Jesus for the Anxious - by Fisher Melissa Lmhc (Paperback)

About the Book

Managing your anxiety shouldn't cause you more anxiety! This 8-week, interactive journey toward peace integrates Scripture, neuroscience, and psychology into a practical, easy-to-use approach that teaches you coping and relationship skills to put into practice today and keep in your Calm Skills Toolbox for future life storms.

Book Synopsis

8 Weeks of Practical Exercises for Less Anxiety and More Peace
- Author is a licensed Christian counselor who has overcome her own anxiety
- An accessible 8-week journey drawing insights from Scripture, neuroscience, and psychology
- Provides interactive exercises and tools to help readers build and practice coping skills


Do you tend to overthink the simple things? Does relational conflict cause worry--or even unnecessary guilt? Do you have difficulty controlling your thoughts or relaxing your body? When you have anxiety, symptoms like these can dominate your days and prevent you from enjoying life. And knowing the Bible says "Don't be anxious" makes you feel worse--as if you can just turn it off!

Licensed Christian counselor (and reformed worrier) Melissa Fisher is here to tell you that managing your anxiety shouldn't cause you more anxiety. In this 8-week interactive journey toward lasting inner peace, Melissa integrates Scripture, neuroscience, and psychology into a practical, easy-to-use approach. She teaches you coping and relationship skills that you can put into practice today and keep in your toolbox for the future.

With helpful therapy techniques, honest meditative prayers, and hopeful daily readings, you will learn to overcome your anxiety one day at a time. And you'll draw closer to the One who calms the storms--even the ones raging inside you.

From the Back Cover

"I love this book! In Jesus for the Anxious, I found the perfect blend of biblical truth and compassionate counseling, full of tools that will equip anyone to better calm their anxiety. Melissa Fisher's writing style is conversational and yet carries the authority of all her education and experience. I highly recommend Jesus for the Anxious as a must-have resource for those dealing with anxiety, and for those who love them." --Jocelyn Green, co-author of The 5 Love Languages Military Edition with Dr. Gary Chapman

"Anxiety is too often treated as a failure of faith or a problem to overcome before we can draw near to God. Melissa Fisher wisely dismantles that shame. With clinical wisdom, spiritual sensitivity, and practical care, Jesus for the Anxious helps readers attend to the intertwined realities of mind, body, soul, and relationships while discovering how Jesus who moves toward us in our distress. This is a compassionate and accessible companion for anyone longing to experience greater steadiness, connection, and peace." --Chuck DeGroat, author of When Narcissism Comes to Church

About the Author

Melissa Fisher, LMHC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Vancouver, Washington, working with trauma and anxiety. She has two decades of experience in Christian youth, women's, military, and young adult ministries, as well as personal work in spiritual formation. Melissa has contributed to Karen Whiting and Jocelyn Greene's Battlefields and Blessings. She and her husband, a retired military officer, enjoy traveling with their adult children and hiking in the mountains.