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