includes index and biblioraphy

Crisis Counseling is designed to help those in ministry understand the nature of the crisis events, how individuals are impacted, and how to provide effective aid during and following times of crisis. Though intended for the professional and pastoral counselor, it offers definitions of all concepts, making it accessible to lay readers. Specific examples from scripture and everyday life abound. Specialized topics include how to develop a crisis response team in a church setting. The concluding chapter helps readers deal with the stress, burnout, and secondary trauma that often accompany crisis ministry and counseling. Crisis Trauma Loss Grief Inervention Strategies: Stress, Crisis and Trauma Inervention Strategies: Facilitating the Grieving Process Crisis Counseling and the Minister Crisis Ministry and the Counselor Children and Crises Crises and Disasters in the Church and Community Caring for the Caregivers