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| bereavement support group facilitator training: Setting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups Dodie Graves, 2012 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. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Understanding Your Grief Support Group Guide Alan D Wolfelt, 2021-09-01 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. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Grief and Loss Support Group Facilitator's Manual Susan Hansen, Susan Hansen M S, 2015-05-31 Susan Hansen's Grief and Loss Support Group Facilitator's Manual contains everything a group leader needs to facilitate a 10-week grief and loss support group for students or clients ages 12 to adult. The manual includes step-by-step activities, detailed lesson plans, handouts, support group guidelines, tips for effective group facilitation, a sample group flyer and parent permission slip, and ASCA standards for those who are facilitating a school-based support group.The group sessions include a discussion of different types of losses, a loss checklist, the five stages of grief, five steps to take in addressing a loss, unsent letter templates, grab bag questions, and suggestions for creating a collage or other artwork to facilitate the healing process. For those who already own Susan's earlier resource book, Tools For Your Emotional Health Toolbox, this manual includes updated lesson plans, objectives, standards, handouts, and an easier-to-read font for all materials. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Bereavement Groups and the Role of Social Support William G. Hoy, 2016-02-26 All too frequently, clinical practice consists of repeating year after year the methods learned in graduate training, occasionally seasoned by a technique learned in a continuing-education workshop. Bereavement Groups and the Role of Social Support gives clinicians what they’ve been missing in other volumes: practical techniques that have a solid contemporary empirical basis. Deftly weaving together theory, research, and practice, this volume is a compendium of the latest practical thinking about bereavement support groups. Readers will learn when well-loved practices make sense and are supported by sound evidence, as well as which practices should possibly be discontinued. The book also contains the results of a qualitative study bringing together the best practices of experienced bereavement group leaders from around the world. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Birth, Breath, and Death Amy Wright Glenn, 2013-03-03 At the age of fourteen, Amy Wright Glenn began to question the Mormon faith of her family. She embarked on a life long personal and scholarly quest for truth. While teaching comparative religion and philosophy, Amy was drawn to the work of supporting women through labor and holding compassionate space for the dying. Amy shares moving tales of birth and death while drawing on her work as a birth doula, hospital chaplain, and her own experience of motherhood. We are born, we die, and in between these irrevocable facts of human existence the breath weaves all moments together. Birth, Breath, and Death entwines story, philosophy, and poetic reflection into transforming narratives that are full of grace. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Bearing the Unbearable Joanne Cacciatore, 2017-06-27 Subject: When a loved one dies, the pain of loss can feel unbearable, especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, 'NO!' with every fiber of our body. The process of grieving can feel wild and nonlinear and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should. This book is a companion for life and most difficult times, revealing how grief can open our hearts to connection, compassion, and the very essence of our shared humanity. The author, who is also a bereavement educator, researcher, Zen priest, and leading counselor in the field accompanies the reader along the heartbreaking path of love, loss, and grief. Through moving stories of her encounters with grief over decades of supporting individuals, families, and communities, as well as her own experience with loss, the author opens a space to process, integrate, and deeply honor our grief |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Mindfulness and Grief Heather Stang, 2018-12-06 Without proper support, navigating the icy waters of grief may feel impossible. The grieving person may feel spiritually bankrupt and often the loss is so painful that the bereaved may lose faith in what they once held dear. Mindfulness meditation can restore hope by offering a compassionate safe haven for healing and self-reflection. While nobody can predict the path of someone else's grief, this book will guide the reader forward through the grieving process with simple mindfulness-based exercises to restore mind, body and spirit. These easy-to-follow meditations will help the reader to cope with the pain of loss, and embark on a healing journey. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of grief, and the guided meditations will calm the mind and increase clarity and focus. Mindfulness and Grief will help readers to begin the process of reconstructing the shattered self that is left in the wake of any major loss. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Grief Recovery Handbook, The (Revised) John W. James, Russell Friedman, 1998-06-23 The authors share their own stories of loss and, based on their work at the Grief Recovery Institute, provide a set of guidelines for help. