Helping When It Hurts A Practical Guide to Helping Relationships
Helping When It Hurts: A Practical Guide to Helping Relationships by Robert L. Hunter, published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers in 1985, offers practical insights into supporting individuals in crisis. This 80-page guide emphasizes the importance of focusing on change, maintaining a forward-looking perspective, respecting individuals, and fostering faith in God as essential components of the helping process.
Readers will find a structured approach to conveying four crucial messages to those experiencing significant hurt due to loss, illness, or injury: that they are not alone, their feelings are valid, hope remains, and self-help is possible. Hunter outlines fourteen fundamental skills designed to aid helpers in effectively communicating these messages, making this edition a resource for those looking to enhance their interpersonal relations and provide meaningful support in challenging times.
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Robert Hunter offers practical insight into how to be a friend to someone in crisis. He contends that to focus on change, an emphasis on the future, a respect for people, and faith in God are all crucial in the helping process. Anyone experiencing hurt over a major loss, illness, or injury needs, in his opinion, to hear four key messages: you are not alone; your feelings matter; all is not lost; and you can still help yourself. To this end, he sets out fourteen fundamental skills which the helper can use in effectively communicating these messages to the person in crisis.
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