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In A Time to Grieve, author and grief consultant Carol Staudacher offers a useful companion for the newly bereaved. Each page includes a well chosen quote and a short essay addressing a common grief experience. At the end of each essay is a meditation to help strengthen the reader's resolve to manage that issue in a positive way. The book is organized to identify the phases of grief: Retreating, Working Through, and Resolving.
 
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June 21 2013

Categories: About Grief Reading 

"How are the children doing?"


As a Children's Bereavement Coordinator with Hospice of the Western Reserve, I am often asked this by parents, family members, teachers or service providers assisting the grieving family.

"Ask the child," I reply, "Be gentle. Be concerned. But ask the child." 
 
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March 21 2013

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief 

It seems as if every few months there is a national tragedy where innocent lives have been abruptly taken. Schools, movie theatres, and malls have all been targets of unimaginable events. How do we reassure our children when their world view is shattered? How do we reassure ourselves?
 
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March 21 2013

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Diane Snyder-Cowan 

 Darlene Cross, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, working with those who are grieving, struggled with her own first significant loss before she decided to write this book. She describes it as offering "information that helps you make sense out of what you are thinking, feeling, and experiencing," and offers "respectful and practical answers." "You want a book that helps you know what to DO!"
 
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March 21 2013

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief Tensie Holland LSW, CT Reading 

​You may wonder how making art helps heal grief. In clinical terms, art helps to facilitate the expression of emotions such as sadness, loss, anger, guilt etc., and helps bereaved people come to a resolution and acceptance of the death of a loved one. An example of this is Joan's story:
 
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March 21 2013

Categories: Grief and Loss About Grief