Risking Connection in Faith Communities: A Training Curriculum for Faith Leaders Supporting Trauma Survivors

Description

This training curriculum will help clergy understand the nature of psychological trauma, how it affects people, and how faith leaders can help. Particular attention is paid to the spiritual impact of trauma. This resource does not attempt to turn clergy into therapists. Rather, the material helps clergy learn about growth-promoting relationships, how to access and more productively use the internal resources we have, and to enhance those resources through greater self-awareness. With a flexible format and theological hospitality, the cirriculum is suitable for many different congregations and faith leaders.

Features

• Flexible structure used as a 2 day workshop or self-study guide
• Grounded in multiple faith traditions
• Addresses vicarious trauma in helpers

Practical Applications

• Develop the congregational community into a place that can promote healing by sharing this resource with clergy and leaders.
• Allows clergy to provide support without becoming therapists.
• Equip clergy and congregational leaders to support people in crisis by using this resource as a training tool.
• Use in individual study or in a class or workshop setting.