Spiritual Care for Trauma Survivors

Product Description

Overview

The struggle to find meaning in suffering is an ongoing human experience for believers and non-believers alike.  Uncovering your operative model for understanding suffering is essential to accompanying others who have experienced trauma. Rev. Paul Scaglione, M.Div., discusses a pastoral approach to accompanying trauma survivors.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

1. Examine their personal assumptions about human suffering;
2. Explore various approaches to the existence of suffering and evil;
3. Discover a pastoral and theological framework for accompanying trauma survivors.

Who Should Participate

Priests, deacons, men and women religious, lay ministers, and those involved in vocations, formation, or clergy and ministry personnel needs.

Reflection Questions

Questions for reflection and discussion prior to the learning session are provided below.

1. Am I able to accept views of suffering that conflict with my own beliefs?
2. How does my experience of suffering inform my ministry to others?
3. How does my experience of suffering affect my view of God?