Books like What Your Counselor Never Told You by William Backus

Kristin Neff’s *Self‑Compassion* draws on a decade of research to explain how practicing self‑kindness can replace self‑criticism, depression, and anxiety with deeper happiness and self‑acceptance.

The Gift of Therapy is a practical guide that compiles Irvin D. Yalom’s 35‑year experience as a psychiatrist into 85 thoughtful, often original therapeutic ideas for counsellors and patients.

Explore the Enneagram as a practical guide to self‑awareness, Christian spirituality, and compassionate relationships, offering concrete steps to grow into a wiser, more loving person.

A concise, modern guide for Christian counselors, pastors, and church leaders, blending Scripture, research, and proven practice to support effective soul care and biblical client growth.

Pastors, Christian workers, and laymen who found Competent to Counsel so helpful and stimulating will welcome this sequel that was written specifically for the large number of persons who recognize and appreciate the thoroughly scriptural basis of nouthetic counseling and want to learn more about it. Filled with counseling principles and techniques that are squarely based on the Bible, The Christian Counselor's Manual is a "how-to" handbook that will make Christian counseling even more effective. It applies biblical principles and methods to the difficult problems commonly met in the counseling room as well as to the everyday concerns of the counselees. The Christian Counselor's Manual takes the reader beyond the approaches recommended in Competent to Counsel. It includes many answers to questions raised in seminars conducted by the author or in letters to him. The format is that of a ready reference guide, filled with practical suggestions. A special quick-reference section adds to its utility. The Christian Counselor's Manual duplicates little that is found in Competent to Counsel -- except the same evident desire of the author to be faithful to the Word of God. - Jacket flap.

This book attempts to appraise each of the current major psychotherapy theories in the mental health field from the perspective of evangelical Christianity. It is a "dialog" between the supposedly nonreligious therapeutic psychologies and the religious Christian tradition. But it is a dialog where one side of the conversation, that of the Christian faith, is presumed to have the ultimate standing as truth. - Introduction.

Cognitive-behavioral psychology for improving depressed mood. Self-help and self-understanding.