| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Epigraph -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Preface from Janet -- Acknowledgments from Lusijah -- Acknowledgments from Janet -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Approaching the Grief Journey: Four Components to Healing: Acknowledge, Express, Act, Reconnect -- What Is Grief? What Is Stress? What Is Loss? -- The Backpack Effect -- The Cascade Effect -- The Heart Hotel -- Symptoms of Grief/Stress -- Acknowledge the Loss and the Impact of the Grief Process -- Express Your Feelings and Issues -- Act |
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Reconnect -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Centre for Living with Dying Grief Program -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Psychodrama and Sociometry with Grief Work -- Role Reversal -- Doubling -- Surplus Reality -- Identifying and Amplifying Client Resources -- Sociometry Tools for Group Building, Assessment, and Warm-Up -- Line Spectrograms -- Step-in Circle -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 The Beginning: Sharing the Story -- Grief and the Heart -- Trying to Shut Down Feelings -- What You Can Do to Help the Heart -- Grief and Mourning -- Shock and Surprise -- Emotional Release -- Loneliness |
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Physical Stress with Anxiety -- Panic and Disorganization -- Guilt -- Hostility, Projection, and Anger -- Suffering in Silence and Depression -- The Gradual Overcoming of Grief -- Readjustment to Reality -- Chapter 5 Tools for Coping -- Normal Symptoms, Feelings, and Reactions to Loss of a Loved One -- Daily Log: Personal Check-In Process -- Daily log: personal check-in -- Tools for Coping -- Healing Feelings: Tools for Survival -- Acknowledge -- Express -- Act -- Reconnect -- Self-Care Toolbox -- Grounding and Stress Reduction Tools -- Comfort Anchors, Comfort Tasks -- Comfort anchors |
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Comfort task -- My comfort anchors -- My comfort tasks -- Chapter 6 Loneliness -- What Is Loneliness? -- Action Tools in Working with Loneliness -- Vignettes on Loneliness -- Loneliness: Supporting Better Understanding and Communication -- Doubling for the Family Member or Friend -- Doubling for the Person Who Is Grieving -- Chapter 7 Fear -- Dimensions of Fear -- Action Methods for Working with Fear -- Chapter 8 Sadness -- Dimensions of Sorrow -- Some Gentle Reminders -- Action Methods for Working with Sadness -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 Anger -- Managing Anger -- Steps for Processing Anger |
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Step One: Recognize It -- Step Two: Own It -- Step Three: Release It -- Action Methods to Work with Anger -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10 Unfinished Business -- What Is 'Unfinished Business'? -- What Is 'Finishing'? -- Tools for Finishing Our Unfinished Business -- And Just When Are We 'Finished'? -- Unfinished Business Meditation -- Action Methods: Unfinished Business with Metaphorical Rocks -- Chapter 11 Frozen Moments -- Working with Frozen Moments: Day of Death in Action -- From Lusijah -- Vignettes on Frozen Moments -- Self-Compassion and What I Did Right -- Chapter 12 Guilt -- Guilt Is .. |
| Summary |
"Experiential Action Methods and Tools for Healing Grief and Loss-Related Trauma introduces innovative psychodramatic and creative expression methods for helping those affected by bereavement and trauma. Each section focuses on a particular acute or secondary grief issue, providing supportive and explanatory material that can be given to clients, and experiential action methods for providers. The practical guidance offered in this book will be of great interest to all who work with grief and trauma, including practicing and trainee psychologists and therapists, counseling centers, hospice organizations, bereavement support programs, and ministers"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Lusijah S. Darrow, LMFT, CP, is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is nationally certified in psychodrama and group psychotherapy and is a continuing education provider. Previously, she managed a biomedical research lab at Stanford University and served as the state chairperson of her spiritual community. She maintains a private practice in Soquel, California. Rev. Janet Childs, DD, is the director of the Bay Area Critical Incident Stress Management Team at the Centre for Living with Dying program, Bill Wilson Center, San Francisco, USA. For over forty years, Janet has dedicated her life to providing support, education, and crisis intervention to people facing loss, grief, and serious illness, as well as to responders and caregivers on the front lines |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 18, 2020) |
| Subject |
Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.
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PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
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PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General
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Bereavement -- Psychological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Childs, Janet, author
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| LC no. |
2019054008 |
| ISBN |
9780429297496 |
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0429297491 |
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1000044211 |
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9781000044249 |
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1000044246 |
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9781000044270 |
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1000044270 |
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9781000044218 |
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