BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS

ISBN: 9780984865611 Géneros: VFJX:JHBZ Sinópsis: This book BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS fills the gap between the challenges to conventional grief psychology and the practice of bereavement counseling The deceased person has often been left behind in counseling conversations requiring the bereaved to distance themselves from honoring memories that could soothe their heartache Ironically the stories of the dead person have not featured prominently in the grief experience This book offers a structured guide for facilitating bereavement support groups but is intended as more than a simple how to book It will also inspire readers with invigorating practice ideas This new way of thinking includes the stories and love that remain after death Here is a model for folding the deceased persons values legacies meanings and connections into the lives of the living The book shows how to utilize the metaphorical presence of the deceased accessed through stories actions and rituals to affirm the relationship with the deceased as more than a lost memory to be shelved next to dusty old photo albums