Contents

Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction: Crises—They’re All Around Us

1. Counseling from a Biblical Perspective
2. Applications of Biblical Principles (Part 1)
3. Applications of Biblical Principles (Part 2)
4. Helping Others Recover from Their Losses in Life (Part 1)
5. Helping Others Recover from Their Losses in Life (Part 2)
6. Helping a Grieving Person Recover and Say Goodbye
7. What Is a Crisis?
8. The Phases of a Crisis
9. The Process of Crisis Intervention
10. When Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds
11. Helping the Trauma Victim
12. The Crisis of Death
13. Deaths You Will Encounter
14 The Crisis of Suicide
15. Helping the Suicidal Person and His or Her Family
16. Ministering to Children at a Time of Loss, Crisis or Trauma
17. Children’s Crises
18. Guidelines to Help Children in Grief
19. The Crises of Adolescence
20. Helping the Adolescent
Conclusion: Using Scripture and Prayer and Making Referrals

Appendix: Resources for the Bereaved
Endnotes
Index

Many pastors and lay counselors have had minimal training in clinical methods of grief and trauma counseling. The Complete Guide to Crisis and Trauma Counseling is a biblical, practical guide to pastoral counseling written by one of the most respected Christian therapists of our time. Dr. H. Norman Wright brings more than forty years of clinical and classroom experience to this topic. He shares real-life dialogues from his decades in private practice to demonstrate healthy, healing counseling sessions. Readers will learn how to counsel and coach both believers and nonbelievers who are in crisis, how to walk alongside them through the hours, weeks, and months following their trauma, and how to help them find the path to complete restoration.