Trauma Aware: A Christian's Guide to Providing Help and Care

"Eliza Huie has written the book on trauma that our generation of Christian counselors has desperately needed. She deftly manages a Herculean task in taking a complex topic like trauma--who it impacts, what it is, how to care for those affected--all while remaining imminently accessible to the lay caregiver and the professional counselor. Readers will come away sobered, educated, and encouraged to walk the hard path with those whose lives have experienced trauma, but they will also come equipped with a hope that restores beauty for ashes."

"Eliza Huie's Trauma Aware offers a profound exploration of the complexities of trauma through a biblical lens. With compassionate wisdom, she guides readers to understand how trauma can impact our lives and how God's grace can heal. Filled with practical tools and biblical insights, Huie equips individuals and churches to address the reality of trauma and seek wholeness. This is the book the church has needed for a long time on this issue."

"In a fallen world filled with brokenness, understanding trauma is crucial. In this accessible and engaging resource, seasoned counselor Eliza Huie defines trauma and its impact on the body, mind, and soul. With compassionate skill and researched wisdom, Huie offers practical ways to love our neighbors with informed grace and gospel truth. I will return to Trauma Aware again and again--highly recommended."

"The church has needed this book for a long time. In a practical and accessible style, Eliza Huie offers expert advice on how to care for people who have experienced trauma. Trauma Aware engages scientific research, draws on current trauma literature, and grounds itself in God's Word to offer an expanded framework for joining people in their trauma recovery. I already know I will be recommending this book over and over again."

"Trauma studies--and traumatized people--deserve the church's best efforts. In Trauma Aware, Eliza helps us minister to the whole person, body and soul. The book evidences her strong case knowledge, maintains a connection to biblical and theological reflection, and engages the broader field with readable surveys and constructive Christian wisdom. We all need to hear this healing calling: moving toward sufferers, bearing burdens, and so fulfilling the law of Christ."

"Trauma is an emerging field where we seemingly learn more with each passing month. Theology is a timeless field where we want to remain faithful to our faith's foundations. In Trauma Aware, Eliza takes us by the hand to orient us to the experience of trauma in light of Christian theology; she helps us explore the timely in light of the timeless. As you process your own profoundly painful experiences or come alongside others doing so, this book will help you find God's comfort for life's most intense sufferings."

"Eliza Huie draws from her extensive clinical and theological experience to provide the reader with a clear and balanced understanding of the subject of trauma. She uses easy-to-understand terms to show how trauma impacts the brain and the body. Her book does an excellent job of defining what trauma actually is and distinguishes it from events in life that are discouraging, hurtful, even terrible, but don't qualify to be labeled as trauma. Additionally, Trauma Aware provides great practical tools that the reader can use immediately when assisting a friend, family member, or church member."

"Trauma Aware provides a wealth of information for Christian helpers who want to learn about trauma and its effects on the body, emotions, mind, and soul. Eliza Huie shares biblical wisdom and practical expertise to spur churches toward becoming safe spaces where trauma survivors can experience healing. This book is a must-read for pastors, ministry leaders, counselors, and people-helpers of all kinds."