Frank Minirth

Written by three highly experienced mental health counselors, this bookaddresses the need for secure, safe places in all contexts of ourlives. These bestselling authors also show readers how to identify andremain in safe places while growing spiritually in an unsafe world.

Seventeen million people in the United States suffer from clinical depression, and more than fifty million people find themselves in prolonged emotional lows. Now, for every sufferer, there is hope. Not only are effective counseling methods available to treat depression, but also researchers have made great strides in understanding the chemical makeup of the brain. Mood Swings helps readers understand the causes of "bipolar-related disorders"-and find effective ways to treat the problem, recover the joy they've lost, and return to a far more normal, balanced perspective on life. The doctors discuss the extremes and the in-betweens of depression, and show how the highs and lows of uncontrollable mood swings trap the sufferer in a cycle of dysfunction.Mood Swings offers hope to everyone who suffers depression and helps those who love them understand and treat this troubling problem.

A field guide to understanding and managing anger--what it is, where it comes from, and how to get it under control.Many people assume that anger is the emotion that leads to raised voices and violence, and this kind of explosive rage is certainly a reality. But there are many different types of anger, from the simmering to the shutting down. Most of us experience some form of anger or its effects. The good news is that anger can be controlled.Founded on thirteen faith-based steps designed to recognize and manage anger, The Anger Workbook is an interactive guide to transforming patterns and behaviors with the help of biblical principles and evidence-based treatment.Best-selling author and practicing counselor Les Carter, Ph.D. and author and Christian psychiatrist Frank Minirth, M.D. draw on their years of experience and expertise to demystify the problem of anger. Throughout this workbook, you will learn:How to identify situational anger in yourself or others as well as patterns of relating, thinking, and behaving that may lead to feelings of angerHow emotions like fear, loneliness, and inferiority create angerHow to uncover and eliminate myths that perpetuate anger such as, "Letting go of my anger means I am conceding defeat." Or "No one understand my unique problems."For parents: how to manage a child's angerAs we get to know and understand anger--whether it's our own or a loved one's--its management becomes far less daunting. Anger can be controlled.

Based on the premise that overeating is linked to emotional and spiritual deprivations, Love Hunger begins with a relationship inventory that will help you understand how disappointments with your family, spouse, or self can result in obesity. It then provides a comprehensive program that helps identify whether or not you are using food as a substitute for love, career fulfillment, or friendship and shows you how to break that addiction. Once you begin dealing with the psychological basis for your eating problems, you'll be ready to lose weight healthfully, with a dietitian-designed food plan, that includes daily menus and recipes, as well as strategies for relapses, maintenance, motivation, and more. This is a complete plan for body, mind, and soul.

How To Let Go of Unhealthy RelationshipsThe doctors of the Minirth-Meier Clinic counsel you directly using their proven interactive techniques.The Love Is a Choice Workbook provides a ten-stage plan to help you find healing from the pain that created your codependency. It then guides you through the plan using interactive questions, self-tests, exercises, and journaling.This workbook helps you to step back and examine your life and then effectively deal with your codependency at your own pace, in a healthy and affirming way. It can be used independently, or with Love Is a Choice, to help you break the cycle of codependency and be free to make new choices.Set yourself free to choose love.

Compulsive overeating is a complex and pervasive problem. A one-dimensional approach to weight loss has rarely worked because different people are overweight for different reasons, and most people have several factors feeding their obesity problems. Love Hunger Weight-Loss Workbook's multifaceted approach will help you develop lifelong lifestyle changes through:Weekly eating, exercise, and lifestyle plansAn easy-to-use menu exchange program for each weekA daily food, exercise, and behavior diaryA specially designed personal weight-loss chartDaily meditations based on the Twelve StepsA guided self-examination of your love hunger through self-tests, journaling, interactive questions, and exercises.

It's easy to identify rage in people who lose their temper at traffic jams, unruly children, unresponsive coworkers, and unrealistic bosses. But we may not recognize more subtle manifestations of anger, such as being uncomfortable with loose ends, acting impatiently, or being overly critical. That is anger, too. And, as is so often the case, angry folks don't seem to realize that the behavior causing them problems at home or at work actually stems from unrecognized and unresolved pain and emotional injuries from the past. Is all this negative emotion inevitable, or are there choices about how to respond, choices that can improve personal relationships as well as emotional health? The Anger Trap is a landmark book that strips away the myths and misconceptions about anger and reveals how you can learn to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anger so that you may choose— or help someone else to choose— a better, more spiritually enlightened path. The Anger Trap examines the root causes of anger and can help you realize your patterns and break the destructive cycles of criticism, frustration, and irritation that hurt you and others around you. Drawing insight from timeless spiritual wisdom as well as cutting-edge research, Dr. Carter offers practical techniques to free you from anger, its hidden insecurities, fears, and selfishness and thereby improve the quality of your home and workplace life. The book clearly illustrates how the change process works and The Anger Trap is filled with real-life examples of the ways people have come to terms with their anger by applying the concepts Dr. Carter outlines.

