Crisis Counseling

by Scott Floyd

Publisher:

Seminary Now

, 2023

Overview

Are you equipped to counsel individuals in crisis? The sudden death of a spouse? A disaster in your community?

Counselor and professor Dr.Scott Floyd has practiced and taught crisis counseling for decades. Now he brings his expertise to this course to teach you how to be ready to serve in the midst of trauma, loss, and tragedy.

All Christians, especially those who provide pastoral counseling, should have training to minister to those in crisis. This course is designed to help you understand the nature of crisis events, how individuals are impacted, and how to provide effective aid during and following times of crisis.

Dr. Floyd provides practical advice about what to do—and what not to do—following tragic events. Specialized topics include how to work with children and teenagers in crisis circumstances and how to develop a crisis response team in your church. The concluding session helps deal with the stress, burnout, and secondary trauma that often accompanies crisis ministry and counseling.

This course will increase your ministry effectiveness and prepare you for the unexpected. Start learning today.

Key Features

• Teaches how to be ready to serve in the midst of trauma, loss, and tragedy.
• Helps you understand the nature of crisis events.
• Provides effective aid during and following times of crisis.

Contents

• Lesson 1: Introduction (Crisis Counseling)
• Lesson 2: Understanding Crisis
• Lesson 3: Understanding Trauma
• Lesson 4: Understanding Loss
• Lesson 5: Understanding Grief
• Lesson 6: Counseling Basics for Crisis and Trauma
• Lesson 7: Counseling Basics for Loss and Grief
• Lesson 8: Crisis Counseling and the Minister
• Lesson 9: Helping Children Following Crises or Trauma
• Lesson 10: Helping Adolescents Following Crises or Trauma
• Lesson 11: Community Crises and Disasters
• Lesson 12: Caring for the Caregiver

Product Details

• Title: Crisis Counseling (video)
• Author: Scott Floyd
• Publisher: Seminary Now
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Video
• Subject: Pastoral counseling › Videos
• Resource ID: LLS:CRISISCOUNSELINGVD
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-19T18:12:18Z

About Scott Floyd

Dr. Scott Floyd is Professor of Psychology and Counseling at the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (Approved Supervisor) and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Scott also leads the counseling ministry of Gambrell Street Baptist Church. He is the author of Crisis Counseling: A Guide for Pastors and Professionals (Kregel).