Jesus for the Anxious: 8 Weeks of Practicing Peace to Calm Your Worry and Fear - Paperback

by Fisher Melissa Lmhc (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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.