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

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

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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

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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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Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

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Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller
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Timothy Keller, with insights from Kathy, his wife of thirty-seven years, shows marriage to be a glorious relationship that is also misunderstood and mysterious. The Meaning of Marriage offers instruction on how to have a successful marriage, and is essential reading for anyone who wants to know God and love more deeply in this life. (Click here to view on Amazon).
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The Starting Gate

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Dr. Kitty Dotson and Dr. Sarah Schuetz
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Ready to take control of your health without feeling overwhelmed? Join Dr. Kitty Dotson and Dr. Sarah Schuetz in The Starting Gate, two internal medicine physicians, as they break down easy, science-based lifestyle changes that really work. Whether it’s tweaking your nutrition, getting more active, sleeping better, or reducing stress, this podcast makes it simple. With bite-sized, practical tips and relatable advice, you’ll learn how small, everyday habits can lead to big results. (Click here to view on Apple Podcasts).
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Tip Talk with Dr. Jennifer Degler

By:
Jennifer Degler
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Tip Talk with Dr. Jennifer Degler is a podcast that provides quick, practical tips for improving emotional, spiritual, and sexual intimacy in marriage. With her background in psychology and faith, Dr. Degler offers encouraging advice to help couples thrive in every aspect of their relationship. (Click here to view).
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Sexy Marriage Radio

By:
Dr. Corey and Pam Allan
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Sexy Marriage Radio is a Christian podcast that offers candid, practical conversations about sex, intimacy, and connection in marriage. Hosted by Dr. Corey Allan, it aims to help couples build stronger relationships by addressing real-life challenges with honesty and expert insight. (Click here to view).
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