Resources
Each of these resources, listed by category, can provide helpful information. However, this doesn’t mean I endorse or agree with everything written in them.
Children/ Adult Children of Divorce
Jen Abbas, Gen Ex: Adult Children of Divorce and the Healing of Our Pain (Random House, 2004). Click on www.jenabbas.com for excellent articles and information on adult children of divorce.
Dr. Archibald D. Hart, Children and Divorce (Dallas: Word, 1989).
Dr. Archibald Hart, Growing Up Divorced—For Adults Who Once Suffered the Trauma of Their Parents’ Divorce (Servant: Ann Arbor, MI, 1994).
Kids Hope, www.kidshope.org, Gary Sprague President and Founder, PO Box 6020, Woodland Park, CO 80866,1-888-kidshope [543-7467].
Elizabeth Marquardt, Between Two Worlds—The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce (Three Rivers Press, 2006).
Tom and Beverly Rodgers, Adult Children of Divorced Parents—Making Your Marriage Work (This book is self published. To obtain copies: www.acodp.com)
Judith Wallerstein, Julia Lewis and Sandra Blakslee, The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce (New York: Hyperion, 2000).
Thomas A. Whiteman, Your Kids and Divorce (Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2001, 1992).
Codependency
Dan Allender, Bold Love (Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress, 1993).
Melody Beattie, Codependent No More (New York: Harper & Row, 1987).
Celebrate Recovery, www.celebraterecovery.com Christian recovery program on how to become free from addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors.
Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Boundaries in Marriage (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999).
James Dobson, Love Must Be Tough (Waco, Tex.: Word, 1983).
Leslie Vernick The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It! Stopping IT! Surviving It (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2007). www.leslievernick.com
Divorce Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous, 1-212-870-3400.
Cocaine Anonymous, 1-800-347-8998.
DivorceCare, PO Box 1739 Wake Forest, NC, 27588-1739, 1-800-489-7788, www.divorcecare.org
Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-962-2873 (1-800-96-ABUSE).
Gamblers Anonymous, 213-386-8789.
David Hazard, When You Can’t Say I Forgive You (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2000).
Lewis Smedes, Forgive and Forget—Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve (HarperOne, 2007)
Rose Sweet, Healing the Heartbreak of Divorce (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001).
Tom Whiteman, Bob Burns, The Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook Thomas Nelson, 1992, 1998 www.freshstartseminars.org 1-888-373-7478.
Financial/Legal
Crown Financial Ministries (Larry Burkett and Howard Dayton), www.crown.org, 601 Broad Street SE, Gainesville, GA 30501, 1-800-722-1976.
Joseph Warren Kniskern, When the Vow Breaks (Nashville, TN: Broadman and Holman, 1993).
Reconciliation/Biblical Insights On Divorce
Gary Chapman, Hope for the Separated (Chicago: Moody Press, 1996, 1982).
Tim Clinton, Before a Bad Goodbye (Nashville: Word, 1999).
Myles Monroe, Single, Married, Separated and Life After Divorce (Tulsa: Vincom, 1991).
SEXUAL ABUSE
Dan Allendar, The Wounded Heart (Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress, 1995).
Jan Coates, Set Free: God's Healing Power for Abuse Survivors and Those Who Love Them (WinePress Publishing, Washington, 2007).
Jan Frank, A Door of Hope-Recognizing and Resolving the Pains of Your Past
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1995).
Catherine Hart Weber, Dr Archibald Hart, www.hartinstitute.com
Diane Langberg, On the Threshold of Hope-Opening the Door to Hope and
Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse (Carol Stream, IL; Tyndale House, 1999).
Sexual Addiction/Homosexuality
Exodus International. Help for those with unwanted same-sex attractions. PO Box 54119, Orlando, FL 32854, 888-264-0877, www.exodus-international.org.
Kathy Gallagher, When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart-Letters to Hurting Wives (Pure Life Ministries, 2003).
Mike Haley, 101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2004).
Laurie Hall, An Affair of the Mind (Colorado Springs: Focus on the Family, 1996).
Love in Action, PO Box 171444, Memphis, TN 38187, 901-751-2468 www.loveinaction.org
Marsha Means, Living with Your Husbands Secret Wars (Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 1999).
New Life Partners, www.newlifepartners.org
Harry Schaumberg, False Intimacy – Understanding Sexual Addiction (Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress, 1997). www.sexualwholeness.com
Dr. Doug Weiss, www.sexaddict.com
Anita Worthen and Bob Davies, Someone I Love is Gay—How Family and Friends Can Respond (Downers Grove, IL; InterVarsity Press, 1996).
Single Life/Dating/Sexuality
Stephen Arterburn and Dr. Meg J. Rinck, Avoiding Mr. Wrong (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2001).
Lisa Bevere, Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry—Why Women Lose When We Give In (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002).
Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Safe People (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1995).
Rob Eagar, Dating with Pure Passion (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2005).
Patti Gordon, Press Play- Taking the Single Life Off Hold (Sisters, OR Multnomah, 2006).
Tom Jones, The Single Again Handbook, www.freshstartseminars.org .
Dick Purnell, Finding a Lasting Love (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2003).
Mary S. Whelchel, Common Mistakes Singles Make (Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 1999).
Single Parenting
Brenda Armstrong, The Single Mom’s Workplace Survival Guide (Ann Arbor, MI: Servant, 2002).
Brenda Armstrong, Financial Relief for Single Parents (Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2007).
Robert Barnes, Single Parenting (Wheaton, IL: Living Books, 1992).
Elsa Kok Colopy, The Single Mom’s Guide to Finding Joy in the Chaos (Grand Rapids, MI; Revell, 2006) For mom’s with young children.
Gary Richmond, Successful Single Parenting (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1990).
Diane Strack, New Start for Single Moms (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007).
Stepfamily
Terri Clark, Tying The Family Knot (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2004).
Ron Deal, The Smart Stepfamily (Grand Rapids, MI: Bethany House, 2002).
Maxine Marsolini, Raising Children in Blended Families—Helpful Insights, Expert Opinions and True Stories (Kregal, 2006).
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