Full Description
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 Stress Disorder: Healing the Shattered Soul includes specific suggestions for the prevention of traumatic events and for using peacemaking techniques to stop violence in your clients'lives.Pastoral Care for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a practical, understandable, professionally presented and researched working guide for clergy in parishes, for chaplains, and for seminarians who have little or no knowledge of how to pastor to people who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. It is also for lay people who minister to those who have been traumatized. Survivors will also benefit from its affirmation for the spiritual component of healing.This unique volume provides the practical means to support people through the healing process while maintaining their spiritual grounding, with:
case studies that will help develop your skills
a thoughtful discussion of the theological dimensions of trauma and suffering
a practical methodology for crisis intervention
an examination of the specific needs of veterans
a look at the potential for caregiver burnout and how to prevent it
ways that churches can contribute to the prevention of the trauma that leads to PTSD
methods for using scripture as a source of healing for PTSD survivors
Pastoral Care for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder also defines PTSD from a mental health perspective and gives examples of the kinds of trauma that may lead to it. No one working with PTSD survivors in a spiritual setting should be without this book!
Contents
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
