Helping When It Hurts: A Practical Guide to Helping Relationships

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.