s, safe house, money, etc.)

• Keep a record of events if possible of what is being said and done.

• Separate yourself from the situation. Seek out a shelter or a friends home; get a restraining order if necessary.

• Start a healing journal of prayers, scripture, and forgiveness.

• Go Through the Abuse Booklet if applicable

RESOURCES

Articles

• A Biblical Counseling Definition of Addiction

• Biblical Counseling, Addictions, and the Body of Christ

• 17 Biblical Counseling Resources on Addiction

Podcasts/ Media

• CCEF: Addictions

Books

• Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change

• Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave by Ed Welch

• Breaking the Addictive Cycle (booklet) Dvid Powilson

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• The Life Recovery Workbook

• Bible Studies Recovery

• Emotional Aspects of Addiction Worksheet

• Addiction and Stress Worksheet

• Coping Skills Addictions

RESOURCES

Articles

• How to Be Less Agitated and Have More Self-Control

Podcasts/Videos

• CCEF: Anger

• CCEF: Do You Think You Might Be Angry At God?

Books

• Anger & Stress Management God’s Way

• Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness

• Adams, Jay. What to Do When Anger Gets the Upper Hand (Pamphlet)

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Anger Assessment

• Biblical Counseling and Anger (booklet)

• Angry at God? Bring Him Your Doubts and Questions (booklet)

• Controlling Anger: Responding Constructively When Life Goes Wrong (booklet)

• Anger: Calming Your Heart (A 31-Day Devotional for Life)

RESOURCES

Articles

• Is Anxiety a Sin: Church & Mental Health

• 5 Ways to Cultivate Courage While Facing Anxiety

• Don’t Be Anxious About Anything! Is That All God’s Got To Say?

• How Anxiety Has Grown My Strength

• How Do I Find Comfort When I Am Hurting?

• When Your Child Struggles with Fear

Podcasts

• Ask a Christian Counselor: Happy Again - Freedom from Anxiety and Depression

• Where Do We Grow From Here: Talking About Anxiety

• Is Anxiety a Sin

Books

• Running Scared

• Social Anxiety: Being Comfortable in Your own Skin

• Unglued by Lysa Terkeurst

• Running Scared by Edward Welch

• Battling Unbelief by John Piper

• Fear: Breaking Its Grip by Lou Priolo

• Can I Have Joy in My Life? by R.C. Sproul

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• ANXIETY: Pocket Reminders

• Anxiety Response Plan

• Anxiety Assessment

• Anxiety Journal

• Anxiety: Knowing God’s Peace

• Anxiety Jars Activity

• Anxiety Scripture Reminders

• Anxiety Wheel Activity

• Fear Scripture Activity

• Gospel Activities for Women; Anxiety Edition by Jaime Jacinto

• Relaxation Techniques

• Biblical Counseling and Anxiety (pdf)

• Helping Your Anxious Child: What to do When Worries Get Big (booklet)

RESOURCES

Articles

• Bible Study Basics

• 3 Practical Ways Any Christian Can Live in Light of the Gospel Today

• How Do I help a Counselee Apply Scripture

Podcasts/Videos

• CCEF: How Do You Personally Engage with Scripture

• CCEF: Reading Scripture

• Speak The Truth: Ep 41 - Practicing Spiritual Disciplines in Counseling

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Spirituality Assessment

RESOURCES

Articles

• How to Create Healthy Boundaries with Hurtful Family Members

• Can Boundaries & Forgiveness Coexist

Podcasts/Videos

• CCEF: Boundaries

Books

• Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life

• You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• 10 Laws of Boundaries (1 page)

• 10 Laws of Boundaries (extended)

• Setting Boundaries

• 9 Healthy Ways to Say No

• Healthy and unhealthy Boundaries

• Boundary Chart

• Benefits of Healthy Boundaries

RESOURCES

Articles

• Circle of Sovereignty

• The Illusion of Control

• Overcoming Killer Control

• Responding to What I can and Cannot Control

• Control Issues part 1

• Control Issues Part 2

Books

Podcast

• The Heart Behind Control

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Circle of Concern Activity

RESOURCES

Articles

• 13 Foundational Realities of Change

• God Help Me Change

• Case Study: Levels of Motivation to Change

• When Someone Doesn’t Want to Change

Podcasts/Videos

Books

• How People Change

• A Practical Guide for True Biblical Change

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• How People Change: Leader Guide Sample

• The Three Trees

• 4 G’s of God: Helping People Change

• Coping Mechanisms (pdf)

RESOURCES

Articles

• 3 Types of Codependency

• 5 Qualities of Codependency

• 4 Principles for thinking Well About Boundaries

Podcasts/Videos

• Overcoming Codependency

Books

• Is It My Fault?

