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New Book: The Best of You Break Free from Painful Patterns, Mend Your Past, and Discover Your True Self in God
Coming September, 2022
“Many of us are seeking ways to live healthier lives within ourselves, the world around us, and in our relationships. Through the therapeutic advice in The Best of You, Dr. Alison Cook leads us to ask important questions and work through key strategies so the best of who God intended and desires for us to be can develop. The path toward this kind of healing is not always easy, but it is possible. I hope you will let this beautiful and transformative book show you how!”
Lysa TerKeurst
#1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries
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“Boundaries for Your Soul is a phenomenal book—one I’ve set aside to slowly read again and again until it’s part of who I am.”
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Meet Alison
Alison Cook, M.A., Ph.D. is a counselor, speaker, and the author of two books, including her new book, The Best of You (Thomas Nelson 2022) and Boundaries for Your Soul (Thomas Nelson, 2018). For 20 years, Alison has helped women forge healthy relationships and say "Yes" to the life God has for them. Each week, she provides expert advice to over 40,000 people who subscribe to her email newsletter.
“It requires an immeasurable amount of hard work to become a therapist. It requires an altogether different kind of work—albeit no less rigorous—to become an effective translator of that work for others in a written form that is as accessible and compelling as it is beautiful. But far and away, to do both of these things with grace and vulnerability is a rarely cultivated gift, one that empowers the reader to undergo transformation even in the very act of ingesting what falls upon their eyes. In Alison Cook we have someone who embodies and offers all of these. And with The Best of You she delivers, along with so much goodness and beauty, the best of herself. And when that is what you are receiving—trust me—finding the best of you is just around the corner.”
Curt Thompson, MD
psychiatrist and author of Anatomy of the Soul and The Soul of Shame
Speaking
Alison conducts interactive presentations for conferences and church ministries. Areas of expertise include emotional and spiritual wholeness, transforming painful thoughts and feelings, boundary setting, and the intersection of faith and psychology.
“Dr. Alison Cook brilliantly yet practically identifies common misconceptions in our relationships, including our relationship with God. The Best of You weaves together psychology and theology in a profoundly prophetic way, leading us toward the gift God has provided since the days in the garden of Eden—redemption. Dr. Cook gives us the best of herself as a gentle guide and trusted companion.”
Monique S. Gadson, PhD, LPC
therapist, and assistant professor of Counseling Psychology at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology
From the Blog
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| By Alison Cook
Overcoming Addiction and Learning to Ask for Help
| By Alison Cook
“Alison’s breathtakingly wise work builds upon the theology and psychology of the true self from sages like Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen, but takes a giant leap forward in its approachability and practicality. An immensely helpful and profoundly deep guide to living from your true self!”