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Crisis 911: Toward A Comprehensive Intervention Model, John C. Thomas
Crisis 911: Toward A Comprehensive Intervention Model, John C. Thomas
John C. Thomas
Suffering softens calloused hearts; but it can also embitter them. The prudent helper seeks to seize critical moments for Kingdom purposes through service to those affected. Being armed with a multi-functional crisis intervention model provides guidance and allows versatility so this end may be achieved. To even approximate the ambitious goal of creating a comprehensive model requires an understanding of crises and crisis intervention.
Multiple Lacerations Of The Heart: When Grief Accumulates, John C. Thomas, Teresa Sours
Multiple Lacerations Of The Heart: When Grief Accumulates, John C. Thomas, Teresa Sours
John C. Thomas
The idea of multiple lacerations of the heart is both personally and professionally a topic of great interest to us. Experience has taught us that far too many counselors fail to account for the aggravated condition of the heart as a result of multiple losses. The lure of the immediate loss or trauma from childhood can hinder one’s ability to consider the amassed emotional cholesterol. As system thinkers advocate, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Subsequently, counselors need to be aware of how multiple losses accumulate and how such build-up manifests itself in a client’s life. …
Panic Attacks: Can They Really Be Stopped?, John C. Thomas
Panic Attacks: Can They Really Be Stopped?, John C. Thomas
John C. Thomas
Published in Christian Counseling Today magazine, this article addresses the nature and impact of panic attacks and how they can be addressed.
Why Me?: The Bedrock Of Suffering, John C. Thomas
Why Me?: The Bedrock Of Suffering, John C. Thomas
John C. Thomas
The world is unnerved but captivated by the wave of massive, indiscriminate destruction that befell Asia. In the protection of our society where pat answers are the drug, we meet face-to-face with the fragility of life, feel compassion, and return to business as usual. The reality is that we too are in the path of life’s devastations. It is suffering to even consider the tragedies that could befall us. Yet, suffering comes to all without prejudice… on the just and unjust.1 When faced with the heartache of rejection, emptiness of loss, the bite of physical pain, the brokenness of regret, …
Under The Yellow Tape: Working Within The Medical, Legal, And Judicial Systems, John C. Thomas
Under The Yellow Tape: Working Within The Medical, Legal, And Judicial Systems, John C. Thomas
John C. Thomas
The types of problems addressed in an office differ dramatically from those that happen in the context of violent crimes, horrific accidents, and hostage scenes. The first contact with victims might be in homes, streets, emergency rooms, shelters, jails, and law enforcement offices. Arriving at a scene that is marked by yellow tape is daunting. Counselors must develop a frame of mind that allows them to get into the trenches. Additionally, they must work collaboratively with other crisis response systems to ensure that victims receive timely holistic care. Following are some principles to guide counselors in working with multiple systems.