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Book Reviews
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| Emotions: Living Life in Colour | | Emotions are here to stay - like it or lump it. This helpful book gives a positive way of using them, focusing on their God-given benefits, but also how to manage the bad ones.
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| | Graham Benyon |
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| A Thorn In My Mind | | Mental Illness, Stigma and the Church. An annotated biography of a doctors journey through depression, therapy, ECT, neurosurgery and healing.
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| | Cathy Wield |
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| Mirror Image | | Book review: the first book from Mercy Ministries UK. easy to read, full of hope and yet no overly-simplistic solutions. Based in experience, conceptually strong and with plenty of real life examples.
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| | Arianna Walker |
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| Psyche's Exile | | Has science lost sight of the soul in its search for certain types of hard evidence and in doing so overlooked the large amount of data that exists.
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| | Jerry Kroth |
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| Starting Over | | It is a must read book for all those who are single, widowed or divorced, who are hoping to meet someone new. It also contains advice and stories from some of those hundreds of members of New Day who have met their marriage partner through
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| | Sue Saxon |
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| Coming to Peace With Psychology | | Book review - What can Christians learn from psychological sciences? An uneasy partnership, or a relationship that will enhance both our theology and our faith?
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| | Everett Worthington |
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| Spirituality and Psychiatry | | Spirituality is a crucial but sometimes overlooked aspect of mental well-being and psychiatric care. This book explores the nature of spirituality, its relationship to religion, and the reasons for its importance in clinical practice.
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| | Chris Cook, Andrew Powell and Andrew Sims |
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| Forgiving The Impossible | | Are some things just too difficult to forgive? Like child abuse at the hands of a trusted family friend? Greta Randle's story [in this new book] shows us that forgiveness is not only possible, but that it is hugely liberating for the victim.
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| Finding Hope and Meaning in Suffering | | In this lively and engaging volume, Trystan Owain Hughes suggests that learning how to suffer and how to wait patiently may be the secret of finding joy in our lives.
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| Sarah | | From an abusive childhood and the depths of suicidal despair to a life of hope and freedom.
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| | Sarah Shaw |
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| Beyond Chaotic Eating | | A way out of anorexia, bulimia and compulsive eating. Written from her own experience as an ex-anorexic and as a counsellor, she offers insight and hope to sufferers, their families and carers, and to professionals involved in eating disorder treatement.
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| | Helena Wilkinson |
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| A Thorn In The Flesh | | Finding Strength and Hope amid Chronic Suffering... Pablo's newest book is written from his own perspective of suffering from a chronic eye disease for many years, but also his wisdom as a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and
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| | Pablo Martinez |
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| Beyond Singleness | | It is estimated that 45 percent of adults live alone. The Christian church has already arrived at this statistic - almost half of church members are single, widowed or divorced.
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| | Helena Wilkinson |
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| Beyond The Edge | | 'Broken, desperate and humiliated, I entered the house. When I saw Steve and Katherine, my heart felt like it was going to explode in agony. They did not deserve this madness in their lives ...' Cut off by a dense fog of post-natal depression
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| | Hazel Rolston |
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| Running on Empty | | Allie's personal story of how she overcame anorexia and bulimia and her addiction to exercise illustrates clearly how she used food and sport to mask her inner pain. She tells how psychology helped with some of the symptoms
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| | Allie Outran |
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| The path of loneliness | | Loneliness is part of life and can help us discover the true value of relationships. Elizabeth lost her husband away on a missionary trip and has written a number of books about her experiences. Many of us run from loneliness
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| | Elizabeth Elliott |
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| Genius, grief and grace | | 25/07/2008 -London psychiatrist, Dr Gaius Davies, tells the stories of ten famous Chrstians from the last few hundred years who battled with mental health problems. For many it was actually a key to their knowing of God and their genius in their ministry.
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| | Gaius Davies |
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| I'm not supposed to feel like this | | The title says it all - this is what most Christians believe. However, the way most people understand this makes them guilty and their depression/anxiety worse.
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| | Chris Williams, Ingrid Whitton and Paul Richards |
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| Instruments in the redeemers hands | | What is Christian Counselling? When should we use a Christian Counsellor and when should we use a secular counsellor? This is one of the clearest, most balanced and most helpful books onk the market.
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| | Paul David Tripp |
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| Handbook of religion and mental health | | A serious summary of a lot of the foundational research into religion and mental health. Reports the results of several thousand research articles looking at how religion and spirituality relate to mental health problems and treatments.
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| | Harold G Koenig |
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| I want a Christian psychiatrist | | Cardiff Psychiatrist Dr David Enoch write from 30 years of experience, giving a clear overview of mental illness from a medical perspective, but also a synthesis of how Christianity is relevant.
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| | David Enoch |
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| Starved: Mercy for eating disorders | | Mercy Ministries have written this book as a unique approach to dealing with the root of many eating disorders. Contains many testimonies and advice on where to go for help. It is part of their 'Mercy for...' series.
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| | Nancy Alcorn |
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| Christian Escape from the Jungle of Depression | | Reviewed by the counselling team at Bradford Abundant Life Centre as: the best book we have ever read on this subject and would recommend it to sufferers, carers, counsellors, and indeed anyone who wants to understand more about the effects of depresion
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| | Sue Saxon |
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| Breaking Free from Loneliness | | Loneliness affects large numbers of adults and children. In our disjointed world many are at a loss to know how to overcome the problem of loneliness.
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| | Helena Wilkinson |
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| Puppet on a string | | A young girl’s fight to survive anorexia. As a young teenager Helena Wilkinson suffered from anorexia nervosa, which almost claimed her life.
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| | Helena Wilkinson |
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