In Counselling for Grief and Bereavement, Second Edition Geraldine Humphrey and David Zimpfer take readers step-by-step through the skills needed to facilitate the process of grief, initiate healing and promote a sense of growth. Providing a firm theoretical base, the authors discuss the concepts and categories of attachment, loss and grief. Carefully chosen case examples are included throughout and specific attention is paid to ethics and to the possible need for referral.
This second edition has been thoroughly updated and includes:
" updated strategies for professionals working with children and adolescents, including those who are grieving, and those who are receiving palliative care as patients
" additional theories and concepts that encourage the professional to approach working with the bereaved from sound conceptual bases and positive attitudes that foster growth and empowerment
" a more positive approach that does not deny the necessity of the experience of pain of grief.
'The book provides an absorbing and challenging journey through the possible process involved in bereavement work, and encourages one to think broadly about how one can approach a bereaved person... this was a book I enjoyed reading very much, and which I found both theoretically sound and practically helpful' - Bereavement Care (Cruse)
Growing up in a family with a "mad" parent can be traumatic and overwhelming. Out Of The Shadows brings together eleven women who tell their stories of growing up with mentally ill mothers. They reveal the impact this has had on their lives and their intimate relationships and the richness that comes from making sense of their mother's madness and its influences. Their stores are resolutely honest, showing pain and everyday challenges of the difficult mother-daughter relationships. In sharing their lives, these women encourage us to embrace difference in others... More info
There are millions of children in this country who spend most of their days feeling more unhappy than happy, and their parents haven't a clue as to why. These children are not depressed, but they are on their way to developing a depressive disorder. In this important and completely accessible book, Dr. Kenneth N. Condrell teaches parents the ten most common, yet overlooked causes of childhood unhappiness. More important, he offers practical solutions-solutions that can protect children from a lifetime of unhappiness. Parents will actually hear from the mouths of... More info
From the author of Why Love Matters, Sue Gergardt has once again produced a thought provoking title that reveals the vital importance of understanding our early lives, arguing that by focusing on the attention we give to our young children we can create a better society. More info
