Preventing Suicide - by Karen Mason (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Many pastors, chaplains and pastoral counselors play a vital role as agents of hope to people who are struggling, but most of them feel overwhelmed and unprepared to prevent suicides. Informed by her work as a psychologist, Karen Mason's guide to suicide prevention is an essential resource for proactive pastors.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><ul> <li>12th Annual <em>Outreach</em> Resource of the Year (Counseling)</li> </ul><p>What is the church's role in suicide prevention? While we tend to view the work of suicide prevention as the task of professional therapists and doctors, the church can also play a vital role. Studies show that religious faith is an important factor reducing the risk of suicide. Yet many pastors, chaplains and pastoral counselors feel overwhelmed and unprepared to prevent suicides. In this practical handbook, psychologist Karen Mason equips ministry professionals to work with suicidal individuals. Integrating theology and psychology, she shows how pastoral caregivers can be agents of hope, teaching the significance of life, monitoring those at risk and intervening when they need help. Because church leaders are often present in people's lives in seasons of trouble and times of crisis, they can provide comfort in the midst of suffering and offer guidance for the future. When our church members struggle in the darkness, the darkness need not overcome them. Discover how you and your church can be proactive in caring for those at risk of self-harm.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>[A] much-needed practical guide that equips pastors to counsel and help suicidal individuals.</p>--CBA Retailers + Resources, November 2014<br><br><p>In this practical handbook, psychologist Karen Mason equips ministry professionals to work with suicidal individuals. Integrating theology and psychology, she shows how pastoral caregivers can be agents of hope, teaching the significance of life, monitoring those at risk and intervening when they need help.</p>--Light Magazine Canada, September 2014<br><br><p>Karen Mason's <em>Preventing Suicide: A Handbook for Pastors, Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors</em> is exactly what it claims, which means church offices or libraries without a copy should get one. . . . Mason writes well . . . and shatters numerous suicide myths. . . . Mason offers good specifics on how to help someone in a suicide crisis and help those who survive suicide attempts.</p>--Marvin Olasky, World Magazine, January 24, 2015<br><br><p>The latest statistics declare that one in twelve Americans deal daily with severe depression. And a recent study shows that even one in four clergy themselves acknowledge struggling with issues involving mental illness. It goes to say that this tough topic is not going to go away. That's why I recommend that every pastor, chaplain, and pastoral counselor read this book and keep it close as a resource prior to existentially confronting a suicide. And that all who struggle with their own depression or that of a loved one also take advantage of her lifetime of formal study and clinical experience, receiving before it is too late the help that can prevent suicide.</p>--John A. Huffman Jr., Africanus, November 2015<br><br><p>This is a thorough and practical resource for pastoral caregivers regarding suicide. Every pastor, chaplain and pastoral counselor needs to read and study this book; then keep it on their shelves for future reference. Dr. Karen Mason has done an excellent and thorough job of providing a much needed handbook on suicide for those of us who are on the frontlines of America's mental health crisis. Suicide rates are at an all time high in the U.S., and research shows that more people first seek help from their pastor than people do from doctors or therapists combined. It is imperative that pastors and pastoral counselors have a resource such as this. Dr. Mason does a great job of shattering myths about suicide while educating the reader as to who dies by suicide and theories on suicide, while also clearly challenging the reader to address suicide with Christian theology. The majority of this handbook's chapters are very practical and extremely helpful to someone providing pastoral care, with topics including 'how to help someone in a suicide crisis' and 'how to help someone who has survived a suicide attempt.' This resource will literally save lives.</p>--Brad Hoefs, Outreach Magazine's Resources of the Year, March/April 2015<br><br><p>Whether you are a Christian who works in the medical field or the faith community, this handbook will equip you to the degree you want to be equipped. It is a deep dive into a difficult subject and offers the kind of help we all would want to have when confronting this moment in our own lives or in the lives of people we pastor or care about.</p>--Paul Turner, YouthWorker Journal, November-December 2014<br>
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