Book Recommendations

• In the Wake of Disasters: Religious Responses to Terrorism and Catastrophe by Harold Koenig
  

• Workplace Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Management by R. Paul, Maiden, Rich Paul, & Christina Thompson
  

• Act of God/Active God: Recovering from Natural Disasters by Gary L. Harbaugh
  

• When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
  

• The New Guide to Crisis & Trauma Counseling by H. Norman Wright
  

• The Worst Is Over: What to Say When Every Moment Counts--Verbal First Aid to Calm, Relieve Pain, Promote Healing, and Save Lives by Judith Acosta, & Judith Simon Prager
  

• Your Surviving Spirit: A Spiritual Workbook for Coping with Trauma by Dusty Miller
  

• The Minister As Crisis Counselor by David K. Switzer
  

• Pastoral Care Emergencies (Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling) by David K. Switzer
  

• Crisis Counseling: What to Do and Say During the First 72 Hours: A Practical Guide for Pastors, Counselors and Friends by H. Norman Wright
  

• Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling by Robert J. Wicks, Richard D. Parsons, & Donald Capps
  

• African American Pastoral Care And Counseling: The Politics of Oppression And Empowerment by Edward P. Wimberly
  

• African-American Pastoral Care by Edward P. Wimberly
  

• Leading People Through Disasters: An Action Guide: Preparing for and Dealing with the Human Side of Crises by Kathryn McKee, & Liz Guthridge
  

• Individual and Community Responses to Trauma and Disaster: The Structure of Human Chaos by Beverley Raphael, Robert J. Ursano, Brian G. McCaughey, & Carol S. Fullerton
  

• Counseling for the Soul in Distress: What Every Religious Counselor Should Know About Emotional and Mental Illness by Richard W. Roukema
  

• Trauma and Recovery The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith L. Herman
  

• What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger Turning Bad Breaks Into Blessings by Maxine Schnall
  

• How Can I Help?: Caring for People Without Harming Them or Yourself by Lynda Elliott, & Elisabeth Elliott
  

• Where Was God?: Answers to Tough Questions about God and Natural Disasters by Erwin Lutzer
  

• Soul Storm: Finding God Amidst Disaster: Reflections from a Hurricane Katrina Survivor by Bruce Smith
  

• Bouncing Back from Disaster by Lori Mitchell
  

• Crisis Caring: A Guide for Ministering to People in Crisis by Roslyn Karaban
  

• Counseling Survivors Of Traumatic Events: A Handbook for Those Counseling in Disaster and Crisis by Andrew J. Weaver, & John Preston

• Pastoral Care & Counseling: Redefining the Paradigms by Andrew J. Weaver, & John Preston

• Riding the Dragon: 10 Lessons for Inner Strength in Challenging Times by Robert J. Wicks
  

• Where is God When it Hurts? by Philip Yancey
  

• The Psychology of Religious Coping: Theory, Research, Practice by Kenneth Pargament