Push back the dark : companioning adults of child sexual abuse /

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Author / Creator:Altmaier, Elizabeth M., author.
Imprint:Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, 2016.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11272188
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Other authors / contributors:Hulst, Mary S., author of foreword.
ISBN:9781498202107
1498202101
1498284795
9781498284790
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 15, 2017).
Summary:Adults in your church, small group, or other Christian organization are silently suffering the tragic consequences of having been sexually abused as children or youth. Why aren't they coming forward for help? Their reluctance may be related to wounds given by the faithful--religious people they trusted, who said things like "well, it wasn't rape" or "it's been thirty years--why is this such a big deal?" Such responses from people with religious authority deepen victims' need to shrink into anxiety, depression, and self-degradation. This book offers you the tools needed to undertake caring ministry to adults suffering in the aftermath of childhood sexual abuse. Once you understand the scientific research on such topics as trauma memory, consequences of abuse, and forgiveness, you will appreciate how caring collaboration can create hope and healing. In these pages every reader will find helpful content that will take you from feeling out of your depth to knowing you are empowered to be an effective companion in God's transforming work in the lives of survivors of abuse.
Other form:Print version: 1498284795 9781498284790