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Setting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups Dodie Graves, 2012-07-15 Those who have been bereaved are in need of support, and groupwork is an effective way in which people can come together and support each other in a trusted environment. This book provides a practical introduction to setting up and facilitating bereavement support groups, giving facilitators the confidence to run a group. It guides the reader through all the stages of setting up a group, and examines different types of facilitation and the skills needed. Case studies illustrate different types of group, such as closed, time-limited groups and open groups, with a discussion about the potential of online groups. Chapters also cover group dynamics, handling challenging situations, and overcoming problems that may arise. This accessible book helps to make groups successful for both participants and facilitators, and is a valued source of information and guidance for those working with bereaved people, including hospice and hospital staff, counsellors, trainers, managers and social workers. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Finding Meaning David Kessler, 2020-09-01 In this groundbreaking and “poignant” (Los Angeles Times) book, David Kessler—praised for his work by Maria Shriver, Marianne Williamson, and Mother Teresa—journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning. In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross first identified the stages of dying in her transformative book On Death and Dying. Decades later, she and David Kessler wrote the classic On Grief and Grieving, introducing the stages of grief with the same transformative pragmatism and compassion. Now, based on hard-earned personal experiences, as well as knowledge and wisdom gained through decades of work with the grieving, Kessler introduces a critical sixth stage: meaning. Kessler’s insight is both professional and intensely personal. His journey with grief began when, as a child, he witnessed a mass shooting at the same time his mother was dying. For most of his life, Kessler taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about end of life, trauma, and grief, as well as leading talks and retreats for those experiencing grief. Despite his knowledge, his life was upended by the sudden death of his twenty-one-year-old son. How does the grief expert handle such a tragic loss? He knew he had to find a way through this unexpected, devastating loss, a way that would honor his son. That, ultimately, was the sixth stage of grief—meaning. In Finding Meaning, Kessler shares the insights, collective wisdom, and powerful tools that will help those experiencing loss. “Beautiful, tender, and wise” (Katy Butler, author of The Art of Dying Well), Finding Meaning is “an excellent addition to grief literature that helps pave the way for steps toward healing” (School Library Journal). |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Grief After Suicide John R. Jordan, John L. McIntosh, 2011-01-19 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. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Companioning the Grieving Child Alan D. Wolfelt, 2012-06-01 Renowned author and educator Alan Wolfelt redefines the role of the grief counselor in this guide for caregivers to grieving children. Providing a viable alternative to the limitations of the medical establishment’s model for companioning the bereaved, Wolfelt encourages counselors and other caregivers to aspire to a more compassionate philosophy in which the child is the expert of his or her grief—not the counselor or caregiver. The approach outlined in the book argues against treating grief as an illness to be diagnosed and treated but rather for acknowledging it as an event that forever changes a child's worldview. By promoting careful listening and observation, this guide shows caregivers, family members, teachers, and others how to support grieving children and help them grow into healthy adults. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Guiding People Through Grief William G. Hoy, 2007-04-01 |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Companioning the Grieving Child Curriculum Book Patricia Morrissey, 2013-06-01 Based on Alan Wolfelt's six needs of mourning and written to pair with Companioning the Grieving Child, this thorough guide provides hundreds of hands-on activities tailored for grieving children in three age groups: preschool, elementary, and teens. Through the use of readings, games, discussion questions, and arts and crafts, caregivers can help grieving young people acknowledge the reality of the death, embrace the pain of the loss, remember the person who died, develop a new self-identity, search for meaning, and accept support. Sample activities include grief sock puppets, expression bead bracelets, the nurturing game, and writing an autobiographical poem. Activities are presented in an easy-to-follow format, and each has a goal, an objective, a sequential description of the activity, and a list of needed materials. