Looking for Resources

[Tourniquet_Fauns]

Hey all,

My best friend's mother was a victim of abuse as a child. She made it through raising her first three children holding herself together but in recent years she has been in and out of hospital due to having trouble dealing with memories of the abuse. She has even gone catatonic. This latest stent has left her in hospital for the better part of this year, with constant up and downs. I was wondering if anyone had any good support resources I could recommend?? Books, groups, anything!

thanks!

 

[KayJoy]

Hi, I'm new here, but one thing that has helped me tremendously is Theophostic Prayer Ministry (a type of Biblical counseling). But that would be more something for when she is out, I guess.
You would have to search "Theophostic Prayer Ministry" and find the official site, since I'm new and cannot post links.

 

[jtoddowen]

I highly recommend The Wounded Heart by Dan Allender; it's available on Amazon, and you can read my review there. Make sure she also gets the workbook and begin there.

Although working the book will be the hardest six months or year of her life, as it was for me, hopefully it will be the most transformative and will help her reprogram her mind to accept that she is an infinitely loved, totally forgiven child of God through Jesus Christ.

I hope she can find the freedom from the pain of sexual abuse as many others have. The memories may never fade, but she can learn to remove the power those memories have over her daily life.

Please keep us updated on her progress.