From Pastor To Psych Ward

Author : Steve Austin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1537422324

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From Pastor to Psych Ward by Steve Austin Pdf

When I left home that Sunday night, I knew my wife and little boy would never see alive again. My name is Steve Austin. I survived childhood sexual abuse, but the effects rippled through my life for the next twenty-five years. After nearly ten years as a youth pastor and worship leader, I was convinced that my only "out" was a suicide attempt. Now that I have started telling my story, people often as me what's the trick? What's the answer? What made me want to start living again? I can tell you this: I didn't take a "magic Jesus pill" and suddenly life was better. I walked through a living hell and now I have a story to tell. Jesus is a major part of it, but there was also strong medication, one heck of a support system, and a lot of hard work. Recovery is a long and difficult process, but I am living proof that it is possible. This book is for anyone who has failed a suicide attempt and is left wondering "what's next." It's also for anyone suffering from anxiety or depression, bipolar, OCD, PPD, or PTSD. If you've ever secretly considered a suicide attempt, this book is for you. I'm not a doctor or a counselor. I'm just a real guy with a powerful story to tell. I'd be honored to share my experience with you.

Author : David Finnegan-Hosey
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780898690514

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Christ on the Psych Ward by David Finnegan-Hosey Pdf

- Applicable not just to those with mental health issues, but for churches and the church at large

Author : Steve Austin
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506470498

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Hiding in the Pews by Steve Austin Pdf

In 2012, Steve Austin, then a pastor, nearly died by suicide. His experience launched him on a journey that opened his eyes to the widespread problem of mental illness and how those who live with it are often treated in congregations. He began to wonder: if church folks had talked openly about mental health, therapy, suicide prevention, recovery from abuse, and other difficult issues, would that have changed his story? In Hiding in the Pews, people with mental illness--some of whom might be pastors themselves--will find comfort as they learn they are not alone. Those who know someone with mental illness will gain wisdom about how to be a safe presence. Those who hold the most power in church communities--pastors, board members, and lay leaders--will be challenged and equipped to transform their congregations into places of healing, where it is safe for people to be vulnerable about their suffering. Austin draws on his own experience, as well as on interviews with eighty current and former church leaders and members. Each chapter covers a topic or theme about mental illness and the church and includes practical applications to guide leaders on a journey toward transforming church culture. When a church champions vulnerability and establishes safety within its walls, especially for those who are suffering, the loving power of God heals. Austin offers hope that faith communities will be the first places people think of when they need a sense of safety and belonging.

Author : Stephen B. Seager
Publisher : Putnam Adult
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Interns (Medicine)
ISBN : UCLA:L0064681679

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Psychward by Stephen B. Seager Pdf

An intern's riveting, eyewitness story of life behind the locked doors of a psychiatric ward. After eight years running a big-city emergency room, Dr. Stephen Seager began training as a psychiatrist. With the tension of a thriller and the taut, emotional power of a documentary, Dr. Seager's book describes the mental health care system and a doctor's education in the fact of suffering and strength of his patients.

Author : Steve Austin
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506470481

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Hiding in the Pews by Steve Austin Pdf

In 2012, Steve Austin, then a pastor, nearly died by suicide. He wondered: if church folks had talked about mental health, suicide prevention, abuse, and other hard issues, would that have changed his story? Hiding in the Pews challenges and equips leaders to transform their communities into places where suffering people can find a sense of safety.

Author : Jamie Blaine
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780718032968

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Midnight Jesus by Jamie Blaine Pdf

It’s three a.m. in the side yard of a shack in the worst part of town. I’ve got a dirty-faced baby on my hip and there’s a pit bull standing on the septic tank in the next yard over barking his head off. My patient sits on the hood of her ex-husband’s low rider smoking a cigarette and dumpingher pills into a mud hole by the right front tire. Airbrushed across the hood of the car is a cross-eyed Jesus with open arms. She lays her hand on top of his as the still-hot engine ticks. Throughtears she pleads, “Help me Jesus, please.” The dog is silent. Sirens approach. “Just breathe,” I tell her. “Everything’s gonna be all right.” The baby fidgets, resting her head against me, staring up into my eyes. I raise one finger and she holds it tight. I fumble for the words again. “Just breathe.” Midnight Jesus shares fascinating, bizarre, and sometimes humorous true-life stories of everyday people looking for hope in their darkest hours. Poignant and unpretentious, Jamie paints beauty where at times it seems none exists—from skating rinks and bars, late-night highways and lonely apartments, broken churches and rundown trailer parks, jail cells, bridge rails, ERs, psych wards, and that place over the levee where God laughs and walks through the cool dark night.

