1st Edition
Pastoral Care for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Healing the Shattered Soul
136 Pages
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Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
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Routledge
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Provide effective care for the members of your congregation suffering with PTSD! This vital book is an overview of the nature of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It examines the causes, manifestations, and problems of PTSD as they relate to a person socially, spiritually, emotionally, physically, and psychologically. Stressing hope, healing, and compassion, Pastoral Care for Post-Traumatic... Read more
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Defining Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Its Causes
- Sexual Trauma
- Physical Trauma
- Psychological Trauma
- Spiritual Trauma
- Eyewitnesses and Survivors of Disaster
- Chapter 2. Symptoms of PTSD
- Chapter 3. Common Manifestations
- Spiritual Issues: Grief and Anger
- Chapter 4. Psychological Complications
- Church As Redemptive Community
- Chapter 5. Theological Dimensions of Spiritual Trauma
- Theodicy and Suffering
- Spiritual Care and Healing
- Forgiveness
- Prayer, Meditation, and Healing Practices
- Chapter 6. Special Needs and Issues of Veterans
- Female Veterans
- Gender Issues and Spirituality
- Chapter 7. Pastoral Care Issues for the Pastor/Caregiver
- Role of the Pastor
- Gender Issues and Sexuality
- Race, Class, and Cultural Issues
- Alternative Spirituality
- Suicide and Crisis Intervention
- Chapter 8. Healing Rituals
- A Liturgy of Communion and Healing
- Chapter 9. Good News in Scripture
- Chapter 10. Working with Therapists, Counselors, and Doctors
- Chapter 11. Clergy Self-Care
- Chapter 12. Prevention of PTSD
- Epilogue
- Spiritual Assessment
- Bibliography
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Dalene C. Fuller Rogers, Harold G Koenig
