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Walk the Walk
Even When It Hurts
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Crisis Intervention Training
 

 
Life can be disrupted by the unexpected. Emergencies arise. Sickness and death threaten normalcy. Disaster strikes. People can get overwhelmed by life's circumstances.
 
The training and resources provided here are for the lay person desiring to bring people hope to help them cope in life's difficult moments.
 

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What Constitutes a Crisis?

According to Webster's Dictionary, a crisis is . . .

"an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs whose outcome will make a decisive difference for better or worse."

A crisis, then, is usually a time of loss, change, or stress that takes people out of their comfort zones and normal coping patterns. It is a significant challenging and stretching time that may be a turning point in one's life.

Effectively walking through this time will lead to growth. A bad situation will be used for good. Inability to cope may lead to depression, substance abuse, taking anger out on others in violence or abuse, or perhaps suicide. The person will be left with feelings of guilt and failure which will affect future coping. He/she will begin a downward spiral and will tend to move from one crisis to another.

Often a crisis is precipitated by a loss of some sort or a situation that threatens normalcy or expectations. The greater the threat, the more severe the crisis will seem.

Some of these events are predictable due to developmental factors. From the first day of school through retirement, change is inevitable. Some situations, however, come from unexpected tragedies.

Some predicaments could have been controlled had the person made different choices in life but some happen outside of a person's control.

Is the event itself, however, the crisis or is it a person's response to the situation? What turns a problem into a crisis?  What makes a problem, loss, tragedy, or stress seem like a crisis to one person and not to another? For some life will basically come to a halt when stricken with trying events. Others, while still hurting, will continue to function and for the most part carry on with life as normal.

In keeping with Webster's definition, the crisis is the instability and threat the event produces. A person's response to the upheaval will determine, in large part, the outcome of it.

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Precipitating events could include:

Clicking on the links below the precipitating events will take you to articles on other sites or to one of our affiliate bookstores. While seeking to choose sites and books that are doctrinally sound, the Ministry Tools Resource Center makes no claim to total endorsement of any listing.
adverse pregnancy diagnosis, birth, or miscarriage
Article: How Can I Help A Friend Who's Had A Miscarriage?
Articles: Miscarriage
Articles: Infertility
 
death of a loved one
Book: Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love by Raymond Mitsch & Lynn Brookside
Book: A Grace Disguised by Gerald Sittser
Book: A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
Article: Comforting & Helping People Through Their Loss
Articles: Troubled with Death
 
financial loss
Book: Financial CPR: 7 Steps to Avoid a Financial Crisis by James L. Paris & J. W. Dicks
Book: Financial Crisis - Group's Emergency Response Handbooklet Series by Group Publishing
 
job loss
Book: When You Lose Your Job by Donna Bennett
Article: Ministry to People Facing Unemployment
Articles: Changing Jobs
 
marital breakdown or divorce
Book: When the One You Love Wants to Leave: Guidance and Comfort for Surviving Marital Crisis by Donald Harvey
Book: My Friend is Struggling With . . . Divorce of Parents by Josh McDowell & Ed Steward (Out of print but may find it used at Amazon.com)
 
mid-life insecurities
Book: Men in Mid-Life Crisis by Jim Conway
Book: Halftime by Bob Buford
 
ministry demands
Book: Escape Crisis Mode - Audiobook by Lee Strobel (Out of print but may find it used at Amazon.com)
 
retirement
Book: When Christians Retire: Finding New Purpose in Life After Work by Dwight Hervey Small
Articles: Transitions: Retirement
 
serious or chronic illness
Book: Spiritual Care: A Guide for Caregivers by Judith Allen Shelly
Book: Life On Hold: Finding Hope in the Face of Serious Illness by Laurel Brunvoll & David Seiler
Site: Rest Ministries
 
tragedy (i.e. accident, fire, flood, earthquake, etc.)
Book: When Tragedy Strikes by Charles Stanley (Out of print but may find it used at Amazon.com)
Book: Trust & Tragedy: Encountering God in Times of Crisis by Tommy Tenney (Out of print but may find it used at Amazon.com)
Article: Ten Steps A Church Can Take
Article: How Congregations Can Care in Times of Disaster
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