CCEF Minibooks Series

76 primary works • 76 total works
Simple, Quick, Biblical.

Advice on Complicated Issues for Pastors, Counsellors, and Individuals.

From the Christian Counselling & Educational Foundation.
When Bad Things Happen: Thoughtful Answers to Hard Questions
WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN- Is a personal God really i…
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Accepting God's Forgiveness: Believing in God's Love for You
4.47
· 15 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1905 · 3 editions
Do past failures still trouble you? Perhaps regret…
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Angry Children: Understanding and Helping Your Child Regain Control
If you have an angry child you are most likely wor…
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Divorce Recovery: Growing and Healing God's Way
4.50
· 16 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1905 · 4 editions
The pain of divorce has many different the end of …
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Help! My Spouse Committed Adultery: First Steps for Dealing with Betrayal
Your spouse was unfaithful. Those four words don't…
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Who Does the Dishes? Decision Making in Marriage
4.39
· 18 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1905 · 8 editions
Who should pay the bills? Do the laundry? Work out…
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Burned Out? Trusting God with Your To-Do List
4.10
· 21 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1905 · 3 editions
"Originally published in 2006 as 'Rest'."

Often, in…
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It's All about Me: The Problem with Masturbation
It's normal. """"Everyone does it."""" """"Nobody …
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Help for Stepfamilies: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Learning to Love
How do you blend two separate families into one ho…
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Bipolar Disorder - Understanding and Help for Extremem Mood Swings
Everyone feels better some days than others, but s…
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Eating Disorders: The Quest for Thinness
4.10
· 30 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1905 · 6 editions
What started as an innocent diet has turned into a…
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Living with an Angry Spouse: Help for Vicims of Abuse
3.71
· 7 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2008 · 4 editions
You married someone you trusted, and now you are f…
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Choices: Why Do I Do What I Do?
4.43
· 7 Ratings · published 2012 · 1 edition
Why did I do that? Behind every choice is a motive…
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Hurts So Good: Exposing the Lies of Self-Injury
4.30
· 23 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
You hurt yourself to feel better, but the relief n…
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Freedom from Addiction: Turning from Your Compulsive Behavior
You’ve tried to stop more times than you can count…
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Depression: The Way Up When You Are Down
4.31
· 212 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2000 · 6 editions
Lost ambition. Emotional numbness. Fear and withdr…
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Domestic Abuse: How to Help
3.71
· 21 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
Those three counselors reveal ways to clearly comm…
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How to Love Difficult People: Receiving and Sharing God's Mercy
HOW TO LOVE DIFFICULT PEOPLE- Prickly, defensive, …
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How Do I Stop Losing It With My Kids? Getting to the Heart of Your Discipline Problems
The kids are hungry, dinner is late, everyone's ti…
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Should We Get Married? How to Evaluate Your Relationship
3.86
· 21 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1905 · 6 editions
You know you're in love--you always want to be tog…
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Who Should I Date? Relationship Advice for the Real World
Who should you date? You might be drawn to someone…
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Starting Over: How Not to Screw Up Your Next Relationship
Your last relationship didn't work out. You got hu…
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How to Talk to Your Kid about Sex: Honesty and Openness for a Sensitive Subject
You don't want to make a big deal out of it. Isn't…
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Living in a Dangerous World: Moving from Fear to Faith
Everyone is afraid of something. Fear is part of t…
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When Your Kid's in Trouble: How to Intervene Constructively
The question was never whether or not your child w…
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Obsessed with Your Phone?: Disconnecting to Connect
Do you own your smartphone, or does it own you? Ho…
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Feeling Guilty?: Grace for Your Mistakes
3.75
· 4 Ratings · published 2015 · 3 editions
Right now you are probably feeling guilty about on…
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Faith and Doubt: When Belief Is Hard
4.12
· 8 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition
You made a commitment to Jesus (or maybe you didn'…
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Pre-Engagement: 5 Questions to Ask Yourselves
4.26
· 151 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2000 · 2 editions
How do you know if you're ready to marry? What are…
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Anger: Escaping the Maze
4.23
· 98 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
Anger. We all experience it, some more than others…
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God’s Love: Better than Unconditional
4.25
· 57 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2001 · 4 editions
"God's unconditional love." Sounds nice, but is it…
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Stress: Peace amid Pressure
4.29
· 69 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2004 · 3 editions
Are you overwhelmed by stress? On edge? Pressured …
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Renewing Marital Intimacy: Closing the Gap Between Your and Your Spouse
You started out telling each other everything. Tim…
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I'm Exhausted: What to Do When Your're Always Tired
4.18
· 39 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1905 · 5 editions
As a chronic fatigue sufferer, life as you once en…
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Breaking the Addictive Cycle: Deadly Obsessions or Simple Pleasures
You are bored or stressed or hurt. Something is ha…
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Recovering from Child Abuse: Healing and Hope for Victims
The damage you suffered may have been done in one …
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Controlling Anger: Responding Constructively When Life Goes Wrong
What makes you angry? Sometimes it’s small traffic…
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Life Beyond Your Parents' Mistakes: The Transforming Power of God's Love
What if your human parents were violent, deceptive…
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I Just Want to Die: Replacing Suicidal Thoughts with Hope
Are you having suicidal thoughts and feelings? Per…
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Sexual Addiction: Freedom from Compulsive Behavior
