Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores
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Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores  -     By: Diane Langberg

Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores

New Growth Press / 2015 / Paperback

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Suffering and the Heart of God answers some of the most difficult questions Christians face, like: “Can Christ really heal the traumatized?” “How can we help those who are suffering when helping takes such a toll on us personally?” “Why can’t people ‘get over’ what’s happened to them?” Langberg presents her experiences as a seasoned trauma counselor within a biblical framework for engaging with trauma – offering a sober - minded gospel hope that can’t be found in other trauma literature. Accessible and engaging, Suffering and the Heart of God is designed as a reference book for anyone – including pastors, clinicians, and laypersons–who want to help those impacted by trauma.

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Title: Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores
By: Diane Langberg
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
Vendor: New Growth Press
Publication Date: 2015
Dimensions: 9.00 X 6.00 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 3 ounces
ISBN: 1942572026
ISBN-13: 9781942572022
Stock No: WW572023

Publisher's Description

She's seen slave dungeons in Ghana. Genocide in Rwanda. Systemic sexual abuse in Brazil. Child abuse and domestic violence in the US. After forty years of counseling abuse survivors around the world, Dr. Diane Langberg, a world renowned trauma expert, remains certain that what trauma destroys, Christ can and does restore. This book will convince you, too, of the healing heart of God.

But it's not a fast process, instead much patience is required from family, friends, and counselors as they wisely and respectfully help victims unpack their traumatic suffering through talking, tears, and time. And it's not a process that can be separated from the work of God in both a counselor and counselee. Dr. Langberg calls all of those who wish to help sufferers to model Jesus's sacrificial love and care in how they listen, love, and guide. The heart of God is revealed to sufferers as they grow to understand the cross of Christ and how their God came to this earth and experienced such severe suffering that he too is "well-acquainted with grief." The cross of Christ is the lens that transforms and redeems traumatic suffering and its aftermath, not only for the sufferer, but it also transforms those who walk with the suffering. This book will be a great help to anyone who loves, listens to, and seeks to help someone impacted by trauma and abuse. There is no quick fix, but there is the hope for healing through the love of God in Christ.

Author Bio

Diane Langberg, PhD, is a world-recognized authority on sex-trafficking and violence against women, setting up training programs to assist Rwandans and many others around the world in working with victims of trauma. She also directs her own Christian counseling practice, employing about fifteen other counselors and was cofounder of The Place of Refuge, an inner-city nonprofit in Philadelphia that works with the traumatized. Among Dr. Langberg's books are Suffering and the Heart of God, Counsel for Pastors' Wives, On the Threshold of Hope, and Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Learn more about Dr. Langberg at DianeLangberg.com.

Publisher's Description

Suffering and the Heart of God  will lead you through the talking, tears, and time needed to guide survivors toward the healing heart of God. It equips you with a hope that is renewed each day, power to help where and how we can, and faith that God will enable us to see him more clearly through those who are hurting. It  will prove to be an indispensable resource for anyone who loves, listens to, and seeks to help someone impacted by trauma and abuse.

  •  Written by a world renowned psychologist with more than forty years of experience in working with trauma cases from combat veterans to abuse and trafficking survivors to torture victims
  • Calls and equips the Church to understand trauma and its profound impact on people and their faith
  • Combines the knowledge and experience of a seasoned trauma counselor with a thoroughly biblical framework for engaging with trauma
  • Accessible and engaging, Suffering is designed as a reference book for anyone–including pastors, clinicians, and laypersons– who wants to help those impacted by trauma
  • Offers hope for the victimized in such a way as to enable readers to help where and how they can and to engage with people and situations they might have feared before

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