The Quick-Reference Guide to

BIBLICAL COUNSELING

Personal and Emotional Issues

DR. TIM CLINTON

DR. RON HAWKINS

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

© 2009 by Tim Clinton and Ron Hawkins

Published in 2009 by Baker Books

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P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

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Previously published in 2007 under the title Biblical Counseling Quick Reference Guide: Personal and Emotional Issues by AACC Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Clinton, Timothy E., 1960–

The quick-reference guide to biblical counseling / Tim Clinton and Ron Hawkins.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

ISBN 978-0-8010-7225-3 (pbk.)

1. Counseling—Religious aspects—Christianity—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Bible—Psychology—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Pastoral counseling—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Bible—Use—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Hawkins, Ronald E. II. Title.

BR115.C69C48 2009

253.5—dc22

2009025632

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Contents

Introduction

Abortion

Addictions

Adultery

Aging

Anger

Bitterness

Burnout

Death

Decision Making and the Will of God

Depression

Discouragement

Divorce

Domestic Violence

Eating Disorders

Envy and Jealousy

Fear and Anxiety

Forgiveness

Grief and Loss

Guilt

Homosexuality

Loneliness

Love and Belonging

Mental Disorder

Money Crisis

Pain and Chronic Pain

Parenting

Perfectionism

Pornography

Prejudice

Premarital Sex

Self-Esteem

Sexual Abuse in Childhood

Singleness

Spiritual Warfare

Stress

Suffering

Suicide

Trauma

Workaholism

Worry

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Since the early days of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), we have been consistently asked to catalog and provide “quick reference” materials that could be easily accessed for the variety of issues faced by pastors and counselors. This first volume on personal and emotional issues—and the volumes to follow—is our response to that legitimate call. Topics for the quick-reference guides are:

Personal and emotional issues

Marriage and family issues

Issues in human sexuality

Teenager issues

Women’s issues

Singles issues

Money issues

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About The Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling: Personal and Emotional Issues

Hurting people need help. But sometimes those who are faced with helping the hurting could use a little more information about the problems people bring to them. The Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling provides the answers.

This A–Z guide gives pastors, counselors, and everyday believers the information they need to help congregants, clients, and friends in a wide array of situations. The many issues addressed include:

• Addictions

• Burnout

• Forgiveness

• Sexual abuse in childhood

• Worry

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