Codependency Minibook
How to set healthy boundaries and have healthy relationships
You've heard plenty about getting hooked on drugs or alcohol or sitting at slot machines from sunup to sundown, but can you really become addicted to a person? The answer is yes- codependency is a relationship addiction. A codependent is anyone who is dependent on another person to the point of being controlled or manipulated by that person. Learn how to set healthy boundaries, and how to be released from relationship addiction by renewing your commitment to Christ first.
June Hunt starts this minibook with stories of biblical people who ultimately compromised their relationship with God by being overly dependent on others, getting trapped in a codependent relationship.
Codependency will shed light on the spiritual implications of relationships that take precedence over your relationship with the Lord. Helpful checklists like the codependent relationship profile will help you determine whether or not you are in a codependent relationship. Also learn what the five stages of childhood development are, and how you can keep your children from having an unhealthy dependence on you.
The last section titled' Steps to Solution' gives Biblical advice on how to keep away from idolatrous, or codependent relationships, such as:
- Recovery steps to confronting codependency
- 7 steps to independent relationships
- Help from an unhealthy relationship
- 7 principles for finding the road to relationship freedom
- And much more.
Look for all 42 titles in the Hope For The Heart Biblical Counseling Library. These mini-books are for people who seek freedom from codependency, anger, conflict, verbal and emotional abuse, depression, or other problems.
June Hunt
June Hunt, M.A. Criswell College, is a biblical counselor whose award-winning radio program Hope For The Heart is heard on 900 radio outlets around the world. For more than 25 years, she has counseled people, offering them hope for today's problems. June has helped many people with emotional, relational, and spiritual problems experience God's love through biblical hope and practical help. Click here to find out more about Hope for the Heart.
Hope For The Heart Board of Reference
Dr. Henry Blackaby (Blackaby Ministries International), Dr. Rick Warren (Saddleback Church), Dr. Tony Evans (The Urban Alternative), Joni Eareckson Tada (Joni and Friends), Kay Arthur (Precept Ministries International), Dr. David Jeremiah (Turning Point), Dr. Tim Clinton (American Association of Christian Counselors), Dr. Bruce Wilkinson (Bruce Wilkinson Ministries), Dr. Chip Ingram (Living on the Edge), Roger Staubach (SRS Real Estate Partners), Steve Arterburn (New Life Ministries), Vonette Bright (Campus Crusade for Christ), Dr. Charles Stanley (In Touch Ministries), Zig Ziglar (Ziglar Training Systems)
Kind Words about this product and June Hunt It is full of practical information including a Codependency Checklist Test to help identify unhealthy relational patterns, [ it also covers] the root causes of codependency, how to confront your own codependency, and a Codependent Relationship Profile that lists attributes of unhealthy relationships.
--April McCallum,
blogger for www.destinyswomen.com [ click here to read the full review.] After decades of counseling men and women from all walks of life, June knows how to lead readers to truth--truth that liberates because it is truth from God.
Kay Arthur, Co-founder of Precept Ministries International, and author of
When the Hurt Runs Deep-Healing and Hope for Life's Desperate Moments Those of us who have had to forgive the unforgiveable will find June's materials to be tremendous-- filled with hope and healing. She speaks from the heart with truth, directly to your broken soul."
Stephen Arterburn, Founder of New Life Ministries and author of
Healing Is a Choice June Hunt has been addressing the root issue for hurting hearts as long as I have known her. God has given her insightful sensitivity not only to identify human problems, but also to uncover biblical solutions. She has done it for me more than once! All who have hurting hearts--or who minister to wounded spirits--need to read her resources.
Dr. Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Professor of Theology in Women's Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary June walks you through the step-by-step process to forgive...yes, even the 'unforgiveable.' If you want your days ahead to be better than the days gone by, this is a must read for you.
Dr. Tony Evans, Senior Pastor, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, and President of The Urban Alternative
