Hope When Youre Hurting PB: Answers to Four Questions Hurting People Ask

In Hope When You're Hurting, Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender consider four key questions people ask: What's wrong? Who can help? What will the helper do? And, What can I hope for? In answering these questions, Crabb and Allender shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of different counseling models. They consider the psychological, medical, and spiritual aspects of emotional pain. They examine the role of the church as a vital agent for restoration and growth. And most important, they offer guidance, choices, and hope for people struggling with spiritual and emotional pain. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments A Word to the Reader 1. Four Questions Hurting People Ask Part One — What's Wrong? 2. Why Am I Still Struggling So Much? 3. What Is Causing My Problem? Part Two — Who Can Help? 4. Four Resources I Can Draw From 5. I Must Help Myself 6. Maybe Other People Could Help 7. Only God Can Help 8. Maybe I Need Professional Help Part Three — What Will the Helper Do? 9. All Therapies Are Not Created Equal 10. Dynamic Therapy: Recovering and Healing Our Past 11. Recovery Movement: Letting Our Shame Go 12. Spiritual Interventions: Being Delivered from Evil Part Four — What Can I Hope For? 13. Shepherds and Specialists: Resources for Help 14. The Special Gift of a Christian Counselor 15. The Power of Healing Community 16. What Connected Community Looks Like 17. So What Is Our Hope? Epilogue Notes In Hope When You're Hurting, Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender consider four key questions hurting people ask: What's wrong? Who can help? What will the helper do? What can I hope for? In answering these questions, Crabb and Allender shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of different counseling models. They consider the psychological, medical, and spiritual aspects of emotional pain. They examine the role of the church as a vital agent for restoration and growth Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender answer four key questions hurting people ask with insights into the pros and cons of different counseling models and into the church's untapped potential as a healing agent. I ARRIVED A FEW minutes before noon.