Trauma and Abuse
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PTSD: Healing for Bad Memories
$5.00Retail: $6.25The event occurred in the past, possibly many years ago, but you still carry it with you wherever you go. Some days the memory keeps replaying over and over again in your mind. You feel angry, jumpy, maybe even guilty or ashamed. You want to move on...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Living with an Angry Spouse: Help for Victims of Abuse
$5.00Retail: $6.25You married someone you trusted, and now you are facing unpredictable anger or outright physical abuse. This is betrayal at its worst. Most likely you are numb, scared, confused, and paralyzed. How do you take a step when you are so afraid? Edward T...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Children and Trauma: Equipping Parents and Caregivers
$5.00Retail: $6.25Children can experience trauma from a variety of experiences, including neglect, physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, death of a loved one, bullying, racial trauma, and more. Trauma occurs when children are exposed to an experience perceived as...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
What the Bible Says to Abuse Survivors and Those Who Hurt Them
$5.00Retail: $6.25Pastors and church personnel often struggle to apply intentional and appropriate doses of both biblical grace and stringent accountability to victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Churches can regularly be prone to turn the tables on survivors...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Caring for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
$5.00Retail: $6.25How is your church ministering to children in your congregation who have experienced sexual abuse? Jesus told us that whoever received a child in his name received him (Matt. 18:5). Is this the guiding principle that informs how your congregation cares...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Sexual Assault: Healing Steps for Victims
$5.00Retail: $6.25Sexual assault is an invasive event of traumatic evil. You were victimized, and now you are suffering. Whenever sexual abuse occurs, love is not part of the equation. Rather, the perpetrator uses power, domination, and control to injure innocent victims...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Domestic Abuse: Help for Victims
$5.00Retail: $6.25Do you suspect that you or someone you love is suffering from marital domestic abuse? Is there intentional harm happening to you in your home, whether physical, verbal, sexual, or emotional? What should you do? How do you seek help? Heather Nelson...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
The Spiritual Impact of Sexual Abuse
$5.00Retail: $6.25Are you ministering to someone whose trauma of sexual abuse has shattered their trust in God? Do you see them wrestling with the dichotomy between what they are told about God and the bitter facts of their wounds? If the abuse happened when they were a...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Protecting Children from Abuse in the Church
$5.00Retail: $6.25How do we protect the children in our Christian community from sexual offenders? We are becoming more and more aware of the prevalence of child abuse, both in society at large and in the church. We want to protect children in our community from abuse,...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Recovering from Child Abuse: Healing and Hope for Victims
$5.00Retail: $6.25The damage you suffered may have been done in one terrible moment or over time. But the healing and the restoration will unfold at your pace, at a human pace. It unfolds as part of your story, and it unfolds over time. As a vulnerable child, instead of...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When Children Experience Trauma: Help for Parents and Caregivers
$5.00Retail: $6.25When our children experience a traumatic event, we can feel powerless to help. We fear getting it wrong or reminding them of the hurt. Or we miss important cues that signal a child is in distress, leading us to address problematic behaviors with...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Uncovering Domestic Abuse: Knowing What to Look For
$5.00Retail: $6.25You may be surprised to learn how prevalent domestic abuse really is, even within your church community. Sadly, because spousal abuse pervades every pocket of society, the statistical reality is that we all have people in our church who have suffered as...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Bringing Christ to Abused Women: Learning to See and Respond
$5.00Retail: $6.25Violence against women is a growing concern, both in America and around the world. We want to help, but the problem can seem too big, too complex, too overwhelming, or too far away to tackle. Christ calls us to help the helpless, but what can we do to...$5.00Retail: $6.25
Christian Books on Healing from Trauma & Sexual Abuse
Trauma and abuse have a way of shaping or reshaping your life in ways that make everything feel exponentially more difficult. Things that other people seem to cope with easily or without much thought feel overwhelming or even impossible for you, including your own spiritual journey. New Growth Press’s Christian minibooks on healing from trauma and abuse can provide hope and support for dealing with the aftermath of overwhelming life events. Their short length make them easy to read in under an hour, which is helpful when trauma makes concentration difficult.
Authors include experienced experts such as: