Kristin L. Kellen, Counseling Women: Biblical Wisdom for Life’s Battles. B&H Academic, 2022. 288 pages.
As a biblical counselor, I am always on the lookout for biblically centered, clinically informed resources. Professor and counselor Kristin Kellen’s new book Counseling Women: Biblical Wisdom for Life’s Battles meets the mark. She provides a biblical framework for coming alongside women in need, as well as practical counseling advice derived from years of experience.
In her introduction, Kellen states, “It is my hope that each reader walks away from this text more prepared to serve our sisters and encourage them in ways that honor the Lord” (xv). It is my happy job to report that her book indeed accomplishes her hope, and I heartily recommend it to any reader.
SUMMARY
Counseling Women is structured into two sections. Section One includes six chapters of theological groundwork for understanding women from a biblical perspective. Section Two, the bulk of the book, contains fourteen issue-specific chapters about common problems women face. The list includes depression, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, same-sex attraction, gender dysphoria, self-harm, suicide, addiction, pornography, trauma, marital unfaithfulness, infertility, miscarriage, parenting, and chronic pain. With so many issues to tackle in one resource, Kellen
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