Books are available on Amazon or anywhere books are sold! 

Generally, you are safe with any book coming from CCEF, Westminster Seminary faculty, or ACBC recommended books. Many more new books on Biblical Counseling topics are being written, and some on very important contemporary issues. But, to get you started, here are books we recommend:

  • How to Counsel Biblically by John MacArthur
  • Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul Tripp
  • Christ and Your Problems by Jay Adams
  • Godliness through Discipline by Jay Adams
  • God, Marriage & Family (2nd Edition) by A. J. Kostenberger and D. Jones
  • Ministering to Twenty-First Century Families by Dennis Rainey
  • Ready to Restore by Jay Adams
  • Competent to Counsel by Jay Adams
  • Theology of Christian Counseling by Jay Adams
  • Christian Living in the Home by Jay Adams
  • Christian Counselor’s Manual by Jay Adams
  • Seeing with New Eyes by David Powlison (and any title by David Powlison)
  • Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling by Bob Kellemen
  • Gospel-Centered Counseling by Bob Kellemen
  • Scripture & Counseling by Bob Kellemen 
  • Spiritual Friends by Bob Kellemen
  • Counseling One Another Life-Line Mini-Book Series by Paul Tautges (any title by Paul Tautges)
  • What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care? (for teens) by Ed Welch (any title by Ed Welch)
  • Age of Opportunity by Paul Tripp (any title by Paul Tripp)
  • Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
  • Don’t Make Me Count to Three by Ginger Hubbard
  • Leaving Yesterday Behind by William Hines
  • Putting Your Past in its Place by Steve Viars
  • Homework Manuals 1, 2, & 3 by Wayne Mack (any title by Wayne Mack
  • Finally Free by Heath Lambert
  • A Theology of Biblical Counseling: Doctrinal Foundations of Counseling by Heath Lambert
  • Counseling the Hard Cases by Heath Lambert & Stuart Scott
  • Fear, Worry & Anxiety by Elyse Fitzpatrick
  • Idols of the Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick
  • Counsel from the Cross by Elyse Fitzpatrick
  • People Pleasing by Lou Priolo
  • Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo
  • Uprooting Anger by Robert Jones
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Jeremy Lelek