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Jeff VanVonderen is the coauthor of The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse and When God's People Let You Down as well as several other books.

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Jeff VanVonderen

American author

Jeff VanVonderen (born October 2, 1952) is an author, motivational speaker, former pastor, and interventionist who is best known for his appearances on A&Ereality showIntervention.^[1] VanVonderen has written seven books on various topics such as family troubles, drug addiction, and spirituality.^[2]

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VanVonderen's first book - originally published in the 1980s, was re-released in 2004, a work called Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them. The book touched on the theme of addiction.^[3] VanVonderen's second book, published in 1990, entitled Tired of Trying to Measure Up: Getting free from the demands, expectations, and intimidation of well-meaning people, explored the implications of shame, and sought to guide Christians towards making choices more freely. Three years later he authored Families Where Grace is in Place. The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, written by VanVonderen and David Johnson in 1991, offered advice concerning spiritual abuse. It was followed

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Spiritual Abuse: An Interview with Jeff VanVonderen

Jeff VanVonderen is the coauthor of The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse and When God’s People Let You Down as well as several other books. He is a longtime participant in and supporter of the NACR.

STEPS: Your book on spiritual abuse was published a long time ago. But it’s still in print. I guess the problem hasn’t gone away yet?

Jeff: The response to the book has not really diminished that much. Usually a book will be out there for a couple of years and then go out of print. But people keep finding The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse as if it’s a new book. The stories I hear from people haven’t gotten any nicer over the last decade either. The wounds caused by spiritual abuse are still very deep. And to be honest, I don’t see that much improvement in the system overall. I think it’s pretty clear that spiritual abuse is not some kind of fad.

STEPS: Nor is it something that you and [coauthor] Dave Johnson invented, is it?

Jeff: Not at all. What we did was to stumble across some language that worked for people.

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A motivational speaker, interventionist and former pastor, Jeff is best known for co-hosting A&E’s Emmy® Award-winning reality show, Intervention.

ASCENT coached Jeff in the writing and publication of three books, each of which has become a classic in the therapeutic community and among readers recovering from several tragically wide-spread life issues.

Jeff is an expert in the area of substance abuse intervention and frequently speaks at national symposia on the subject, such as the BrightHouse Networks & Westcare Host “Intervention” Town Hall Meeting.

Watch Jeff’s interview on Oprah:

ASCENT coached Jeff in the writing of these books:

Tired of Trying to Measure Up continues, 25 years after its publication, to help those who struggle under the weight of high-performance demands, and who suffer physical and emotional burnout.

Families Where Grace is in Place is a healing read for people who grew up in families where “good enough” was “never enough.”

The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse is setting free the many who were manipulated and mi