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Devastating Losses William Feigelman, PhD, John R. Jordan, PhD, John L. McIntosh, PhD, Beverly Feigelman, LCSW, 2012-06-20 This book fills a critical gap in our scientific understanding of the grief response of parents who have lost a child to traumatic death and the psychotherapeutic strategies that best facilitate healing. It is based on the results of the largest study ever conducted of parents surviving a child's traumatic death or suicide. The book was conceived by William and Beverly Feigelman following their own devastating loss of a son, and written from the perspective of their experiences as both suicide-survivor support group participants and facilitators. It intertwines data, insight, and critical learning gathered from research with the voices of the 575 survivors who participated in the study. The text emphasizes the sociological underpinnings of survivors' grief and provides data that vividly documents their critical need for emotional support. It explains how bereavement difficulties can be exacerbated by stigmatization, and by the failure of significant others to provide expected support. Also explored in depth are the ways in which couples adapt to the traumatic loss of a child and how this can bring them closer or render their relationship irreparable. Findings suggest that with time and peer support affiliations, most traumatically bereaved parents ultimately demonstrate resilience and find meaningful new roles for themselves, helping the newly bereaved or engaging in other humanitarian acts. Key Features: Offers researchers, clinicians, and parent-survivors current information on how parents adapt initially and over time after the traumatic loss of a child Presents data culled from the largest survey ever conducted (575 individuals) of parents surviving a child's suicide or other traumatic death Investigates the ways in which stigmatization complicates and prolongs the grieving process Addresses the tremendous value of support groups in the healing process Explores how married couples are affected by the traumatic loss of their child |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Handbook for Companioning the Mourner Alan D Wolfelt, 2009-04-01 Partly a counseling model and partly an explanation of true empathy, this handbook explores the ways companionship eases grief. For caretakers who work with grieving people or for friends and family just hoping to stay close, 11 tenets are outlined for mourner-led care. These simple rules call for understanding another person's pain, listening with the heart rather than the head, not filling up every minute with words, respecting confusion and disorder, and relying on curiosity rather than expertise. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Understanding Your Grief Alan D. Wolfelt, 2004-02-01 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. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Bereavement Support Groups Lorraine Hedtke, 2012-03-01 Filling the gap between the challenges to conventional grief psychology and the practice of bereavement counseling, this structured guide will also inspire readers with a new way of thinkingNincluding the stories and love that remain after death. Here is a model for folding the deceased person's values, legacies, meanings, and connections into the lives of the living. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Moving Beyond Loss Russell Friedman, John W. James, 2012 The authors provide grief-recovery-related content on a memorial site called Tributes.com, to which readers submit personal and unique grief-related questions. Collected in this book are a bounty of personal and moving questions and the authors' compelling responses and tips. This book deals with grief from loss of a loved one, a divorce, a sudden downturn in health, the loss of a job, and even the loss of faith. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Understanding Your Grief Journal Alan D. Wolfelt, 2004-04-01 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. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Healing Through Yoga Paul Denniston, 2022-01-18 For anyone who has suffered loss, a collection of meditations and poses for working through grief. So often, we think that grief lives only in our hearts and minds. But what about the emotions that weigh us down and the grief that gets stuck in our body? Our emotions need motion, and Healing Through Yoga is a unique, simple, and powerful way of healing. Grief Yoga founder Paul Denniston takes you through the stages of Awareness, Expression, Connection, Surrender, and Evolution with clear and compassionate instruction, poses, exercises with easy-to-follow photos, and meditations specifically designed to move you through that particular step. Learn how to release pain and suffering without expectation or judgment and reconnect to life, love, and strength. Even if you have never done yoga before, with Healing Through Yoga you can process your grief and use it as fuel for transformative healing. FOR READERS OF: Healing After Loss, On Grief and Grieving, Chair Yoga,The Body Keeps the Score, and Grief Day by Day. EXPERT AUTHOR: Paul Denniston is the founder of Grief Yoga, a program he created with David Kessler (co-author of On Grief and Grieving) and tours worldwide, working with bereavement groups, cancer support centers, addiction and Alzheimer's groups, and people dealing with breakups, divorce, and betrayal. Denniston has a mailing list of 100,000 subscribers, and he teaches a weekly class to the 18,000 members in his public Grief Facebook group. NOT JUST FOR YOGIS: Paul's audience is mostly made up of people who had never thought of yoga as a way to work through grief. This practice is not as much about physical flexibility as it is about emotional liberation. GREAT RESOURCE FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS: Paul has taught this practice