The Christ Cure

Seventy percent of American adults have encountered trauma at some time in their lives. Of those people, about 20 percent—46 million—will develop temporary post-traumatic stress or suffer long-term post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with all its crippling anxiety, nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance, and disability.

The Christ Cure, by psychologist and mental health advocate Tim Murphy, offers hope. This comprehensive handbook to healing for victims of trauma and their families guides readers through a path of true restoration. The concepts in this book are inspired by the life and works of the Apostle Paul, who suffered several dozen severe traumas including physical violence, shipwrecks, trials, imprisonment, abandonment, and a looming death sentence. Modern psychological research suggests any one of these traumas should have been emotionally crippling. Instead, Paul grew stronger and more courageous.

This unique biblical foundation for healthy treatment of trauma is supported by scientific research and scripture covering fitness, sleep, healthy eating, and healthy relaxation, through the stages of resilience, resistance, recovery, and renewal. Within each stage, the reader is challenged to choose between sets of dichotomies, one leading to healing, and the other to deeper problems. Throughout, the reader is empowered to learn through their own suffering to become stronger in their relationships and faith.

The Christ Cure provides much-needed help and guidance to “the broken” from secular to scriptural, illustrated with inspirational stories of those who are winning their own battles.