Solomon Njenga. Healing Trauma: A counseling manual for helping children recover from wounds of ethinic violence.
Solomon is a integrationist counselor, a distinguish university lecture, currently teaching at Kenya Methodist university. Solomon is a practicing minister of the word of God and a true friend to children. Currently Solomon is in the process of pursuing doctoral studies in the UK. He is undertaking a Masters of Arts in African Christianity at Daystar University. He holds a Master of Counseling from Nairobi International School of Theology, A Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology from Scott University, and a diploma in photo journalism.
This book is a resource tool in counseling purposely written to address the psychological, emotional, social and spiritual wounds of children affected by ethinic violence in Africa and beyond. This book is a counseling manual for parents, counselors, psychiatrists, conflict and disaster analyst, researchers, church, government officials, helping children recover from wounds of ethinic violence. This book is also useful to teachers and lectures of Institutes of higher learning.
The author start his book by pointing out that trauma is like cancer that is deep seated in the body and soul of innocent children. He discusses the fundamental nature of trauma exhibited by traumatized children affected by ethinic violence. He points out that this kind of trauma creates a psychological, emotional, and psychical shock and despair which overwhelms the child’s ability to cope leaving him/her fearing mutilation, death or annihilation. The author observes that the child may feel emotionally, cognitive, and physically inapt to deal with the situation. This creates the feeling of being betrayed, loss of trust, entrapment, helplessness, pain, confusion and or loss.
The author further points out at counseling children experiencing ethinic related trauma is not an opt to be considered but a command. He states that trauma counseling is a collaborative process which involves the development of unique and confidential act of psychological, emotional, spiritual, and social wounds exhibited by children affected by ethinic violence. The author advices that the counselor should employ these emotional acts for the purpose of healing the child.
Finally the author asserts that spiritual care and counseling is a key area that needs to be addressed. The extend of the violent demands that the child thirst for God’s help. Children like other people wonder why the violence has erupted. The act of wondering why, takes the child to the spiritual life to theology. Children raise questions, which lead them to reflect on loss of fundamental security and or trust in God. As a result the author advices that it is paramount for spiritual caregivers and counselors of traumatized children to seek to given inspirational and goodness about God.
Solomon is a integrationist counselor, a distinguish university lecture, currently teaching at Kenya Methodist university. Solomon is a practicing minister of the word of God and a true friend to children. Currently Solomon is in the process of pursuing doctoral studies in the UK. He is undertaking a Masters of Arts in African Christianity at Daystar University. He holds a Master of Counseling from Nairobi International School of Theology, A Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology from Scott University, and a diploma in photo journalism.
This book is a resource tool in counseling purposely written to address the psychological, emotional, social and spiritual wounds of children affected by ethinic violence in Africa and beyond. This book is a counseling manual for parents, counselors, psychiatrists, conflict and disaster analyst, researchers, church, government officials, helping children recover from wounds of ethinic violence. This book is also useful to teachers and lectures of Institutes of higher learning.
The author start his book by pointing out that trauma is like cancer that is deep seated in the body and soul of innocent children. He discusses the fundamental nature of trauma exhibited by traumatized children affected by ethinic violence. He points out that this kind of trauma creates a psychological, emotional, and psychical shock and despair which overwhelms the child’s ability to cope leaving him/her fearing mutilation, death or annihilation. The author observes that the child may feel emotionally, cognitive, and physically inapt to deal with the situation. This creates the feeling of being betrayed, loss of trust, entrapment, helplessness, pain, confusion and or loss.
The author further points out at counseling children experiencing ethinic related trauma is not an opt to be considered but a command. He states that trauma counseling is a collaborative process which involves the development of unique and confidential act of psychological, emotional, spiritual, and social wounds exhibited by children affected by ethinic violence. The author advices that the counselor should employ these emotional acts for the purpose of healing the child.
Finally the author asserts that spiritual care and counseling is a key area that needs to be addressed. The extend of the violent demands that the child thirst for God’s help. Children like other people wonder why the violence has erupted. The act of wondering why, takes the child to the spiritual life to theology. Children raise questions, which lead them to reflect on loss of fundamental security and or trust in God. As a result the author advices that it is paramount for spiritual caregivers and counselors of traumatized children to seek to given inspirational and goodness about God.
