As the title of this book is Crisis Counseling, this book covers everything about crisis counseling from the definitions of some key words used throughout the book to practical guidance to help those who are going through crisis. Beginning the book with the author’s own experience of how he began to minister to those in crisis, he moves on to define crisis, trauma, loss, and grief in the first four chapters of the book. He provides many real life stories as examples to study the core of crises and biblical references to the subject covered in each chapter. As he shares the process each crisis represents and how and when they occur, he sets forth the model for helping people and different ways of coping the crises in chapter 5. Based on the maps provided to the reader for following an individual through the experience of various crises, the author further discusses practical intervention points and strategies of when and how to help people. …show more content…
Chapters 10 and 11 deals with special topics related to the trauma of children and adolescents. Their response to a trauma and how they process the crisis situation are very different from the ones of the adults. So specialized knowledge is required to understand these specific developmental stages and to help them cope with crises. In chapter 12, crises and large-scale disasters in the church and community setting are discussed including its definition, impacts, and practical ways to be involved in disaster relief ministry. And the author turns his attention to caring for the caregiver in the last chapter. He explains that crisis ministry is extremely stressful, and caring for caregivers assists helpers to stay vital and effective as they minister to