Books

Books related to Asian American Christian Mental Health

Books about Asian American Mental Health (non-faith)

• How K-Dramas Can Transform Your Life: Powerful Lessons on Belongingness, Healing, and Mental Health and A is for Authentic: Not for Anxieties or for Straight A’s by Jeanie Y. Chang

• Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans by Jenny Wang

• Where I Belong: Healing Trauma and Embracing Asian American Identity by Soo Jin Lee and Linda Yoon

• Untigering: Peaceful Parenting for the Deconstructing Tiger Parent by Iris Chen

• Passport to Shame: From Asian Immigrant to American Addict by Sam Louie

• What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

• Saaya Unveiled: South Asian Mental Health Spotlighted by Mrinal Gokhale 

Books on Christian Mental Health or Mental Health & the Church

• Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It’s Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature by Peter Scazzero

• Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness by Matthew S. Stanford

• Beyond the Clinical Hour: How Counselors Can Partner with the Church to Address the Mental Health Crisis by James N. Sells, Amy Trout, Heather C. Sells

• The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins by Dr. Anita Phillips

• The Opposite of Depression: What My Work with Suicidal Patients Has Taught Me about Life, Hope, and How to Flourish by Dr. David M. Carreon

• A Counselor’s Guide to Christian Mindfulness: Engaging the Mind, Body, and Soul in Biblical Practices and Therapies by Dr. Regina Chow Trammel and John Trent

• Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace by J. P. Moreland

• Mental Health and the Church: A Ministry Handbook for Including Children and Adults with ADHD, Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Other Common Mental Health Conditions by Stephen Grcevich MD

• The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves by Curt Thompson

• Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller 

Also see, a Big List of Books authored by Asian American Christians