The Understanding Your Suicide Grief Support Group Guide
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| Author | : Alan D. Wolfelt |
| Publisher | : Companion Press |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2009-08-01 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1879651580 |
For anyone who has experienced the suicide of a loved one, coworker, neighbor, or acquaintance and is seeking information about coping with such a profound loss, this compassionate guide explores the unique responses inherent to their grief. Using the metaphor of the wilderness, the book introduces 10 touchstones to assist the survivor in this naturally complicated and particularly painful journey. The touchstones include opening to the presence of loss, embracing the uniqueness of grief, understanding the six needs of mourning, reaching out for help, and seeking reconciliation over resolution. Learning to identify and rely on each of these touchstones will bring about hope and healing.
| Author | : Alan D. Wolfelt |
| Publisher | : Companion Press |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2009-08-01 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1617221244 |
With ample space to unburden the heart and the soul, this companion workbook helps grievers explore the 10 essential touchstones for finding hope and healing. The exercises throughout the journal recall the content of the book and ask corresponding questions about the survivor's unique grief journey.
| Author | : Alan D. Wolfelt |
| Publisher | : Companion Press |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2004-02-01 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1879651351 |
Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's need to acknowledge death and embrace the pain of loss. Also explored are the many factors that make each person's grief unique and the many normal thoughts and feelings mourners might have. Questions of spirituality and religion are addressed as well. The rights of mourners to be compassionate with themselves, to lean on others for help, and to trust in their ability to heal are upheld. Journaling sections encourage mourners to articulate their unique thoughts and feelings.
| Author | : Dodie Graves |
| Publisher | : Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1849052719 |
A practical introduction to setting up and facilitating bereavement support groups, guiding the reader through all stages. It examines the different skills needed, and uses case studies and research to suggest models of best practice across a range of group settings. The guidance will help make groups successful for participants and facilitators.
| Author | : John R. Jordan |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 575 |
| Release | : 2011-01-19 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 1135849269 |
A suicide leaves behind more victims than just the individual. And yet there are very few professional resources that provide the necessary background, research, and tools to effectively work with the survivors. This edited volume addresses the need for an up-to-date, professionally oriented summary of the clinical and research literature on the impact of suicide bereavement on survivors.
| Author | : Alan D Wolfelt |
| Publisher | : Companion Press |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2021-09-01 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 1617223123 |
When we're grieving the death of someone loved, we need the support and compassion of our fellow human beings. Grief support groups provide a wonderful opportunity for this very healing kind of support. This book is for professional or lay caregivers who want to start and lead an effective grief support group for adults. It explains how to get a group started and how to keep it running smoothly once it's underway. The group leader's roles and responsibilities are explored in detail, including communication skills, trust building, handling problems, and more.This Guide also includes twelve meeting plans that interface with the second editions of Understanding Your Grief and The Understanding Your Grief Journal. Each week group members read a chapter in the main text, complete a chapter in the journal, and come to group ready for you to guide them through an exploration of the content. Meeting plans include suggestions for how to open each session as well as engaging exercises and activities. A Certificate of Completion you can photocopy and give to group members in the final meeting is provided.
| Author | : Alan D. Wolfelt |
| Publisher | : Companion Press |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2010-05-01 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1879651602 |
For anyone who has experienced the suicide of a loved one, coworker, neighbor, or acquaintance and is seeking information about coping with such a profound loss, this compassionate guide explores the unique responses inherent to their grief. Using the metaphor of the wilderness, the book introduces 10 touchstones to assist the survivor in this naturally complicated and particularly painful journey. The touchstones include opening to the presence of loss, embracing the uniqueness of grief, understanding the six needs of mourning, reaching out for help, and seeking reconciliation over resolution. Learning to identify and rely on each of these touchstones will bring about hope and healing. Including 12 meeting plans that interface with the main text and companion journal, this organizational guide deftly combines grief education with compassionate support for those who want to facilitate an effective suicide grief support group.
| Author | : Alan D. Wolfelt |
| Publisher | : Companion Press |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2004-04-01 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1879651394 |
This companion workbook to Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart is designed to help mourners explore the many facets of their unique grief through journaling. Ten essential touchstones for mourners are covered, including being open to the presence of loss, dispelling misconceptions about grief, embracing the uniqueness of grief, seeking reconciliation, and reaching out for help. Journalers are asked specific questions about their feelings of grief as they relate to the ten essential touchstones and are provided with writing space for their reflections.
| Author | : Alan D. Wolfelt |
| Publisher | : Companion Press |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2010-09-01 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1879651688 |
Presenting the idea of wilderness as a sustained metaphor for grief, this compassionate guide explores the unique responses inherent to the grief felt by those who have experienced the suicide of a loved one and offers information about coping with such a profound loss. Likening the death of a loved one to the experience of being wrenched from normal life and dropped down in the middle of nowhere, the handbook employs 10 touchstones, or trail markers, that survivors use to begin to make their way through the new landscape. Each touchstone gently guides readers through the entire grieving process and includes topics such as dispelling misconceptions regarding suicide, exploring feelings, and embracing the uniqueness of a loss.
| Author | : Bob Baugher |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 67 |
| Release | : 2002-01-01 |
| Genre | : Bereavement |
| ISBN | : 9780963597557 |
If you have experienced the death of a loved one from suicide, this book is for you. With contributions of many people who have been through the experience and two Psychologists who have helped hundreds of people bereaved by suicide, this book takes the reader through the first few days, weeks, months and years.
