Imperative people : those who must be in control

Summary: A practical guidebook for dealing with the personality that must control--even if it is your own--that helps readers identify controlling behavior and shows how to couple God's strength with the effective strategies provided to eliminate it. Part of the Minirth-Meier Clinic series.

Record details

ISBN: 0840733887
ISBN: 9780840733887
Physical Description: 220, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher: Nashville : T. Nelson, c1991.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Janet Thoma book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [221])
Formatted Contents Note:	Part one: Identifying imperative people -- 1. Do you need to be in control? -- 2. Are you guided by imperative thinking? -- 3. Do your emotions control your actions? -- Part two: Understanding the pieces of an imperative personality -- 4. Are you driven by duty? -- 5. Are you dependent? -- 6. Do you act superior, yet feel inferior? -- 7. Do you have an inborn craving for control? -- Part three: Yielding and being liberated -- 8. Being free to be who you are -- 9. Choosing to walk humbly -- 10. Choosing to be content -- Part four: Enjoying relationships with other people -- 11. Freedom and marriage -- 12. Freedom and parenting -- 13. Freedom and Christianity -- Endnotes -- About the author