• The Emotionally Destructive Marriage

• How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong

• When People Are Big and God Is Small

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Overcoming Codependency

• Codependency Assessment

RESOURCES

Articles

• Communication with Our Desires “On the Table”

• Teaching Healthy Family Communication

• The Importance of Our Disagreements

• Talking at vs. Talking To

• Honor in Humor Influences Honor in Conflict

• How to Start a Difficult Conversation

• What Are We Fighting About?

• Learning Relational Wisdom in Conflict Using James 3:17-18

Podcasts/Videos

• Overcoming Codependency

Books

• Is It My Fault?

• The Emotionally Destructive Marriage

• How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong

• When People Are Big and God Is Small

• Peacemaking for Families

• Resolving Everyday Conflict

• War of Words

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES

Articles

• Conflict Isn’t Always Bad

• The Complicated Relationship Between Adult Children & Their Parents

Podcasts/Videos

Books

• Peacemaking for Families

• Resolving Everyday Conflict

• War of Words

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Communication Assessment

• Peacemaking Principles Pamphlet

• EXPECTATIONS: Pocket Reminders

• Non-Violent Communication

RESOURCES

Articles

• Contentment: The Fruit of Finding Identity, Security, and Joy in God

• Looking for Contentment? It’s Not What You Think

Podcasts/Videos

Books

• Contentment: Seeing God’s Goodness (31 day devotional)

• Discontentment: Why am I So Unhappy

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Contentment in Christ Activity

RESOURCES

Articles

• 5 Steps For Better Decisionmaking

• Wise-Personal Decisionmaking

• Biblical Decision Making

• How Can Christians make Good Decisions?

Podcasts/VIDEOS

• Decision Making: How to Make a Decision

• How to Seek God’s Guidance in Decision Making

BOOKS

• Just Do Something

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Living Your Core Values

• Living Your Core Values Part 2.

• Clarify Your Values

• How to Cope With a Difficult Dilemma

RESOURCES

Articles

• Christianity and the Dark night of the Soul

• Your Sin Is Not What You Think

Podcasts

• Ask a Christian Counselor: Happy Again - Freedom from Anxiety and Depression

• Ask a Christian Counselor: Hope for Depression

• CCEF: Walking with the Depressed

• Equipped to Counsel: Depression Case Study

• Speak The Truth: Ep 60 Depression a Year Later

Books

• Depression: Looking Up from a Stubborn Darkness by Ed Welch

• Christians Get Depressed Too by David Murray

• Lord, I Just Want to be Happy by Leslie Vernick

• Faith and Feelings by Brian Borgman

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Depression Care Guide

• Depression Assessment

• See your physician for a physical. Ask about blood tests that can check vitamin D, vitamin b12, thyroid, hormones. etc.

• Begin an exercise regimen. Plan for 30 minutes at least three times a day if able (begin with walking).

• Monitor sleep habits and try to get into a sleep routine with no computer, tv, or phone 2 hours before bed.

• Make a list of lies you are believing. Then discuss these together to replace them with truth found in God’s Word.

• Track depressed days, looking for patterns or hormonal swings and record what triggers sadness if applicable.

• Share struggles with strong believers who can provide objectivity.

RESOURCES

Articles

• Don’t Let Discouragement Choke You

• Fighting the Downward Descent of Discouragement

• Discouragement: Women Counseling Women

Podcasts

• Helping the Discouraged

Books

• Down But Not Out Wayne A. Mack

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Read Philippians & Psalms

• Write down aspects of God’s nature you are prone to doubt.

• Make a poster, or write on index cards words that describe Gods character and scriptures about Gods faithfulness.

• Memorize Psalm 34:18 & 147:3

• Concentrate on God’s faithful love, and praise him (through music, art, creative expression, nature, etc.)

RESOURCES

Articles

• What Does the Bible Say about Eating Disorders

• Self- Induced Disassociation in Eating Disorders

• Self-Image: How to Overcome inferiority Judgements (booklet)

Podcasts/Videos

Books

• Table for Two

• Eating Disorders: The Quest for Thinness

• Love to Eat, Hate to Eat

• Help! I’m a Slave to Food

• Uncommon Vessels

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Eating struggles are most often symptoms of heart struggles. Ask: What am I trying to control? Why am I anxious? What do I fear? How do I feel?

• Bible Reading & Scripture Memorization: Renewing the mind with truth.

• Accountability: Food journaling or checking in weekly as a support.

• Biblical Stewardship: Write a letter to God about how you desire to steward the body He has given you, or why not.

• Draw: On one side of a piece of paper, draw how you see yourself (using images, words, etc.). Then on the other side of the paper draw how you think God views you. Discuss this together.

