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Resources for Christian Counseling: Counseling for Family Violence and Abuse (Grant Martin)

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Counseling for Family Violence and Abuse is written specifically for counselors and pastors. Again the Word series has given the Christian community the best Christian book on the market. Grant centers in on three primary forms of family violence: spousal, child, and elder abuse. Though the standard description of the problem is outlined in every chapter, Grant delineates many helpful hints in counseling that other books fail to cover in much depth. He is very complete about the various options available in resolving family disputes and violence.

Like all the books that I have read in the Word series, Grant seems to favor the cognitive-behavioral approach to treatment. And since he believes that everyone is a victim and that low self-esteem is the primary culprit, Grant also includes a chapter about treating men who batter, something few other books do. His chapter on the evaluation and treatment of the sexually abused child offers some very helpful hints, but like any book that attempts to survey so much, many will find his comments sometimes not in enough depth. This is especially true on his short chapter on elder abuse.