to over 10,000 therapists, counselors, and healthcare professionals around the world. A NEW TOOL FOR ALL TYPES OF LOSS: Paul teaches this class to workshops dealing with all kinds of loss, including breakups, divorce and betrayal, bereavement groups, cancer support centers, addiction groups, death by suicide, Alzheimer's support groups, bereaved parents and many more. This book can help with new and old losses and traumatic experiences that often go unattended. Perfect for: 18+, Yoga enthusiasts. grief help, self-help |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Living with Grief Since COVID-19 Kenneth Doka, Robert Neimeyer, Leah McDonald, Maria Georgopoulos, Paul Rosenblatt, Beverly Wallace, Linda Goldman, Gary Fink, Paul Metzler, William Villanova, Sherman Lee, 2021-02-25 A comprehensive review of grief and loss issues facing professionals and families due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Spark Seekers Rabbi Baruch HaLevi, Rabbi Baruch Halevi D Min, 2015-04-29 Whether grieving the loss of a loved one, or confronting our own mortality, we all come face-to-face with the darkness of death at some point during life's complicated journey. And Rabbi Baruch HaLevi, DMin, is no exception. During a long career in which he has guided countless others through the process of loss and bereavement, he faced two devastating losses of his own when, two decades apart, his grandmother and father tragically took their own lives. But when the shadows of grief took hold, Rabbi B dedicated his life to breaking this cycle, searching within the darkness rather than turning away. By transforming his mourning into meaning, he discovered the sparks that lie within, inspiring thousands of others along the way. Featuring a mixture of personal stories and enlightening perspectives on love and loss, Spark Seekers serves as a companion for anyone, at any point along the grief journey, seeking to emerge from death's darkness with newfound inspiration, purpose and, life. From preparing for the end of life to exploring a myriad of meaningful mourning practices, this guide, coauthored by hospice bereavement counselor Ellen Frankel LCSW, combines equal parts inspiration and practical how-tos, paving the way for a new approach for looking at dying, death, and life after loss in the twenty-first century. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Suicide Funeral (or Memorial Service) Melinda Moore, Daniel A. Roberts, 2017-05-16 To our knowledge nothing with The Suicide Funeral (or Memorial Service): Honoring Their Memory, Comforting Their Survivors' scope and depth has ever been published. This is an aid to anyone who will be called upon to do a funeral for the nearly 43,000 suicides in America each year. This book is designed to assist clergy, chaplains, and other faith leaders as they develop sermons and homilies for a funeral service. Its mandate is to help those searching for inspiration even though they may feel confused or uncertain undertaking such a daunting assignment. Those who plan and lead a funeral service may enable family and friends to understand and participate intentionally in their grief process. Clergy can have a significant impact on how people react to the suicide as well as provide comfort and assistance to those left behind on their journey through grief. Your leadership will influence how the suicide's bereaved are treated by others in the days, weeks, and months following the death. Because suicide does not discriminate by race, socio-economic status, or religion, a broad range of faiths and denominations are represented in this book's sermons, services, and perspectives. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Art of Grief J. Earl Rogers, 2011-02-10 Art and other expressive therapies are increasingly used in grief counseling, not only among children and adolescents, but throughout the developmental spectrum. Creative activities are commonly used in group and individual psychotherapy programs, but it is only relatively recently that these expressive modalities have been employed within the context of clinical grief work in structured settings. These forms of nonverbal communication are often more natural ways to express thoughts and feelings that are difficult to discuss, particularly when it comes to issues surrounding grief and loss. Packed with pictures and instructional detail, this book includes an eight-session curriculum for use with grief support groups as well as alternative modalities of grief art therapy. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Transcending Divorce Alan D. Wolfelt, 2008-06-01 With empathy and wisdom, this resource provides 10 essential touchstones for hope and healing when enduring a divorce while simultaneously dispelling common misconceptions associated with divorce. Stressing the importance of the need to fully mourn the loss of a relationship before moving on, this compassionate guide—written with a warm, direct tone—will help divorcees reconcile and discover a happy, healthy life. An appendix with useful meeting plans for group sessions is also included. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Grief Works Julia Samuel, 2018-01-16 “An honest, practical, as well as emotional guide to working through the processing of mourning” (Vogue), Grief Works is a lifeline for all of us dealing with loss and a handbook to help others—from the “expected” death of a parent to the sudden and unexpected death of a child or spouse. Death affects us all. Yet it is still the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. Julia Samuel, a grief psychotherapist, has spent twenty-five years working with the bereaved and understanding the full repercussions of loss. In Grief Works, Samuel shares case studies from those who have experienced great love and great loss—and survived. People need to understand that grief is a process that has to be worked through, and Samuel shows if we do the work, we can begin to heal. “As a guide for the newly grieving, Grief Works succeeds on many levels, and the author’s compassionate storytelling skills provide even broader appeal…and consistently hit an authentically inspiring note” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). “Illuminating” (The New York Times), intimate, warm, and helpful, Samuel is a caring and deeply experienced guide through the shadowy and mutable land of grief, and her book is as invaluable to those who are grieving as it is to those around them. She adroitly unpacks the psychological tangles of grief in a voice that is compassionate, grounded, real, and observant of those in mourning. Divided into case histories grouped by who has died—a partner, a parent, a sibling, a child, as well section dealing with terminal illness and suicide—Grief Works shows us how to live and learn from great loss. This important book is “essential for anyone who has ever experienced grief or wanted to comfort a bereaved friend” (Helen Fielding, author of Bridget Jones’s Diary). |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting William S. Breitbart, 2017 Meaning-Centered-Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting provides a theoretical context for Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP), a non-pharmalogic intervention which has been shown to enhance meaning and spiritual well-being, increase hope, improve quality of life, and significantly decrease depression, anxiety, desire for hastened death, and symptom burden distress in the cancer setting. Based on the work of Viktor Frankl and his concept of logotherapy, MCP is an innovative intervention for clinicians practicing in fields of Psycho-oncology, Palliative Care, bereavement, and cancer survivorship. This volume supplements two treatment manuals, Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy (MCGP) for Patients with Advanced Cancer and Individual Meaning -Centered Psychotherapy (IMCP) for Patients with Advanced Cancer by Dr. Breitbart, which offer a step-wise outline to conducting a specific set of therapy sessions. In addition to providing a theoretical background on the MCP techniques provided in the treatment manuals, this volume contains chapters on adapting MCP for different cancer-related populations and for different purposes and clinical problems including: interventions for cancer survivors, caregivers of cancer patients, adolescents and young adults with cancer, as a bereavement intervention, and cultural and linguistic applications in languages such as Mandarin, Spanish, and Hebrew. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Emotionally Naked Anne Moss Rogers, Kimberly H. McManama O'Brien, 2021-08-24 Discover effective strategies to help prevent youth suicide In Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk, trainer, speaker, and suicide loss survivor Anne Moss Rogers, and clinical social worker and researcher, Kimberly O'Brien, PhD, LICSW, empower middle and high school educators with the knowledge and skills to leverage their relationships with students to reduce this threat to life. The purpose of this book is not to turn teachers into therapists but given the pervasive public health problem of suicide in our youth, it's a critical conversation that all educators need to feel comfortable having. Educators will learn evidence-based concepts of suicide prevention, plus lesser known innovative strategies and small culture shifts for the classroom to facilitate connection and healthy coping strategies, the foundation of suicide prevention. Included is commentary from teachers, school psychologists, experts in youth suicidology, leaders from mental health nonprofits, program directors, and tudents. In addition, readers will find practical tips, and sample scripts, with innovative activities that can be incorporated into teaching curricula. You'll learn about: The teacher's role in suicide prevention, intervention, postvention, collaboration The different and often cryptic ways students indicate suicidality What to do/say when a student tells you they are thinking of suicide Small shifts that can create a suicide-prevention classroom/school environment How to address a class of grieving students and the empty desk syndrome Link to a download of resources, worksheets, activities, scripts, quizzes, and more Who is it for: Middle/high school teachers and educators, school counselors, nurses, psychologists, coaches, and administrators, as well as parents who wish to better understand the complex subject of youth suicide. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Grieving Child Helen Fitzgerald, 2013-09-17 Making a Child's World Whole Again Explaining death to a child is one of the most difficult tasks a parent or other relative can face. The Grieving Child offers practical, compassionate advice for helping a child cope with the death of a parent or other loved one. Parents of children from preschool age to the teen years will find much-needed guidance, covering: • Helping a child visit the seriously ill or dying • Using language appropriate to a child's age level • Selecting useful books about death • Handling especially difficult situations, including murder and suicide • Deciding whether a child should attend a funeral With a new chapter devoted to the special issues of the bereaved toddler, The Grieving Child provides invaluable suggestions for dealing with a child's emotional responses (including anger, guilt, and depression) and helping a child adjust to a new life. