Resource Library

Below are our staff’s recommended books, products, websites, & podcasts. The Interfaith Counseling Center, a non-profit 5013c ministry, earns income if you purchase something using our provided affiliate links. Thank you for supporting our ministry.

Mental Health Resources

Enjoying God

By:
Tim Chester
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This seminal work by Tim Chester, Enjoying God, shows us how we can enjoy God in every moment of every day, whether we are experiencing good times or hard times; whether we are changing diapers, or stuck on a train. He explores how the Father, the Son and the Spirit relate to us in our day-to-day lives, and how to respond. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God

By:
Skye Jethani
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With explores the narrative of the Bible to show that we were created to be with God, and that restoring this connection is his mission. Instead of life over, under, from, or even for God, what leads us into freedom and restoration is life with God (Click here to view on Amazon).
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The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

By:
Emily P. Freeman
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If you have trouble making decisions because of either chronic hesitation or decision fatigue, Emily P. Freeman offers a fresh way of practicing familiar but often forgotten advice: simply do the next right thing. The Next Right Thing, a simple, soulful practice will help you. Whether you're in the midst of a major life transition or are weary of the low-grade anxiety that daily life can bring, Emily helps create space for your soul to breathe so you can live life with God at a gentle pace and discern your next right thing in love. (Click here to view on
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The Practice of the Presence of God in Modern Day English

By:
Brother Lawrence
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The Practice of the Presence of God in Modern English is a modern translation of the timeless spiritual classic. Written over 300 years ago in French, The Practice of the Presence of God is here presented in language understandable to the twenty-first century English reader. Not a paraphrase or an abridgment, this version is a faithful rendering of the text in the spirit of the original work. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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What If It’s Wonderful

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Nicole Zasowski
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Author and marriage and family therapist Nicole Zasowski knows what it's like to suffer a blow that makes it difficult to look to the future. Despite the struggle, she found the courage to celebrate and discovered that God is as present in our joy as He is in our pain. With a psychological and spiritual case for celebrating, What If It's Wonderful, Nicole challenges you to let go of the habit of practicing disappointment and fully embrace joy, beckoning you to ask yourself a new question: What if it's wonderful? (Click here to view on Amazon).
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Three Steps to a Strong Family

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Richard and Linda Eyre
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Linda and Richard Eyre's Three Steps to a Strong Family shows how to create a family legal system, a family economy and a sense of family identity which work together to provide rules, limits and goals. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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Not “Just Friends”: Rebuilding Trust and Rediscovering Your Sanity After Infidelity

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Shirley P. Glass, Ph.D. with Jean Coppock Staeheli
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In Not "Just Friends", One of the world’s leading experts on infidelity provides a step-by-step guide through the process of marital infidelity—from suspicion and revelation to healing, and provides profound, practical guidance to prevent cheating and, if it happens, recover and heal from it. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide From the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert

By:
John M. Gottman, Ph.D. and Nan Silver
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages. John Gottman’s unprecedented study of couples over a period of years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make—and break—a marriage. Straightforward yet profound, these principles teach partners new approaches for resolving conflicts, creating new common ground, and achieving greater levels of intimacy. Gottman offers strategies and resources to help couples collaborate more effectively to resolve any problem, whether dealing with issues related to sex, money, religion, work, family, or anything else. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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Empowering Couples: Building on Your Strengths

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David H. Olson and Amy K. Olson
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Empowering Couples, Building on Your Strengths is a book to help couples identify and build on their strengths. It will help couples also identify their stumbling blocks and teach them how to turn their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples

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Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D.
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Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of people experience more satisfying relationships and is recommended every day by professional therapists and happy couples around the world. Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt explain how to revive romance and remove negativity from daily interactions. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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Fighting For Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Building a Lasting Love

By:
Hayward Markman, Scott Stanley, and Susan L. Blumberg
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Fighting for Your Marriage is based on the widely acclaimed PREP approach (Prevention and Relationship Education Program). Research has found that couples who use these strategies can handle conflict more constructively, protect their happiness, and reduce the odds of breaking up. Based on more than 40 years of evidence, this book shows couples how to talk more and fight less, protect their friendship, and keep the fun alive. You'll learn what it takes to have a more intimate, sensual relationship and how to clarify and act on priorities. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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Passage to Intimacy

By:
Lori H. Gordon, Ph.D
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This new edition of Passage to Intimacy is published by popular request to add more of the PAIRS powerful concepts and experiences that have been known to dramatically transform relationships. In response, this book was written to add Jealousy, Emotional Allergy, Healing the Ledger, Clarifying Expectations, and other significant understandings and experiences that when practiced, transform lives. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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