Resources

A few helpful starting points

Books, tools, and organizations Christa often points clients toward — alongside counseling, not a substitute for it.

Crisis & support lines

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Call 1-800-799-7233 or text “START” to 88788 for confidential support related to abuse.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988 for free, confidential support, 24/7, if you or someone you know is in crisis.

Abuse

Document the Abuse

A tool for safely documenting abuse incidents. documenttheabuse.org

Is It Abuse? — Darby Strickland

When It’s Trauma — Darby Strickland

Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse — Chris Moles (ed.)

The Heart of Domestic Abuse — Chris Moles

The Emotionally Destructive Marriage — Leslie Vernick

Rid of My Disgrace — Justin & Lindsey Holcomb

Why Does He Do That? — Lundy Bancroft

Redeeming Power — Diane Langberg

Becoming a Refuge (Video Series) — Darby Strickland

Anxiety

A Small Book for the Anxious Heart — Edward T. Welch

Running Scared — Edward T. Welch

When I Am Afraid — Edward T. Welch

Fear Is Not a Sin — Edward T. Welch

A Still and Quiet Mind — Esther Smith

Why Am I Feeling Like This? — David Murray

Why Is My Teenager Feeling Like This? — David Murray

Anger

A Small Book About a Big Problem — Edward T. Welch

The Heart of Anger — Lou Priolo

How to Be Good and Angry — Paul David Tripp

Change & Sanctification

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands — Paul David Tripp

How Does God Change Us? — Dane Ortlund

Real Change — Andrew Nicholls & Helen Thorne

Culture

Love Thy Body — Nancy Pearcey

The Toxic War on Masculinity — Nancy Pearcey

Strange New World — Carl R. Trueman

Making Faith Magnetic — Daniel Strange

Confronting Christianity — Rebecca McLaughlin

Mama Bear Apologetics

Depression

Darkness Is My Only Companion — Kathryn Greene-McCreight

Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness — Edward T. Welch

Helping Relationships

Side by Side — Edward T. Welch

Identity

You’re Only Human — Kelly M. Kapic

Mental Illness

Descriptions and Prescriptions — Michael R. Emlet

Blame It on the Brain? — Edward T. Welch

I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis: What Does the Bible Say? — Edward T. Welch

Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? — Ian Osborn

Parenting

Age of Opportunity — Paul David Tripp

Habits of the Household — Justin Whitmel Earley

Instructing a Child’s Heart — Tedd & Margy Tripp

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles — Paul David Tripp

Self-Care

The Whole Life: 52 Weeks of Biblical Self-Care — Eliza Huie & Esther Smith

Shame

Shame Interrupted — Edward T. Welch

Shame: Being Known and Loved — Esther Liu

Trauma

When It’s Trauma — Darby Strickland

Suffering and the Heart of God — Diane Langberg

Trauma Aware — Eliza Huie