RESOURCES

Articles

• 5 Steps to Process Painful Emotions

• How to have intimacy With God

• Emotions: Biblical and Unbiblical Ways to Handle Our Feelings

• For Those Who Are Led by Their Emotions

• Growing in Negative Emotion Tolerance

• How Should Christians Feel?

• How to Believe Against Your Feelings

• Sneak Peek Interview

• Toward a Theology of Emotion

• What is Emotional Maturity? 4 Markers, 5 Implications

• Your Emotions Are a Gauge, Not a Guide

• Your Emotions Aren’t the Most (or Least) Important Things About You

Podcasts

• Emotional Attunement and Processing

• Why Can’t I control My Emotions

Books

• Untangling Emotions

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• EMOTIONS: Pocket Reminders

• Feeling Wheel

• Emotions: Language, signs, behaviors

• Emotional Clarity Article

• R.A.I.N. Activity

RESOURCES
Articles

• Fearing God Is a Matter of the Heart

• Lay Aside the Fear of Man

• Overcoming Fear of Man, Fear of Failure and Fear of Rejection

• When Fear Seizes You

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES
Articles

• Common Myths About Forgiveness

• You Can Forgive Your Parents

Podcasts/Videos

• Can You Forgive Someone and Still Be Hurt?

• Uprooting Bitterness

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Choosing Forgiveness Series

RESOURCES

Articles

• God's Sovereign Will & Decreed Will

• Why Doesn't God Save All?

• What is the Will fo God and How Do We Know It?

• How Many Wills Does God Have?

RESOURCES
Articles

• 5 Ways the Gospel Should Affect Our Daily Lives

• Want a Miserable Life? Confuse Law and Gospel

Podcasts/Videos

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES
Articles

• Remember Who you Were Without Christ
  

Podcasts/Videos

• Ask a Christian Counselor: From Shame to Grace

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES
Articles

• The Big Question of Grief: Who am I Now?

• Six Words to Say Through Tears

• Why Grief is Evidence for God

• Small Group Care Plan for the Whole Journey of Grief

Podcasts/Videos

• Taking the Journey of Grief With Hope

• How Do I Grieve The Loss of an Unsaved Loved One?

• What Does it Look Like to Grieve a Lost Childhood?

Books

• GriefShare

• Experiencing Grief

• Grieving with Hope

• God’s Healing for Life’s Losses

• Grief Booklet: Resources for Biblical living

• Grief: Walking With God 31 day devotion booklet

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Grief Evaluation

• Read Psalms of comfort (Ps. 34, 42, 46, 139, 143, 145) Select special verses, write them down, place them in strategic places around your house.

• Keep a list of memories you treasure; Add to it often.

• Find one person or two who will commit to checking in on you 3-4x a week either in person or via phone.

• Reach out to others who have experienced loss.

RESOURCES

Articles

• Needs and Desires

• Finding Perfect Peace

• Ruling Desires

• Motives: Why I do the Things I do

Podcasts/Media

• Speak The Truth: Ep 56 Heart of the Matter Pt 1

• Speak The Truth: Heart of the Matter Part 2

Books

HEART WORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Heart Check Activity

• The Heart and Behaviors

• False Negative Beliefs

• A Biblical View of the Heart

RESOURCES

Articles

• If Not Self-esteem Then What?

• Who am I really? (for counselors)

• What God Thinks About You

• The Self-Help Gospel

• Your Identity in Christ Means War

• The Implications of Misplaced Identity

• Skip Resolutions, Make a Rule of Life

Podcasts/Videos

Books

• Saints, Sinners, & Sufferers by Mike Emlet

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• IDENTITY: Pocket Reminders

• S.H.A.P.E. Test : Giftings and passions

• How to Live the Authentic Christian Life

• Life Mapping

• Living Your Core Values

• Living Your Core Values Part 2.

• Clarify Your Values

• Grow Your Confidence In Christ

• False Negative Core Beliefs

• Who I am to Christ

• Who I am In Christ

RESOURCES

Articles

• Dealing With a Chronic Illness Diagnosis

• Helping Others Understand Your Illness

• A Guide to Counseling the Chronically Ill

Podcasts/Videos

Books

• Chronic Illness: Walking By Faith 31 day devotion

• A Book of Comfort for Those in Sickness

• Finding Joy with an Invisible Chronic Illness: Proven Strategies for Discovering Happiness, Meaning, and Fulfillment

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• A Guide for Counseling Someone with a Chronic Illness

• P.E.M: Post External Malaise Inventory Toolkit

RESOURCES
Articles

• Joy is Not Optional

• The Joy of the Unaccomplished Life

• The Most Repeated Command in the Bible

Podcasts/Videos

• Finding Happiness

• What is Means to Be Happy

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES
Articles

• What Scripture Says About a Destructive Spouse

• Basic Marriage Counseling

• The Big Chill: Hope for a Winter Season of Marriage

• When I Don’t Feel Love for My Spouse

• The Difference Between Giving up and Letting Go

• 50 Questions to Ask your Spouse

Podcasts/Videos

• Dissapointing, difficult, or destructive?

