Revised and updated from the original, this honest and forthright look at families of all shapes and sizes will help you down the path of healing (whether you know you need it or whether you're just not sure). Unlocking Your Family Patternscombines decades worth of counseling wisdom and pastoral care insights into this one practical resource. Your past may hurt, and your family's patterns may have left emotional scars, but your future has not been laid in stone yet. There is hope for healing, there are lessons to learn, and there paths toward family health. Using clinical, biblical, and practical examples to help you uncover the patterns your family has lived in, this book might lead you toward the family U-turn you've been looking for.

DAVE CARDER currently serves as Pastor responsible for Counseling Ministries at the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton. He holds graduate degrees in Biblical Literature and in Marital and Family Therapy as well as the Michigan Limited License in Psychology and the Marriage and Family Therapy license in California. Dave has published five books, one of which won The Gold Medallion Award in Personal Evangelism in 1993. Dave and his wife, Ronnie, have four adult children and five grandchildren. In their spare time they enjoy jogging. EARL R. HENSLIN (Psy.D., Biola University), a licensed marriage, family, and child psychologist, serves at the Harbor Family Practice in Fullerton, California. He is a contributor to Secrets of Your Family Tree, and co-author of This Is Your Brain on Joy and Man to Man, as well as many other books. Dr. Henslin and his wife, Karen, have three children. DR. JOHN TOWNSEND is a psychologist, relational expert, business consultant, and leadership coach. He has written or co-written over 20 books, selling 5 million copies, including the 2 million bestseller Boundaries; Leadership Beyond Reason; and Handling Difficult People. For more than twenty years Dr. Townsend has engaged with audiences, organizations and leaders around the world, providing practical solutions to their problems. He is a co-host of the nationally-syndicated talk show New Life Live John is a visiting professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, and is Clinical Director of the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is active on the Board of Directors of Mustard Seed Ranch www.mustardseedranchtn.org, a residential program for abused children. He, his wife, and their children reside in CA. John\u2019s passion is playing in a band which performs at southern California lounges and venues. DR. HENRY CLOUD (B.S., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Biola University) is a clinical psychologist and leadership consultant. As president of Cloud-Townsend Resources, Dr. Cloud has conducted hundreds of public seminars around the country. He has written or co-authored more than 20 books, including Boundaries, which has sold more than two million copies, Integrity: The Courage To Meet The Demands of Reality, 9 Things You Simply Must Do To Succeed in Love and Life, and, most recently, The One-Life Solution. Dr. Cloud is the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio program New Life Live. He lives in CA with his wife, Tori, and their two daughters.

Table of Contentsml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Part 1Dysfunctional Families of the Bible1. David and His Family Tree ¿ Earl Henslin, Psy.D.2. Isaac and His Family Tree ¿ Dave Carder, MA.3. Jesus Had Family Issues Too ¿ Earl Henslin, Psy.D.Part 2Contributing Factors in Family Dysfunction4. Passing the Torch: The Multigenerational Transmission Process ¿ Dave Carder, MA. 5. Guilt-ridden Baggage: The Role of Religious Shame ¿ Earl Henslin, Psy.D.6. Blest Be the Tie That Binds: Local Church "Family" Patterns ¿ Dave Carder, MA.Part 3Family Health: How to Do It Right When You Learned It Wrong7. Learning to Bond¿John Townsend, Ph.D.8. Learning to Set Boundaries ¿ John Townsend, Ph.D.9. Learning About Goodness/Badness ¿ Henry Cloud, Ph.D.10. Learning to Achieve Adulthood ¿ Henry Cloud, Ph.D.11. Facing Life's "Unfair Assignments" ¿ Dave Carder, MAAppendix A: Helping the Helpers: Dysfunctional Families in "The Ministry" ¿ Alice Brawand, MA. Appendix B: Resource List from the Authors Appendix C: Patterns Predicting Pastoral Infidelity Appendix D: The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous