Lost for Words is an innovative 'loss awareness' training package designed for teachers and carers supporting children who are experiencing bereavement, be it through death or any other kind of loss. Developed from collaborative multi-agency and multi-professional work with psychologists, educationalists, social workers and nurses, this package is ......
A person's sense of hope is essential to the process of bereavement counselling and nursing. This book brings together empirical research and theoretical thinking on hope to give practical guidance to professionals working with the bereaved. Experienced practitioner and academic John Cutcliffe takes into account evidence-based practice, describing ......
Through interviews and analysis, Janice Winc hester Nadeau takes a look at the dynamics at work in famili es in which a member has died. She shares stories which show how families gradually come to terms with their grief, and make sense of the death. '
Helping Family Members Resolve Death, Dying, and Bereavement Issues
Illuminating the impact of loss and grief on our psychological and emotional lives, this book provides vital guidance to ease painful transitions and facilitate healing. The author emphasizes that dealing with the death of a loved one involves more than picking up the pieces and moving on: rather, healing is an ongoing journey on which grief is a ......
Transitions in Dying and Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care compassionately explains the key transitions that chronically ill and dying people, their families, and caregivers move through during the process from diagnosis to death to bereavement. Readers learn the most effective interventions to ease the confusion ......
A Psychologist's Journey Through Anticipatory Grief
What happens when an expert on grief is faced with the slow decline of her beloved mother? Like A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis, Singing Mother Home offers an inside look at the struggles of an ""expert"" in coping with loss. Donna S. Davenport was forced to rethink the traditional academic approach to the process, which implied that the goal of ......
Helps adults talk to children in meaningful ways, nurturing their faith and building their emotional strength during a time of crisis. This book explains common reactions parents can expect from children of all ages, and offers adults the spiritual tools they need to help children cope with a significant loss.
Many of us will grieve the death of a friend. Yet, this particular kind of grief is not recognized as often as that experienced when a spouse, child, or parent dies. The author offers comfort and encouragement to those who have lost a friend by validating their grief, urging them to give their grief a voice, and remembering their friend.