4.40
· 20 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1905 · 6 editions
If you're struggling with a sexual addiction of an…
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Sexual Assault: Healing Steps for Victims
4.50
· 16 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1905 · 4 editions
Sexual assault is an invasive event of traumatic e…
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Facing Death with Hope: Living for What Lasts
FACING DEATH WITH HOPE- Is a life-threatening illn…
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Grieving a Suicide: Help for the Aftershock
3.70
· 23 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1905 · 6 editions
Someone you know and love has died. You feel the e…
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Healing after Abortion: God's Mercy Is for Your
The turmoil women experience after having an abort…
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Stressed Out: Becoming Peaceful on the Inside
4.32
· 25 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
Have you traded in your peace for a life full of s…
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When Cancer Interrupts
4.46
· 13 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2015 · 6 editions
From CCEF. Your cancer diagnosis comes as a surpri…
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Innocence Lost: Rebuilding after Victimization
Every victim has a voice with which to cry out aga…
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Coming Clean: Breaking Pornography’s Hold on You
Is it really possible to come clean once pornograp…
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When You Are Worried: Finding Reasons for Peace
Money, health, relationships. We have plenty of re…
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Real Love: Better Than Unconditional?
4.86
· 7 Ratings · published 2012 · 1 edition
God’s love is unconditional, right? Actually, God …
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Helping Your Adopted Child: Understanding Your: Understand Your Child's Unique Identity
Long before you decided to adopt, long before your…
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Peer Pressure: Recognizing the Warnining Signs and Giving New Direction
Does your child do and say things just to be liked…
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Parenting Your ADHD Child: Biblical Guidance for Your Child's Diagnosis
Parenting Your ADHD Biblical Guidance for Your Chi…
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Social Anxiety: Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin
4.43
· 21 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1905 · 3 editions
"I'm just shy." You've worn the label for so long …
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Relief without Cutting: Taking Negative Feelings to God
3.90
· 10 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1905 · 2 editions
People handle the hard things in life in all diffe…
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Infertility: Comfort for Your Empty Arms and Heavy Heart
4.38
· 16 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1905 · 4 editions
The progression should have been natural. You got …
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Bad Memories: Getting Past Your Past
4.34
· 38 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2004 · 6 editions
Do memories of your past haunt you? Is there help …
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Restoring Your Broken Marriage: Healing after Adultery
4.44
· 36 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2007 · 6 editions
Anger...fear...despair...guilt...shame...when your…
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Forgiveness: I Just Can't Forgive Myself
4.34
· 59 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
Sally, a Christian, laments having an abortion yea…
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Angry at God?: Bring Him Your Doubts and Questions
4.42
· 19 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2003 · 3 editions
How could God allow this to happen to me? I?m angr…
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Freedom from Resentment: Stopping Hurts from Turning Bitter
Everyone experiences hurt in relationships, but mo…
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Single Parents: Daily Grace for the Hardest Job
4.36
· 42 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1905 · 7 editions
SINGLE PARENTS- If you are a single parent, you al…
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When Trouble Shows Up: Seeing God's Transforming Love
4.31
· 55 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1905 · 3 editions
Where is God in all this? Does he really love me? …
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Prodigal Children: Hope and Help for Parents
If your adult child has left the faith and embrace…
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Why Worry?: Getting to the Heart of Your Anxiety
4.47
· 59 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1999 · 2 editions
There is hope for even a chronic worrier. Biblical…
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Conflict: A Redemptive Opportunity
4.24
· 33 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2006 · 7 editions
Everyone has their own style of dealing with confl…
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Temptation: Fighting the Urge
4.50
· 22 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1905 · 6 editions
How many times have you tried to change a behavior…
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Forgiving Others: Joining Wisdom and Love
4.45
· 47 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1905 · 6 editions
Why is it so hard to forgive? When we try, we ofte…
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Sex Before Marriage: How Far is Too Far?
4.18
· 17 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1905 · 5 editions
"If we're in love, what's wrong with having sex be…
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Freedom from Guilt: Finding Release from Your Burdens
4.00
· 21 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1905 · 9 editions
Are you living under a cloud of guilt that you can…
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Family Feuds: How to Respond
4.10
· 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1905 · 7 editions
Do you dread family get-togethers and try to avoid…
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PTSD: Healing for Bad Memories
3.78
· 23 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2012 · 3 editions
The event occurred in the past, possibly many year…
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Single and Lonely: Finding the Intimacy You Desire
3.67
· 30 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1905 · 5 editions
Are you a single adult who sometimes feels isolate…
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Dealing with Rejection: How to Respond to Deep Hurt
4.13
· 15 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1905 · 4 editions
You feel betrayed. Someone close to you has hurt y…
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When Crisis Hits: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
3.83
· 6 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1905 · 4 editions
When life falls apart, we feel deep confusion. Our…
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Chronic Pain: Living by Faith When Your Body Hurts
4.08
· 36 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2010 · 8 editions
Chronic pain is different from other kinds of phys…
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