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Riveting in their emotional clarity and utterly jargon free, these 30 stories from real life penetrate how we grieve and how we can help those who grieve- whether the griever is oneself, someone we care about, or a client or patient.
He was so distressed at her condition, and so invested in his relationship with Susan, that he devoted all his time and energy to her recovery. This single location in Victoria: He was not allowed to make any phone calls at all. Normal grief responses He made peace with his business associates, with neighbors, and friends—and with himself. Shah, David Giansiracusa, Bruce A. I asked her what she thought the trigger for the transformation could have been.
Lynne Dale Halamish, an internationally respected grief counselor with more than 20 years' experience, and Doron Hermoni, a family physician, researcher, and educator, present vignettes from practice that show how death- lingering, unexpected, violent, or self-inflicted- and the loss of a relationship- to oneself or with a child, sibling, parent, mate, grandparent, or friend- give life to grief, together with the process by which each person fully encounters his or her grief.
Each story is no more than two or three pages, and the authors follow each one with a short summary of its teachings and a selection of annotated recent references for those who wish to read more about a topic. Looked at in relief, the stories reveal a master grief counselor at work.
Jumping to Conclusions, Speaking to Children 2. Children dealing with impending death 3. Who Will Go with Me to Torah?: Security following parental death 4. Talking about fears 5.
It is normal to grow after trauma? Give Me Permission to Die: Talking openly about death 7. Encouraging the bereaved to express themselves 8.
Repercussions of sibling death 9. Important decisions need conscious thought Taking children to funerals: Difference between losing a parent and losing a child The last to know: The individuals right to know Bereavement -- Psychological aspects. Death -- Psychological aspects.
Summary 'The Weeping Willow' illustrates, through clinial case vignettes, an extremely practical approach to dealing with grief. It is designed for the general reader as well as the student and the professional, for the comforter and learner as well as the griever. Contents You don't know till you ask Jumping to conclusions, speaking to children The weeping willow Children dealing with impending death Who will go with me to Torah?
Security following parental death The black place Talking about fears The tree It is normal to grow after trauma Give me permission to die Talking openly about death The silent stage Encouraging the bereaved to express themselves Where is safe? Repercussions of sibling death Decision to live Important decisions need conscious thought Who's next?
Taking children to funerals: The unique perspective of the individual Mailman Learn and pass the knowledge on I want attention Classroom intervention after suicide You cannot prepare Rehearsal for grief: Identifying the bereaved Better to remember him as he was Who should be part of the mourning rituals Waiting for Elijah Normal grief responses What not to say How to act around grievers What's yours and what i'snt Empathy, boundaries, identification Laugh and the world laughs When you are dying, you are still alive The minefield Normal grief I want to finish his life for him Identification of bereaved siblings with the deceased.
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