• Ask A Christian Counselor: The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Marriage

• Speak The Truth: Ep 21 Marriage Case Study Pt 1

• Speak The Truth: Ep 21 Marriage Case Study Pt 2

Books

• The Meaning of Marriage

• Marriage Conflict: Talking as Teammates

• Honey, We Need to Talk

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• MARRIAGE: Pocket Reminders

• General Marriage Assessment

• Non-Violent Communication

• Premarital Weekly Process Workbook

RESOURCES

Articles

• Spiritual Growth in the Face of Psychiatric Disorders

• Hope in the Darkness of Mental Illness

• Psychiatric Disorders: 2011 National Conference Digital Download

• Towards a Christian Perspective on Mental Illness

• Does Your Healthiness Aid Your Pursuit of Holiness?

• Can Someone Be Spiritually Healthy and Still Experience Mental Health Challenges?

Podcasts/Videso

• Psychiatric Diagnoses and the Church

• Serious Mental Health Problems: How Can Churches Help?

Books

• Descriptions and Prescriptions

• I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis: What Does the Bible Say?

• Six Fallacies to Avoid When Caring for People with Mental Disorders (Booklet)

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• How can I Avoid the Temptation to Define Myself by my Psychiatric Diagnosis?

RESOURCES
Articles

Podcasts/Videos

• Battling the Unbelief of Impatience

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES

Articles
- The Danger of Being a People Pleaser

Podcasts/Videos

Books

• When people Are Big & God is Small

• People Pleasers Devotional

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• People Pleasing/ Fear of Man

RESOURCES
Articles

• Critique Purity Culture, but Teach Sexual Ethics to Teens

Podcasts/Videos

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES

Articles

Podcasts/Videos

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Create a Safety Plan (PDF linked)

RESOURCES
Articles

Podcasts/Videos

• Wives, Submit? Seriously?

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES
Articles

• Your Sin Is Not What You Think

Podcasts/Videos

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• SIN: Pocket Reminders

• ANTHEM: Strategies for Fighting Lust

RESOURCES

Articles

• When You Are too Busy to be Godly

• 16 Stress Management Activities and Worksheet to help Clients Beat Stress

• Counseling Busy People

• Six Biblical Methods for Handling Stress

• Tuned In, Stressed Out: Measuring and Managing Stress with Physical Indicators

Podcasts/Videos

• CCEF: Busyness

• 6 Steps to Preserve Your Energy During Stress or a Crisis

• Abide Bible Project Purpose: Shift Your Load

• Ask a Christian Counselor: Preventing Burnout

• Ask a Christian Counselor: Slowing Down

• The Everyday Vacation: Do More By Doing Less

• Three Ways to Regenerate and Automatically Heal Your Body

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• STRESS: Pocket Reminders

• 5 Biblical Ways for Working Through Stress

• Stress-Mapping Activity

• Stress Management: A Functional Medicine Approach to Stress Management

RESOURCES
Articles

• 2 Corinthians 4 - Our Light Affliction

• 5 Ways to Rewarding Read the book of Job

• An Open Letter to the Suffering Christian

• God Carried Us with Promises

• How Not to Help a Sufferer

Podcasts/Videos

• CCEF: Responding to Tragedy: Is “Why?” a Biblical Question?

• Desiring God: Christ’s Grace and Your Sufferings

• Speak The Truth: Ep 6 Paul Tripp Interview On: Suffering

• Speak The Truth: Ep 61 Suffering a Year Later

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• SUFFERING: Pocket Reminders

RESOURCES
Articles

• Suicide Prevention and Grieving a Suicide

Podcasts/Videos

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Suicidal Ideation Recommendations

RESOURCES
Articles

• Trauma Treatment from a Christian Perspectve

Podcasts/Videos

• How to Biblically Think About Trauma
  
  Books
  
  HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

RESOURCES

Articles

• How the Bible Addresses Life Transitions

• Four Ways to Stay Connected During Life Transitions

Books

Heartwork Assignments

Articles:

RESOURCES
Articles

• Trusting God is Not Easy

• Is Trust Earned or Freely Given?

Podcasts/Videos

• Living in the Sovereignty of God
  

Books

• Trusting God by Jerry Bridges

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS

• Trusting God worksheet

• God’s Sovereignty worksheet

RESOURCES
Articles

• A Portrait of Christ-honoring Wisdom

• 10 Habits of Discerning People

Podcasts/Videos

Books

HEARTWORK ASSIGNMENTS