When a new child enters your world — whether it’s a newly adopted son or daughter, a foster child or a new student in your church preschool — they often come broken from trauma. Here are some tips to help you meet them where they are.
Trauma survivors sit in practically every church pew and stand behind many pulpits, licensed professional counselor Katie Swafford told workshop participants during the Baptist General
Training church leaders and volunteers in how to help children and teens suffering from trauma has quickly become one of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board’s
Julie Busler sat in the office of a Turkish psychiatrist and stared at the medical forms she was holding. She read the first question, “Do
Sandy Wisdom-Martin said she believes passionately in what Southern Baptists do together. She said she can sum up the reasons why in the story of
By Lonnie Wilkey Baptist and Reflector Southern Baptist Convention messengers took a “good first step” in dealing with sexual abuse issues within the denomination, said
Recent news headlines remind us of a troubling statistic: 1 in 5 American adults has been a victim or witness to events that traumatized them
Many career paths come with inherent risks, but we rarely think of counseling and other helping professions in this way. Firefighters know they will run
When he was just five weeks old, Sam Evans lost his mother to a heart attack due to viral meningitis. “[She] basically just died on
Approximately 20% of American adults suffer from the effects of trauma, which can produce an emotional response that debilitates a person’s quality of life, even