Author : Stewart D. Govig *Deceased*
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781135785031

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In the Shadow of Our Steeples by Stewart D. Govig *Deceased* Pdf

In the Shadow of Our Steeples: Pastoral Presence for Families Coping with Mental Illness helps you and other experts and quasi-experts in the field of religious and family counseling to give sound direction and guidance to family members who are caring for a loved one who suffers from mental illness. You'll find many avenues of care and counseling that will greatly enhance your ability to lend support and encouragement in situations where the burden of care seems too great for only a few individuals to lift. In reading it, you'll find your options increase tenfold, and you'll become a better symbol and resource of faith for these unique families. Inside In the Shadow of Our Steeples, you'll discover how to cure the obsession with success that too often goes along with counseling situations that involve mental illness. You'll also discover a greater, more enduring strain of Christian love, full of surprising joys, caring, and hope. Geared toward moving parishes away from public stigmas and toward a collective ministry of presence, this book beckons to those clergy who know and believe that a far more understanding and far-reaching form of counseling exists. Specifically, you'll learn about these and other long-sought-after aids: establishing theological foundations and goal-setting in the area of pastoral care countering the stigmas of mental illness using biblical studies and models using a “ministry of presence” to analyze chronic illness and promote “rehabilitation in the absence of cure” bringing clergy and mental health professionals into a collaborative arena of care improving the relationship of professional chaplains to clergy in ordinary parish settings Overall, In the Shadow of Our Steeples helps bring together the sufferer, the family, the civil servant, and the religious counselor into one synergistic group of rehabilitative influence. This sound guide's specific examples and proven strategies will help turn your despair into hope, even in the face of chronic mental illness.

Author : Rev. Dr. Glenn M. Wagner
Publisher : EBook MyBook L.L.C.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781942011316

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God Incidents by Rev. Dr. Glenn M. Wagner Pdf

God Incidents: Real Life Stories to Strengthen and Restore Your Faith by Rev. Dr. Glenn M. Wagner invites persons who are struggling with belief to reconsider God. Wagner offers honesty, empathy, and inspiration from four decades of global pastoral experience. He shares many different ways that God is made known so that persons who doubt God and those who seek to help them may find new perspectives for living. Connect with the author and learn more at: glennmwagner.com

Author : Melissa LeGates
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9798888321706

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Defeating Suicide by Melissa LeGates Pdf

US Iraq War Veteran Shares Her Trials and Triumphs Battling Anxiety and Depression Depending on the source, it is estimated that eighteen to twenty-two veterans commit suicide in any given day. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the US and the second leading cause for people aged fifteen to twenty-four. The statistics are shocking but easily pushed to the back of our minds--until the day mental illness hits a little closer to home. Then one suicide is one too many when someone we love is ripped from our lives! Why do we keep losing family members and friends to this very curable problem? Retired Master Sgt. Melissa LeGates personally stared down the barrel of that particular question several times in the form of suicidal ideation. She knew it was time to get help when she started asking herself, "Could I hit that telephone pole hard enough to just never wake up again...just to vanish and experience no more pain?" What brought her to that point? The easy answer is two tours in Iraq, but there is so much more to her story... This book is not a ten-step self-help program guaranteed to guide a person out from mental illness in ten days for $10. There isn't a simple fix to get relief from depression, PTSD, and the many other titles we give to mental anguish, but there is hope! This is a story about how one-woman veteran found her way out of the darkness to find her life in Christ. Her message is simple: never stop fighting because mental illness can be defeated by an overcomer in Christ! The good news is that we are all overcomers at heart. It is built into our DNA to not only survive but also thrive! “Top of the back page design graphic: Victim Survivor OVERCOMER through Christ”

Author : Harold G Koenig,Junietta B Mccall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317956754

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A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry by Harold G Koenig,Junietta B Mccall Pdf

