Mark A. Yarhouse is a professor of psychology whose work delves into the intricate relationship between sexuality and identity. Through his research and clinical practice, he explores how individuals form and express their sexual identities. Yarhouse's approach emphasizes the need for understanding and integrating various aspects of the human experience. His aim is to foster healthy development and personal wholeness.
In this practical guide, Dr. Mark Yarhouse, the leading Christian expert on LGTBQ+ concerns, offers parents godly wisdom and answers to their biggest questions about gender identity issues. This reliable, go-to resource will help you initiate honest, informative dialogues with your kids, model biblical conviction with civility and compassion, and more.
Exploring the intersection of faith and sexuality, the author delves into the Christian sexual ethic and its implications for understanding homosexuality. By examining scientific findings and the evolving language of sexual identity, the book provides a framework for Christians to engage thoughtfully with diverse perspectives. The author emphasizes the importance of informed dialogue and offers guidance for supporting same-sex attracted individuals within a biblical context, aiming to foster meaningful discipleship and understanding.
Helping people navigate gender identity questions today is complex and often polarized work. Filled with assessments, therapeutic tools, and case studies, this practical resource from Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky offers mental health professionals a client-centered, open-ended approach that makes room for gender exploration while respecting religious identity.
Based on the authors' significant clinical and ministry experience, this book offers a measured Christian response to the diverse gender identities that are being embraced by an increasing number of adolescents.
For sexual minority students on Christian college campuses, faith and sexuality can feel in acute tension. Yarhouse, Dean, Stratton, and Lastoria draw on their decades of experience to bring us a longitudinal study into what sexual minorities experience, hope for, and benefit from. Rich with both quantitative and qualitative data, here is an unprecedented opportunity to listen to sexual minorities in their own words.
Gender and sexual identity are immensely complicated topics. An expert on human sexuality, Mark Yarhouse offers a Christian perspective of transgender identity that eschews simplistic answers, engages the latest research and listens to people's stories. This accessible guide challenges Christians to rise above the politics and come alongside individuals navigating these issues.
Mark A. Yarhouse, Richard E. Butman and Barrett W. McRay offer this revised companion volume to Modern Psychotherapies, addressing students and mental health professionals who want to sort through contemporary secular understandings of psychopathology in relationship to a Christian worldview.
The field of human sexuality is one of ever-increasing complexity, particularly for Christian therapists and psychologists seeking to be faithful to Scripture, informed by science and sensitive to culture. Mark Yarhouse and Erica Tan offer a survey and appraisal of this field from a Christian perspective, which grounds sex therapy in the biblical affirmation of physicality and the redemptive purposes of human life.
Focusing on the formation of sexual identity among teens, this book offers a compassionate perspective tailored for pastors and youth ministry volunteers. It provides practical guidance on helping young individuals navigate contemporary cultural challenges while fostering a sexual identity that aligns with Christian values. The author emphasizes the importance of understanding and support in this journey, making it a valuable resource for those involved in youth mentorship.