Leo Dehon Library: Healing the Healers: Pastoral Care After Trauma

Caring For Others

Bearing the unbearable: Trauma, gospel and pastoral care
By Deborah Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary Theology today (Princeton, N.J.) 68(1):8-25 · April 2011
Spiritual Care After Violence: Growing from Trauma with Lived-Theology
By Carrie Doehring

Survivor Care : What Religious Professionals Need to Know About Healing Trauma by Christy Sim
Call Number: 254.8 Si41 2019
ISBN: 9781945935350
Publication Date: 2019-02-01
How to help victims of violence and abuse.
Tragedies and Christian Congregations by Christopher Southgate (Editor); Carla Grosch-Miller (Editor); Hilary Ison (Editor); Megan Warner (Editor)
Call Number: 254.8 W246 2020
ISBN: 9781138481404
Publication Date: 2019-10-07
"This study uniquely combines practical theology, pastoral insight and scientific data to demonstrate how Christian congregations can be helped to be resilient in the face of sudden devastating events." (from the description)

Clergy Toolkit for Self Care
Clergy members may experience a range of emotional reactions while working with trauma survivors. Listening to the stories of trauma survivors can be inspiring, and it may be difficult at times, as some stories are very hard to hear or even threaten a clergy member's own view of the world.
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If you notice yourself feeling regularly angry, fearful, or overwhelmed, seek support from colleagues or other professionals. Using peer and supervisory support is necessary to maintain healthy and ethical relations with Servicemembers or Veterans. If you need support to cope with a personal history of trauma, seek mental health care. Coping with these reactions early can help prevent burnout and secondary traumatic stress, and can promote self-care.
Project Welcome Home Troops
Techniques for veterans to deal with the aftermath of the realities of war and find relief and recovery.
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http://us.iahv.org/iahv-programs/
PTSD
Clergy members who understand the spectrum of responses to traumatic events may be better positioned to support Servicemembers or Veterans. While anyone can be exposed to traumatic events, and go on to develop PTSD, Servicemembers and Veterans are more likely than civilians to have experienced multiple potentially traumatic events. In this section, you can learn about risk factors, common reactions to traumatic events, PTSD, and effective treatments.

MTOP
The Milwaukee Trauma Outcomes Project (MTOP) is a consortium dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by trauma through research, intervention, prevention, education, and outreach.
Neurobiology of Trauma and Stress
MTOP researchers are motivated to better understand how and why psychiatric illnesses like post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression occur in those exposed to trauma and stress.