Examine a meaningful, integrated, systemic, and pragmatic view of hospital ministry! A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry: Healing Ways is a comprehensive resource that examines the roles and responsibilities of hospital chaplains. It will help you make a shift toward a knowledge- and skill-based ministry that both incorporates and goes beyond current training approaches. In the words of author McCall, “In today’s healthcare and specialized ministry services, education and training must be progressive and thorough. It must include experiences that increase one’s expertise in working with individuals, groups, families, consumers, and systems. These services must be integrated into the total structure and resources of hospitals at all levels of mission, philosophy, and program. Furthermore . . . hospital ministry must strive to be a resource to the wider community and the church.” A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry is a vital resource for those who want to integrate hospital ministry into organizations whose support and understanding of the discipline are weak or do not exist at all. A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry provides numerous resources that can be of immediate use to anyone engaged in hospital ministry, including: job descriptions descriptions of various types of hospital ministries scope-of-practice statements sample pastoral care brochures and request forms orientation checklists sample religious preference codes a list of typical counseling problems therapeutic referral and progress forms For administrators, educators, and those seeking to provide spiritual and pastoral resources to hospitalized individuals and their families, A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry will prove to be an invaluable reference work.

Author : Chris Morris
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493446698

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Resilient and Redeemed by Chris Morris Pdf

What do we do when God doesn't heal us from a mental health problem? How do we respond when fellow Christians don't understand, offering flippant advice? Author and mental health advocate Chris Morris has battled depression and suicidality his entire adult life. Even coming to Christ didn't change this. He still had to face the grief of unrelenting illness, the shame of struggling, and the pain of poor guidance. In this compassionate and engaging book, he shares how he overcame these challenges--and invites you to do the same, no matter your diagnosis. Weaving biblical truth and personal stories with thoughtful strategies and hard-earned wisdom, he helps you · move past fear and shame · combat the specters of depression and suicidality · discover hope in the midst of your battle · find confidence in God, even in the darkest of places Includes reflection questions, Scripture meditations, and a bonus video course.

Author : Roberta Renk
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781449710996

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Love at Second Sight by Roberta Renk Pdf

An inspirational true story about one womans journey through the peaks and valleys of her life and the relationships she encountered through marriage, divorce, remarriage, and cancer. Her second husbands miraculous battle with colon cancer proves prayer and faith can be used by God to change situations and bring not only healing but blessings of amazing proportions. Robert Renk survived an eleven-month prognosis of 4th stage colon cancer and lived 13 years. It includes a detailed summary of a malpractice lawsuit that had far reaching influence. Roberta shares intimate details about her life with both her husbands and the key she believes shes found to living a joyful life. In spite of the death of both her husbands this is a story of hope.

Author : Cathy Sanders
Publisher : CS Book Design
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781955632010

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Believe by Cathy Sanders Pdf

Have you ever wondered if miracles really happen to ordinary people? Seventeen-year-old Sarah Wright needs to fit in somehow. She wants to be accepted, find love, and survive high school. But God has a much greater plan! Sarah must learn how to save her complicated relationships while understanding the importance of trusting God. Sarah’s efforts to live a typical teenage life face a twist as miracles occur when she prays. It begins with a simple yet desperate cry for help. One miracle leads to more supernatural occurrences. Now, with unwelcome attention and even ridicule, which way will Sarah turn? Fear, jealousy, hurt, lust, and insecurity all battle for her affection as she discovers how to recognize God’s voice. Her understanding of who He is and who she is in Christ gradually emerge. Getting through life’s treacherous mazes can be challenging for anyone, even under the best of circumstances. Believe provides a compelling and honest look at what it’s like to walk supernaturally within the natural confinements of our daily lives. Is there something inside of you that yearns for God to do His work through you in wondrous ways? Read Believe and maybe, just maybe, you too will believe—and begin to experience the supernatural journey God has for you!

Author : Kenneth C. Reed
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781615796199

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Pass the Nuggets, Please by Kenneth C. Reed Pdf

Author : Adam W. Lambdin
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781512768855

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Schizophrenia, Mental Illness, and Pastoral Care by Adam W. Lambdin Pdf

Mental illness and schizophrenia are as controversial and somewhat mysterious as the nature of the human brain itself. Adam Lambdin, as both a past sufferer and a student of the Bible, writes to disclose what we can know as Christians and what we can do not only as church ministers, but as laymen about this issue.