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Joshua Hook (Ph.D.) is a Professor and Psychologist. He is the author of Cultural Humility, Replanted and Helping Groups Heal. He uses psychology to help you solve problems, clarify values, and live on purpose. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
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Latest Books
Cultural Humility helps therapists to combine multicultural theory with their own lived experience to meaningfully engage diverse clients.
Helping Groups Heal enables small group leaders to develop the skills necessary to help their members experience healing and growth.
Replanted takes an honest look at the adoption and foster care journey, and provides a model for support so your family can thrive.
Recent Blog Posts
Give Two Choices
My wife recently had a minor surgery. As she was waking up from anesthesia, the nurse came in to offer her something to eat and drink. The nurse gave two choices. “Do you want apple juice or cranberry juice?” “Do you want peanut butter crackers or goldfish?” Because...
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Rules: What’s the Point?
Awhile back, my class at church went through the book of Luke. At the beginning of Chapter 6, two stories are presented about Jesus and the Sabbath. Working on the Sabbath In the first story, some of Jesus’ followers were hungry, so they picked some grain and ate it....
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Who Are You? How Your Identity Can Help You Change
When trying to make a change, we often focus on the specific tasks we need to do. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Exercise three times per week. Stop smoking. Plan a date night. These actions and behaviors are important, but sometimes we can get bogged down in the...
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Don’t Leave the Nest
I listened to an interesting talk by Joel Osteen the other day, and I’d like to share a bit about what he said. His talk was about faith and remaining hopeful for how God might work in our lives, even when we aren’t seeing much progress or movement. It was an...
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