Healing the Wounds of Trauma

Program Director. The materials and program model were further improved to increase the scope and effectiveness of the ministry. A Trauma Healing Advisory Council of mental health professionals, co-chaired by Dr. Diane Langberg and Dr. Phil Monroe, ensured the ministry benefitted from best practice in mental health. ABS’s Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship screened the materials to ensure that Scripture is used accurately. In 2012, ABS convened an inaugural “Community of Practice” to bring together organizations that shared a trauma healing agenda to collaboratively respond to the need. This group affirmed the foundational principles on which the ministry had been based for over a decade: • Grounded in Bible, mental health expertise, and prayer • Contextualized for culture, language, and format • Field tested • Drawing on and developing local expertise • Community based • Experiential and participatory • Committed to a sustainable process over time • Collaborating with others In 2012, American Bible Society established the Trauma Healing Institute to support, develop, and license this ministry approach. It works with Bible Societies and other partners worldwide to equip and certify facilitators to care for traumatized people. A revised edition of this book was released in 2013, and in 2014, ABS released this new edition with stories contextualized for North America.

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