The Understanding Your Grief Support Group Guide

By Alan D. Wolfelt

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617223115
• ISBN13: 9781617223112
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Companion Press (CO)
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Understanding Your Grief Series

I have read a number of articles by Alan Wolfelt and have appreciated his approach in his writings. The series that I have recently purchased are very helpful materials about this difficult topic. I have been able to use the material in the present course I am giving to get good discussions started. I am still looking for a book that has handout material to give to the participants to take home and review again. This would be a good supplement.