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Hope and Healing After Suicide , 2011-05 When people die by suicide, they leave behind family and friends who suddenly find themselves mourning the person's loss and wondering what happened. This guide addresses many personal issues related to a death by suicide, including telling others, working through the grief, finding what helps people to heal, and grieving in children and youth. This Ontario guide also outlines practical things that need taking care of, such as arranging a funeral and dealing with the deceased's personal, legal and financial matters. A resource section lists organizations, websites and books that may help. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: When Grief Is Complicated Kenneth Doka, Amy Tucci, 2017-03-01 |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Coaching at End of Life Don Eisenhauer, J. Val Hastings, 2013-07 We live in a culture that is uneasy with end of life issues. Yet death is the one reality we must all face. All will die, and all will experience grief. This textbook will focus on the spiritual leader who wants to use a coach approach to minister to the dying and the grieving. Participants will take away practical skills and behaviors that will equip them to effectively minister as an end of life coach. In addition to the Eight Building Blocks of coaching, the reader will learn Eight Supporting Building Blocks for coaching the dying, and Eight Supporting Building Blocks for coaching the grieving. Practical tools for follow up are also introduced. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Superhero Grief Jill A. Harrington, Robert A. Neimeyer, 2020-12-29 Superhero Grief uses modern superhero narratives to teach the principles of grief theories and concepts and provide practical ideas for promoting healing. Chapters offer clinical strategies, approaches, and interventions, including strategies based in expressive arts and complementary therapies. Leading researchers, clinicians, and professionals address major topics in death, dying, and bereavement, using superhero narratives to explore loss in the context of bereavement and to promote a contextual view of issues and relationship types that can improve coping skills. This volume provides support and psychoeducation to students, clinicians, educators, researchers, and the bereaved while contributing significantly to the literature on the intersection of death, grief, and trauma. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Understanding and Addressing Adolescent Grief Issues David A. Opalewski, 2007 Understanding and Addressing Adolescent Grief Issues will help you, as the caring adult, be a guide through this troubling time by helping you understand what the adolescent is going through and giving you comprehensive techniques to address the situation. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Essential Handbook for GP Training and Education Ramesh Mehay, 2021-07-28 The much anticipated practical educational manual for General Practice (GP) trainers, programme directors, and other teachers and educators in primary care has finally arrived. This extensive, full-colour guide is written by a select group of hands-on educators who are passionate and knowledgeable. The book captures their wisdom and vast experience in an accessible and practical way. Although it’s aimed at GP training, there are many chapters in this book that are relevant and transferrable to teachers and educators in areas outside of General Practice (and worldwide). We are sure that GP appraisers, Foundation Year trainers and other medical/nursing student educators will find the detailed comprehensive explorations inspirational. Beautifully presented, the chapters cover a wide educational framework employing a variety of presentational methods such as flowcharts, diagrams, conversational pieces, scenarios and anecdotes. Each chapter has a corresponding webpage containing over 300 additional resources - providing practical tools as well as additional reading material. This book was awarded the Royal College of GP’s ‘Paul Freeling Prize’ in 2013 for merititious work in the field of General Practice education. It is also used as the foundation textbook for the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCE) in at least seven UK universities. The Essential Handbook for GP Training and Education adopts a relaxed, personable approach to primary care education that won't leave you with a headache. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: When Children Grieve John W. James, Russell Friedman, Dr. Leslie Matthews, 2010-06-22 Once in a generation, a book comes along that alters the way society views a topic. When Children Grieve is an essential primer for parents and others who interact with children on a regular basis. — Bernard McGrane, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Chapman University and U.C. Irvine The first—and definitive—guide to helping children really deal with loss from the authors of the The Grief Recovery Handbook Following deaths, divorces, pet loss, or the confusion of major relocation, many adults tell their children “don’t feel bad.” In fact, say the authors of the bestselling The Grief Recovery Handbook, feeling bad or sad is precisely the appropriate emotion attached to sad events. Encouraging a child to bypass grief without completion can cause unseen long-term damage. When Children Grieve helps parents break through the misinformation that surrounds the topic of grief. It pinpoints the six major myths that hamper children in adapting to life’s inevitable losses. Practical and compassionate, it guides parents in creating emotional safety and spells out specific actions to help children move forward successfully. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: Helping Teens Work Through Grief Mary Kelly Perschy, 2012-09-10 The second edition of Helping Teens Work Through Griefprovides a more complete and updated manual for facilitators of teen grief groups. It includes additional background information about developmental aspects of teens, the process of grief, aspects of trauma and its effects on teens, the value of a group, determining the group-appropriateness of particular teens, and parental involvement. The many details involved with beginning a group - publicity, interviews, registration, structure, closure, evaluation, and follow-up - are listed. |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: On Grief and Grieving Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, 2014-08-12 Ten years after the death of Elisabeth K bler-Ross, this commemorative edition of her final book combines practical wisdom, case studies, and the authors' own experiences and spiritual insight to explain how the process of grieving helps us live with loss. Includes a new introduction and resources section. Elisabeth K bler-Ross's On Death and Dying changed the way we talk about the end of life. Before her own death in 2004, she and David Kessler completed On Grief and Grieving, which looks at the way we experience the process of grief. Just as On Death and Dying taught us the five stages of death--denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--On Grief and Grieving applies these stages to the grieving process and weaves together theory, inspiration, and practical advice, including sections on sadness, hauntings, dreams, isolation, and healing. This is a fitting finale and tribute to the acknowledged expert on end-of-life matters (Good Housekeeping). |
| bereavement support group facilitator training: The Paradoxes of Mourning Alan D. Wolfelt, 2015-07-01 When it comes to healing after the death of someone loved, our culture has it all wrong. We're told to be strong when what we really need is to be vulnerable. We're told to think positive when what we really need is to wallow in the pain. And we're told to seek closure when what we really need is to welcome our natural and necessary grief. Dr. Wolfelt's new book seeks to dispel these misconceptions that we hold on to so tightly and help people everywhere mourn well so they can live fuller lives. The Paradoxes of Mourning discusses three truths that grieving people used to know and respect but in the last century, seem to have forgotten: 1. You must make friends with the darkness before you can enter the light. 2. You must go backward before you can go forward. 3. You must say hello before you can say goodbye. In the tradition of the Four Agreements and the Seven Habits, this compassionate and inspiring guidebook by North America's most beloved grief counselor gives you the three keys that unlock the door to hope and healing. |
Guidelines for delivering bereavement support groups
We address the question of whether a peer facilitator is ready to support others who are similarly bereaved to themselves, and that adequate support is being provided to peer facilitators.
SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATOR MANUAL - peerconnectbc.ca
Self-help support groups are voluntary, member-run, non-clinical and trauma-informed. They are free of racism and stigma, and provide cultural supports and interventions when possible. In …
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training - Roman …
Training sessions include information on discernment and boundaries, group experiences, presentations, interactive exercises, prayer and reflection. Attendance at all sessions is …
Bereavement Group Guide - Surviving Loss
§ Is the main goal of the group to provide emotional support, education about grief or social support? § Will the group be for coping with a specific type of loss (spousal, sibling, parental) …
Suicide Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training
The AFSP Facilitator Training Program offers suicide prevention organizers a way to create and facilitate a community support group for suicide loss survivors in the aftermath of a suicide. …
Bereavement Facilitator Training
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 …
Training Program: Facilitating Suicide Bereavement Support …
Apr 20, 2013 · two-day program is conducted by experts in the field of childhood bereavement and experienced support group facilitators, and combines lecture, interactive discussion, and …
Educational Seminars for Bereavement Caregivers
bereavement care training for caregivers. Dr. Wolfelt’s seminars have evolved out of a demand for concise yet comprehensive information in the growing area of death education and counseling. …
Grief & Loss - My Group Guide
Facilitator can conclude group by asking group members to look at their chain of events and answer the following questions: -Which part was the most difficult to navigate through?
