By His Wounds: Trauma Healing for Africa

By Steven Tracy and Celestia Tracy

"By His Wounds" bringscreative, community-based healing models and resources to communities that have known significant levels of trauma with limited mental health resources. It guides the participant in an educational and healing pathway that begins with understanding trauma and it's effects andends with a Five-Heart Model for sharing one's story with others. Each chapter includes healingart, contemplative meditations on Christ, and journaling exercises that deepen intimacy with God and others. It integrates the voices of African survivors, social-science research, and a theology of healing and forgiveness in a way that both promotes individual healing and guides advocates in the compassionate and holistic care of others, enabling healing in nurturing relationships.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984987126
• ISBN13: 9780984987122
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Mending the Soul
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up