Hope and Healing for Trauma Sufferers and Supportive Helpers

“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 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.”

“If you’ve ever wanted to help someone who is hurting, this book is for you. In these pages penned by an author who lives out what she writes, you will find biblical truth, clinical precision, and practical counsel that will enable you to wisely and compassionately help (and not further hurt) people who are hurting. And in the process, you may (like me) find yourself deeply helped amidst your own hurts.”

“We can all greatly benefit from Eliza’s well-rounded and God-glorifying approach to trauma. Through these pages, she explores, very practically, the good gifts given us in science, medicine, and psychology so that God may be more glorified in us, body and soul, and that we receive the best in him. She artfully turns an investigation into the dark place of trauma into hope in our loving Savior, Jesus. Patients and providers at my practice benefit from resources like this to learn how best to steward their minds and bodies as they work through traumatic experiences.”

“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.”