Trauma recovery with the Biblical Job and modern therapy
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- Is your life full of struggle, and do you wrestle through the days in the hope that tomorrow will be better?
- Have you been emotionally wounded by events that left you powerless?
- Are you looking for professional help centered on the Bible?
When it storms in your life
Trauma recovery with the ancient Job and modern therapy
Laurens struggled for many years with the effects of childhood and adolescent neglect and abuse. After thirty years into his adult life, he was no longer able to do his work and opted for intensive therapy. He found much support in the life story of the biblical Job and he shares candidly about it in this book. He shows how current forms of therapy can already be found in Job’s life and how this helped in his own healing process.
Each contemplation begins with a Bible verse and ends with a practical application or truth that you can apply in your life immediately.
COURSE
From storms to streams
Growth after early childhood trauma
Traumatic events in your childhood can result in a storm raging in your life today. The survival mechanisms you learned as a child and which helped you manage your life for years, no longer work and you seem to be at the mercy of life’s whims.
Thankfully, growth and recovery are possible. It begins with finding and receiving sufficient support from others and from God. This allows you to develop inner support, enabling you to become stronger. In this way, you can begin to process your traumatic experiences, which eventually enables to integrate them into your life and become a more complete person.
These four ingredients of trauma processing are explored in detail in an online course of 20 lessons.
Jesus came to bind up the brokenhearted
Isaiah 61:1
Readers say …
“Laurens van Dieren doesn’t offer easy advice. Instead, he takes you to the heart of the trauma, then shows you how to rise stronger and stronger.
You’ll understand why you sometimes crumble in certain situations, why the same relationships keep repeating themselves, and why you fear things that haven’t even happened yet.
If you’ve weathered at least one storm in your life… prepare yourself. This book will change your perspective on the world and yourself, and teach you patience and strength, just as the Prophet Job taught us. “
“Laurens’s request for me to read along with his reflections on Job and respond to them has been incredibly valuable and has set me on the path to deeper recovery and healing. The recognition and acknowledgement from Job have deepened my relationship with God into a renewed personal relationship with God the Father.”
“How wonderful to receive a lived-through perspective on Job from an expert with experience, rather than a theological one. These reflections offer hope, peace, and comfort. They warm my heart.”