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Understanding Trauma (ebook)

Understanding Trauma ebook

A Biblical Introduction for Church Care

Steve Midgley
4.772727272727272727272727273 stars  from 12 reviews
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About this book

Many of us long to serve and be there for those who are suffering from trauma, but we don't know how to do so in a way that is caring and helpful.

This book enables Christians, and especially pastors, elders and ministry leaders, to understand what trauma is, and how it affects people, including their experience of church, so that we can lovingly support those who are suffering from it.  

Author Steve Midgley trained as a psychiatrist before being ordained, served as Vicar of Christ Church Cambridge for 18 years and is now the Executive Director of Biblical Counselling UK. He writes with wisdom and compassion to summarise current understanding ...

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Specifications

Contributors:
Steve Midgley
ISBN:
9781802542721
Format:
eBook
First published:
March 2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Good Book Company

Contents

Part One: The Experience of Trauma
1. The Bible's Stories of Trauma
2. Personal Accounts of Trauma
3. Trauma and Church
4. Jesus' Comfort

Part Two: Approaches to Trauma
5. The Contemporary Thinking
6. Trauma and Memory
7. Trauma and the Body
8. Biblical Categories for Engaging with Trauma

Part Three: Church Responses to Trauma
9. A Thoughtful Welcome
10. Kind Conversations
11. The Comfort of God
12. A Place for Lament

Part Four: Broader Reflections
13. New Insights for Churches
14. Some Words of Caution

Epilogue: Doing Church Well

Endorsements

"This book was extremely helpful to me as I considered people I know who have been traumatized by grief, pain, and abuse. It was helpful to me as I considered how I could better relate to these people and others like them, extending to them the comfort and grace of God. It was helpful to me as both a pastor and a church member, one who longs for his church to lovingly support the ones among us who are bearing heavy burdens and carrying sore wounds.”

Tim Challies Blogger; author, Seasons of Sorrow

When faced with the complex pastoral needs of those who have expe- rienced trauma, we can err either by rushing forward to care for these sufferers without requisite knowledge and skill or by outsourcing all care to secular trauma specialists as if the church has little to offer. Steve’s wise and thoughtful book charts a better way. Working from the conviction that Scripture provides the deepest perspective on the experience of trauma, he summarizes current trauma research, builds a biblical understanding of the multifaceted suffering associated with trauma, and demonstrates in practical ways how the church can and must play a central role in the care of those who have endured extreme suffering and its aftermath.


Michael R. Emlet Faculty Member, Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation; author, CrossTalk: Where Life and Scripture Meet and Descriptions and Prescriptions

All those seeking to support those who have experienced trauma should read this book. It is biblically rooted, medically accurate and practically helpful. I will be recommending this to all of our missionaries.


Jason Roach Director of Ministries at London City Mission

Customer Reviews

5.00 stars Very helpful

 

(Review written for 'Understanding Trauma')

I found this a very helpful overview and introduction to the topic of trauma in the context of church care. It helped me understand more about how trauma and how different experiences could be seen as traumatic, and also how some behaviours might be due to a past traumatic experience. Insightful and a helpful general introduction to caring for people in a church context that may have experienced trauma.

4.00 stars Much Needed Resource!

 

(Review written for 'Understanding Trauma')

If you're looking for an accessible Christian resource on mental health and trauma, this book is a great place to start. It’s not meant to be a comprehensive manual, but it offers a clear and thoughtful introduction to what trauma is, how it affects people, and how the church can respond with wisdom and compassion.

I’m so glad to have this on my shelf. It has helped me better understand how to approach the topic of trauma through a biblical ...

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4.00 stars Great book, but little mention of the collective trauma visited upon us during the covid era

 

(Review written for 'Understanding Trauma')

This is a great book, and I recommend it, but I was surprised that there was not more mention of the collective trauma that was visited upon the world’s population at large during the covid era under the guise of “a public health emergency”. More detail here:
https://dearchurchleaders.substack.com/p/understanding-trauma-part-1

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