1. Help. Hope. Healing. Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Blog
This blog provides personal stories, local
events occurring in the Tampa Bay area, and issues related to crisis.
This resource would be helpful to those in
the Tampa Bay area, as well as those who may need inspiration from stories of
success, stories that show the after effects of overcoming a crisis.
Follow the stories of children who
experience crisis in Afghanistam, the DR Congo, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
We may not always know the types of crises
that occur outside our immediate environment and forget everything else that is
going on in the world. Seeing what kind
of difference we can make in the lives of others, especially children in areas
like Afghanistan, can be empowering and eye-opening.
3. Beggar’s Daughter
From a Christian Perspective, Jessica
points out the struggles many teen girls deal with regarding lust, sexual
promiscuity, pornography, masturbation, and what Christians see as sexual sin.
Things like pornography and masturbation
are just not spoken about amongst women.
Jessica puts it all out into the open, is constantly open to receiving
e-mails and puts forth the effort to respond to them. If any girl out there feels alone in this
struggle, Jessica helps her to see that she is not alone and see her worth in
other things. (The blog is under construction for the month of February, but
make sure to take a peek in March!)
4. Family Court Crisis – Abusers Getting Custody!
This blog highlights stories of court cases
in which it appears the abuser receives custody over the children, as well as
some tips with tense topics such as abuse, domestic violence, and relationship
violence.
While this blog is quite lengthy and
one-sided, it does give an honest opinion of the kinds of dilemmas and
controversies surrounding the judicial system, court proceedings, and custody
battles. It puts these things into
perspective. It provides a lot of good
information on domestic violence and the adverse effects on children. If anyone needs more information on these
topics this is a good blog to look into.
5. Cathy Cress, MSW
Social worker Catchy Cress discusses in
this single blog entry how even quite normal families can experience their own
crises, for example when the children become middle-aged and their parents are
elderly.
Her blog doesn’t focus entirely on crisis,
but gives some good things to think about.
For someone who may feel like they always experience crises, it is
important to realize even the most functional and normal families and
individuals experiences crises at some point in their lives.
6. Goodlife Zen: 21 ways to comfort a friend in
crisis
If you’ve ever felt helpless and like you
can’t do anything for your friends in crisis, this blog posts give 21 straight
forward ways to help. Sometimes it’s
something as simple as being there to listen.
If you’re stumbling upon this and know
someone in crisis, they may very well need your help. You may not be able to give them something
tangible, like all of their problems magically fixed, but you can follow these
21 steps (either just one step or all twenty-one) and you can be sure at least
one of them will help out. In my own
time I’ve found this difficult and just want to fix their problems, but I must
remember being there emotionally, not pushing them, and helping them make
decisions may be better than be trying to influence them with my opinions.
7. Dr. Kathleen Young: Treating Trauma in Tucson
From the perspective of a Clinical
Psychologist, Dr. Young gives information on all aspects of trauma, from
suicide, to PTSD, to rape, to things everyone should be aware of going on in
the nation.
Dr. Young seems like a down-to-earth kind
of person that lays it out there. If you
have a question about trauma, she probably answers it in this blog. I highly recommend going through her posts
and I am sure you will find one that hits a nerve in your body that causes you
to read more about it. If you want your
information to come from a professional, but don’t want to be weighed down with
jargon, visit her blog.
8. MidLoveCrisis: A Blog About Love, Life, and
Relationships
Within families are relationships, and
within families are crises. This blog
discusses how crises may occur in families, in dating, in friendships, and in
all types of relationships.
Perhaps your crisis you are going through
involves someone you are in a relationship with, whether that be your
husband/wife, brother/sister, mom/dad, boyfriend/girlfriend, friend, etc. This blog gives some good advice as to the
types of crises you may deal with in relationships but also how it is possible
to overcome them. It also gives some
tips for those mistakes we all make in relationships.
9. The Good news: Helping Your Children Cope in
Family Crisis
When one person in a family is in crisis,
it typically affects the whole family.
This blog post discusses helping children who may not know how to cope
with a family crisis.
A child may not directly be involved in a
crisis, such as bankruptcy or divorce, but it most certainly affects them. This blog gives some in-depth pointers about
how to help children through the family crisis, focusing on being honest and
open.
10. Real Warriors, Real Advice
I end this top 10 list with a podcast told
from veterans and military families the types of crises they endure and the
importance of seeking care and counseling.
For anyone who may have family in the
military, or is interested in hearing more about ways to help veterans and
military families, they first hand witnesses are helpful and encouraging, and
reduce that stigma for veterans to obtain counseling. From learning simple coping strategies to
helping children cope, this weekly podcast covers a lot of topics for veterans.
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