Where do you go for help?
- You want to help your friend who has cancer
- Your son has just lost his job and is at risk of losing his home
- Your elderly Mom can no longer function in her home alone
- Your colleague comes to you for help when his daughter has been raped
- You discover your daughter has an eating disorder
- You want to help your brother whose marriage is crumbling
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Helping Those Who Hurt
Below is a quick peak inside the book, and what each chapter covers.
Part 1: Illness and Hospital Visitation
- Ministering Through Illness and a Hospital Visit
- Differences Between a Social and Pastoral Visit
- Dos and Don'ts for the Hospital Visitor
- Potential Problems of Patients
- Special Problems of Terminal Illness for Patient and Family
- How to Care for Cancer Patients
- Caring for Someone with HIV or AIDS
Part 2: Crisis
- Life Crises and Coping
- The Uniqueness of Each Crisis
- Helpful Information for Those in a Crisis
- Steps to Follow During a Public Crisis
- Common Responses of People in Crisis
- Dos and Don'ts in Caring for Someone in Crisis
- Types of Abuse
- How to Recognize and Respond to a Child's Disclosure of Abuse
Part 3: Aging
- When You Care for Me, I'd Like You to Remember That...
- Helpful Information for the Elderly and Their Families Who Are Planning for the Future
- Helpful Information for Those Caring for the Elderly
- How to Arrange a Homebound Person's Environment
Part 4: Death
- As the Time of Death Nears
- Walking a Family Through a Death
- Caring for a Family When a Child Has Died
- Helpful Information for Parents of Children Dealing with Death
- Suicide Warning Signs
- Suicide Threats - What Should You Do?
- Helpful Information for Those Who Lose Someone to Suicide
- Helping Staff Members, Congregations, and Student Bodies Deal with Death, Including Suicide
- Caring for Survivors of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Helpful Information for Parents Who Have Lost a Child Through SIDS
- Caring for Couples Experiencing Infertility, Miscarriage, or Infant Loss
- Helping Families Cope with a Violent Death
Part 5: Grief
- Helpful Things to Say to People Who Are Grieving
- Helping Children Who Grieve
- Symptoms of "Normal" Grief
- Symptoms of Atypical Grief
- Dos and Don'ts in Grief Care
- Dos and Don'ts When Caring for the Newly Widowed
- Helpful Information for the Recently Widowed
Part 6: Troubled Marriages and Divorce
- Counceling Couples Whose Marriages Are Struggling
- Helpful Information for Divorcing or Divorced Parents
Part 7: Addiction
- What You Need to Know When Working with the Addicted
- The Progression and Recovery of the Chemically Dependent
- The Progression and Recovery of the Family
- Descriptions of Eating Disorders
- Helping the Eating Disordered
- What to Do If the Person Refuses Help
- A Word About Pornography
- A Word About Gaming Addiction
- A Word About Cutting
Part 8: Domestic Violence
- Verbal Abuse or Lack of Conflict Management Skills?
- Characteristics of a Battered Woman
- Characteristics of a Batterer
- Helpful Information for Domestic Violence Victims
- Escape Checklist for Victims of Domestic Violence
Part 9: Rape
- Helping the Victim of Rape
- When the Memory Just Occurred
- Helpful Information for Parents of a Rape Victim
- Helpful Information for the Spouse of a Rape Victim
Part 10: Forgiveness
- What People Need to Know About Forgiveness