Helping Those Who Hurt

Proven, compassionate ways to comfort the wounded with practical tips on how to say the right things to friends and loved ones.

Whether you’re a layperson or a professional counselor, Helping Those Who Hurt will help you care for others encountering life crises such as: Illness, hospitalization, and death A troubled marriage Addiction Suicide

With more than 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good. But it looks ahead. It encourages us to see the dignity in everyone, to empower the materially poor, and to know that we are all uniquely needy—and that God in the gospel is reconciling all things to himself. Focusing on both North American and Majority World contexts, When Helping Hurts provides proven strategies for effective poverty alleviation, catalyzing the idea that sustainable change comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out.

This book is to help men, women, boys and girls of different races, ethnicities, religions, ages and backgrounds overcome hurt they have experienced in their lives. Hurt can be experienced in several different forms and can cause individuals to become distant, depressed and out of touch with their feelings. Oftentimes in life many people will experience some form of hurt and may not know how to get through it on their own. I pray this book will be a devotional, motivational and inspirational guide to help others heal from their past, current and future distress. This book will teach individuals how to forgive, love, trust, hope again and experience a divine healing in life so one can feel complete again. Healing can occur regardless of ones faith, religion or belief.

Who knows the heartache of having a home split apart? What about someone to understand the loss of a child . . . or the misery of a teenager on drugs . . . or a failure in school . . . or the loss of a business? God knows you are hurting and wants to be your Comforter.

Do you know someone, perhaps even a Christian, who seems impossible to get along with? From the people in the pews to the members of our families, we are surrounded by people who hurt other people. And they do so, the author tells us, because of the seemingly inescapable pain in their own lives. In this book, Dr. Wilson brings her years as a professional counselor to bear on a difficult topic that affects many of us. Let her warmth and insight lead you toward a heart of compassion and a ministry of healing for those who hurt others.

A companion to How to Pray & Communicate with God, the Leader's Guide offers suggestions for using biblical guides and enhancing the study. It also contains answers to study questions.