Caring for the Souls of Children: A Biblical Counselor's Manual

by Amy Baker (Editor)

Overview

Coming alongside struggling children can feel like an uphill battle. Yet children can find hope in the same source adults can find hope-In Jesus. This manual helps counselors share Christ-the way, the truth, and the life-while tailoring interactions and teachings to the understanding of children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645070634
Publisher:	New Growth Press
Publication date:	08/31/2020
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Amy Baker, PhD, is the ministry resource director at Faith Church (Lafayette, IN); director of counseling for Vision of Hope, a faith-based residential treatment program; instructor and counselor at Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries; a council member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition; and the author of Getting to the Heart of Friendships and Picture Perfect: When Life Doesn't Line Up as well as several counseling minibooks. She is the editor of Caring for the Souls of Children: A Biblical Counselor's Manual. She and her husband, Jeff, have two children.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Foundation and Methodological Issues

1 The Soul of a Child: An Introduction to Counseling Children Amy Baker 1

2 Methodology: Key Elements in Counseling Children Amy Baker 12

3 Counseling Children of Different Age Groups: Ages and Stages of Development Julie Lowe 33

Part 2 Specific Counseling Issues

Children and Their Relationships 54

4 Leading Children to Jesus Marty Machowski 55

5 Navigating Parent/Child Relationships Jessica Thompson 67

6 Helping a Child with Friendships Jonathan Holmes 80

Children and Their Emotions 94

7 Helping Anxious Children Julie Lowe 95

8 Helping Angry Children Michael R. Emlet 110

9 Counseling after a Suicide Attempt Garrett Higbee 129

10 Helping Children with Shame Edward T. Welch 147

Children and Their Bodies 157

11 Talking with Children about Sex Kevin Carson 158

12 Talking about Sexual Identity Tim Geiger 176

13 Helping Children Who Self-Harm Charles Hodges 195

14 Counseling Children with a Disease Joni and Friends 211

15 Counseling Children with a Disability Joni and Friends 222

Children and Trauma 233

16 Helping Abused Children Amy Baker 234

17 Counseling Children of Divorce Amy Baker 248

18 Facing Death and Grief: Hope and Help for Hurting Children Bob Kellemen 266

19 Counseling Children Not Living with Their Biological Parents Pam Bauer 278

Endnotes 290