In this practical book, anger experts Drs. Les Carter and Frank Minirth–coauthors of the bestselling The Anger Workbook–show families how the "blame game" (parents blame the kids and kids blame the parents) doesn’t work. Instead they provide insight for dealing with the root causes of anger. In a perfect blend of biblical wisdom and psychological research, they show readers how to understand what can be right about anger, distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anger, recognize how anger can be managed more successfully by controlling desires and insecurities and addressing other underlying issues, and much more. Filled with real-life examples, checklists, evaluation tools, and study questions, this valuable resource for any parent with a preteen or teenager will help parents understand and manage their children’s anger–as well as their own–and show how to create harmony at home.

Don't Let Anxiety Rule Your Life!Worry is one of the most common mood disorders in America. Whether you call it stress, tension, frustration, or anxiety, worry can take its toll on health and well-being. While no one is exempt from the circumstances that cause stress and worry, many of us don't realize how easy it is to become locked into its self-perpetuating cycle...or that they can break free.Do you recognize any of these patterns in your life?You make major efforts to project a correct image of yourself.You have a hard time letting go of frustrations.Fear or distrust causes you to be cautious or calculated.You worry about whether others will accept you.You push yourself to perform appropriately and to make things right.The Worry Workbook identifies these trends and many other manifestations of anxiety, giving you effective strategies to battle such negative tendencies. This powerful twelve-step program presents illuminating questions, insightful guidance, comprehensive checklists, and real-life examples to help you:Learn to distinguish what you can and cannot control, then live accordingly.Recognize the need to "be yourself" and accept yourself for who you are.Communicate effectively rather than hold it all in.Know that each problem has a solution that you can resolve.

Discover Contentment and Peace by Letting Go of Harmful AngerPerhaps there have been times you've felt stuck in bitterness, discouragement or cynicism. Maybe you've asked "How can I forgive when I hurt as badly as I do?" or you've had moments when you thought you'd truly forgiven, only to have anger return. You may have been taught that anger is bad, that Christians can't be angry or that nothing good ever results from anger.From the authors who brought you the bestseller The Anger Workbook, Dr. Les Carter and Frank Minirth of The Minirth Clinic use the same tried and true methods to help you truly forgive those who've wronged you. This 12-part comprehensive plan will teach you how to increase your ability to forgive and find lasting healing by:learning to establish appropriate boundariesachieving a balance between forgiveness and healthy angercorrectly managing and communicating your angerforgiving for the right reasons The workbook format allows you to personalize the information and develop a plan that will lead to real results. This new 12-step plan will guide you through elements that are crucial to forgiveness and healing.The choice is yours: debilitating anger or forgiveness that frees you to expend your energy on emotionally healthy goals and more satisfying pursuits, such as love, respect, confidence, and servitude. Choose forgiveness and start on the path toward a life of abundance.

You Don't Have To Let Depression Overtake Your Life.The truth is that depression will seriously afflict one in four of us at some point in our lives. And yet, despite its prevalence, we still cling to many misconceptions about depression and its causes. Depression doesn't always mean an overwhelming sense of gloom; it can also be the underlying cause of feelings like these:"I'm no longer able to sustain my motivation at work.""I view the past with regret or sorrow.""I am often pessimistic. I tend to dwell on what might go wrong.""I'm not sure that people would care if I told them how I feel."To varying degrees, everyone suffers these kinds of feelings. The good news is that depression can be managed. Discover how to identify depression, understand its causes, come to terms with the past and look forward to the future. This 12-part interactive program by Drs. Frank Minirth and Les Carter will help you bring balance to your emotions as you peel back the layers of any situation and develop keys to lasting change.

Basado en la premisa que comer en exceso está unido a una privación emocional y espiritual, no solamente a una ansiedad física, Hambre de amor comienza con un inventario sobre sus relaciones que le ayudará a entender como la desilusión con su familia, cónyuge, o con el alimento mismo, puede conducirle a comer en exceso. Este libro le proveerá un programa completo que le servirá para identificar si usted está utilizando el alimento como un sustituto para el amor, la realización de una carrera, o la amistad; dándole entonces, una forma para romper esa adicción. Una vez que usted comience a tratar con la base psicológica de sus problemas alimenticios, usted estará listo para perder peso de manera saludable mediante un plan diseñado por nutricionistas profesionales, que incluye menús diarios y recetas. Este programa también ofrece estrategias para cuando ocurran recaídas, mantener el programa, motivación, y mucho más. Este es un plan integral para el cuerpo, la mente, y el alma.

Obwohl wir uns nach erfüllten Beziehungen sehnen, verstricken wir uns immer wieder in schmerzliche Konflikte - und das nicht nur innerhalb der Familie. Aber woran liegt es, dass wir trotz unserer aufrichtigen Bemühungen immer wieder daran scheitern, ein ausgewogenes Verhältnis zu unseren Mitmenschen zu finden? Möglicherweise sind wir schon seit unserer Kindheit in einem Kreislauf gefangen, dessen Stationen sich ständig wiederholen: dem Kreislauf der Kodependenz - der Abhängigkeit von zwanghaften Verhaltensweisen. Doch es gibt einen Ausweg: Die Autoren haben ein erprobtes und geistlich fundiertes Programm entwickelt, das in zehn Schritten den Weg aus der Kodependenz weist. Sie machen Mut, schädliche Abhängigkeiten zu überwinden und gesunde Beziehungen aufzubauen.