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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
An in-depth guide to the counseling process and establishing a trusting relationship with clients, from a best selling author and grieving expert. Helping people in grief means being an empathetic companion: someone who allows grievers to be experts of their own experiences, who bears witness without judging, who gently encourages the expression of thoughts and feelings. But, even with this understanding, how a counselor "is" when they spend time with the griever also has a tremendous influence on their capacity to help. How is it possible to develop a relationship with the griever? How can empathy, respect, warmth, and genuineness be shown? Can listening, paraphrasing, clarifying, perception checking, informing, and other essential helping skills be improved? Whether for professional counselors or lay helpers, whether for those with years of experience or who are new to the work, this guide, based on by Dr. Wolfelt's companioning philosophy, will help readers be the most effective grief companions they can be. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part One: The Starting Point; Grief and Mourning: Foundational Beliefs; My Companioning Philosophy of Grief Care; My 11 Tenets of "Companioning" Versus Treating People in Grief; Other Models of Caregiving and Theories of Bereavement; More Companioning Preparation for the Trailhead; Grief Care: A Unique Form of Caregiving; What You Bring to the Trailhead; Five Essential Attributes for Grief Companions; 1. A Belief in Self as Instrument; 2. Empathetic Relationship Qualities; 3. An Open Learner Orientation |
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4. Effective Basic Counseling Skills5. A Commitment to Good Self-Care; Do I Really Want to be a Grief Companion?; Nine More Qualities of Effective Helpers; 1. Respectfulness; 2. Genuineness; 3. Trustworthiness; 4. Immediacy; 5. Humility; 6. Concreteness; 7. Potency; 8. Humor; 9. Heart; Exploring Your Personal Loss Background, Current Issues, and Motivations; 1. Your Background Related to Death and Life Losses; 2. Your Current Personal Issues Surrounding Grief and Loss; 3. Your Motivations as a Caregiver; Part Two: The Path; Mourner-Centered Talk Therapy as the Bedrock |
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Not Everyone Needs Formal Grief CounselingCuring Versus Caring; The Six Needs of Mourning as the Trail Markers; Mourning Need 1: Acknowledge the Reality of the Death; Mourning Need 2: Feel the Pain of the Loss; Mourning Need 3: Remember the Person Who Died; Mourning Need 4: Develop a New Self-Identity; Mourning Need 5: Search for Meaning; Mourning Need 6: Receive Ongoing Support from Others; The Helping Skills as the Tools; Three Levels of Communication; The Role of Empathy; Compassionate Presence; Attending (or Active Listening); A Note About Silence; Listening Behaviors |
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Nonverbal CommunicationEye Contact; Posture; Physical Distance; Facial Expression; Gestures; Setting; SOLER Power; Level of Energy; Physical Appearance; Listening Behaviors and Rapport; Is It My Job to Make the Mourner Feel Better?; Verbal Communication Skills; Tone of Voice; Rate of Speech; Paraphrasing; A Few Words on Patience; Clarifying; Using Your Helping Skills to Facilitate Support Groups; Perception Checking; The Power of Story; Leading; The Phone Call from the Well-Meaning Family Member or Friend; Questioning; Open-ended Questions; Closed-ended Questions; Questioning Behavior |
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Instilling HopeReflecting Feelings; Using Your Helping Skills Over the Phone; Confronting; Summarizing; Refining Your Helping Skills; Interfacing the Helping Skills and the Six Needs of Mourning; Part Three: The Summit; Signs of Reconciliation in Grief; On Being Unattached to Outcome; Self-Care for the Grief Companion; Beginning Again with Each New Mourner; Questions and Answers; A Final Word; Recommended Reading; Back Cover |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.
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Bereavement -- Psychological aspects. |
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Grief therapy.
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Grief therapy. |
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Counselor and client.
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Counselor and client. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wolfelt, Alan D. Counseling skills for companioning the mourner. [Place of publication not identified] : Companion Pr, 2016 1617222305 9781617222306 (OCoLC)907651640 |
| ISBN |
9781617222313 (electronic book) |
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1617222313 (electronic book) |
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9781617222320 (electronic book) |
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1617222321 (electronic book) |
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9781617222306 |
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1617222305 |
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