Responding To Problems In The Support Group Setting
Proper bereavement support group facilitator training will help you circumvent these problems. Discrepancy between group members' expectations and leader's expectations. Each individual …
Practice Handbook Suicide Bereavement Support Group …
Facilitator training. it is one resource to assist those involved with suicide bereavement service provision. it is recommended that facilitators seek training, supervision and support in order to …
Bereavement Facilitator Training (2024) - archive.ncarb.org
Bereavement Facilitator Training: Setting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups Dodie Graves,2012 A practical introduction to setting up and facilitating bereavement support groups …
Training Support Group Facilitators - policy.archbalt.org
Training Support Group Facilitators ! Facilitator training for support groups in pastoral ministry ! Single Again - Divorce - Bereavement Any group helping people deal with loss and …
BEREAVEMENT.. FACILITATOR TRAINING - archny.org
The Family Life Office will be conducting Bereavement facilitator trainings for parish support groups. Trainings will focus on concepts of grief and loss along with practical group dynamics, …
SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATION TRAINING MANUAL - BMJ …
• Understand the facilitated peer support group model including: o the definition of a facilitated peer support group; o the role of the support group facilitator; o the goals/purpose/benefit of …
Standards and Guidelines for Suicide Bereavement Support …
a written code of ethics for support group facilitators is adopted which addresses factors such as: • confidentiality and privacy • relationships with support group members • training in …
Bereavement Facilitator Training
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 …
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training: Setting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups Dodie Graves,2012 A practical introduction to setting up and facilitating …
Group Facilitator (Bereavement) Position Description
Purpose: To facilitate bereavement support groups. The Bereavement Coordinator will develop curriculum and match volunteers with appropriate clients for groups.
Bereavement Facilitator Training Copy - archive.ncarb.org
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 …
Guidelines for delivering bereavement support groups
We address the question of whether a peer facilitator is ready to support others who are similarly bereaved to themselves, and that adequate support is being provided to peer facilitators.
SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATOR MANUAL - peerconnectbc.ca
Self-help support groups are voluntary, member-run, non-clinical and trauma-informed. They are free of racism and stigma, and provide cultural supports and interventions when possible. In …
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training - Roman …
Training sessions include information on discernment and boundaries, group experiences, presentations, interactive exercises, prayer and reflection. Attendance at all sessions is …
Bereavement Group Guide - Surviving Loss
§ Is the main goal of the group to provide emotional support, education about grief or social support? § Will the group be for coping with a specific type of loss (spousal, sibling, parental) …
Suicide Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training
The AFSP Facilitator Training Program offers suicide prevention organizers a way to create and facilitate a community support group for suicide loss survivors in the aftermath of a suicide. …
Bereavement Facilitator Training
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 …
Training Program: Facilitating Suicide Bereavement Support …
Apr 20, 2013 · two-day program is conducted by experts in the field of childhood bereavement and experienced support group facilitators, and combines lecture, interactive discussion, and …
Educational Seminars for Bereavement Caregivers
bereavement care training for caregivers. Dr. Wolfelt’s seminars have evolved out of a demand for concise yet comprehensive information in the growing area of death education and counseling. …
Grief & Loss - My Group Guide
Facilitator can conclude group by asking group members to look at their chain of events and answer the following questions: -Which part was the most difficult to navigate through?
Responding To Problems In The Support Group Setting
Proper bereavement support group facilitator training will help you circumvent these problems. Discrepancy between group members' expectations and leader's expectations. Each individual …
Practice Handbook Suicide Bereavement Support Group …
Facilitator training. it is one resource to assist those involved with suicide bereavement service provision. it is recommended that facilitators seek training, supervision and support in order to …
Bereavement Facilitator Training (2024) - archive.ncarb.org
Bereavement Facilitator Training: Setting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups Dodie Graves,2012 A practical introduction to setting up and facilitating bereavement support groups …
Training Support Group Facilitators - policy.archbalt.org
Training Support Group Facilitators ! Facilitator training for support groups in pastoral ministry ! Single Again - Divorce - Bereavement Any group helping people deal with loss and …
BEREAVEMENT.. FACILITATOR TRAINING - archny.org
The Family Life Office will be conducting Bereavement facilitator trainings for parish support groups. Trainings will focus on concepts of grief and loss along with practical group dynamics, …
SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATION TRAINING MANUAL - BMJ …
• Understand the facilitated peer support group model including: o the definition of a facilitated peer support group; o the role of the support group facilitator; o the goals/purpose/benefit of …
Standards and Guidelines for Suicide Bereavement Support …
a written code of ethics for support group facilitators is adopted which addresses factors such as: • confidentiality and privacy • relationships with support group members • training in techniques …
Bereavement Facilitator Training
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 …
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training: Setting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups Dodie Graves,2012 A practical introduction to setting up and facilitating …
Group Facilitator (Bereavement) Position Description
Purpose: To facilitate bereavement support groups. The Bereavement Coordinator will develop curriculum and match volunteers with appropriate clients for groups.
Bereavement Facilitator Training Copy - archive.ncarb.org
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 …
