GriefWork for Teens - Reproducible Interactive & Educational Handouts - Softcover

Fran Zamore MSW ACSW; Ester R.A. Leutenberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570252629 ISBN 13: 9781570252624

Publisher: Whole Person Associates, Inc, 2012

Synopsis

Reproducible Assessments, Exercises & Educational Handouts

Loss is a part of everyone s life at some point. Each person reacts to a loss in a personal way. As well as the emotional response, loss also has physical, intellectual, behavioral, social and philosophical dimensions. Response to loss is varied and is influenced by beliefs and practices. GriefWork for Teens is for facilitators to help grieving teens heal from their losses. The authors refer to the psychological process of coping with a significant loss as grief work. The range of behaviors, emotions and attitudes is huge. Throughout the book they use the terms normalize and New Normal to convey that everyone s grief has a unique expression and is that particular person s normal. GriefWork for Teens contains fully reproducible activity and educational handouts and journaling pages which can be used in individual counseling sessions, educational settings and support groups. Each interactive activity has comments and suggestions on the back explaining the purpose of the activity and at least one way to use it. Read them prior to using the handout to get the most out of each one and to give you a starter-idea. Although the handouts are written for use in groups, they may be adapted to use with individuals or as homework assignments. Teens losses, no matter what, are important and often devastating to them. They represent the disappearance of something or someone cherished. The handouts in GriefWork for Teens will engage those who grieve any type of loss (not just death) and encourage them to identify, internalize and/or verbalize personal feelings while working through the grieving process. Five chapters guide clients through the grieving process: Getting in Touch; Telling Your Story; Self-Care; Relationships; A New Normal

About this title

About the Author

Ester R.A. Leutenberg has worked in the mental health field for many years as a publisher, author and advocate for those suffering from loss. She personally experienced a devastating loss when her son Mitchell, after struggling with a mental illness for eight years, died by suicide in 1986. Soon after, as a way of both healing and helping others, Ester co-founded Wellness Reproductions & Publishing with her daughter Kathy Khalsa and began developing therapeutic products that help facilitators help their clients. Ester is the co-author of the SEALS series for teen-agers, Life Management Skills series for adults and Meaningful Life Skills for older adults, as well as a variety of other therapeutic card games, board games and posters. Ester has co-written Creating a Healthy Balanced Life, the Mental Health & Life Skills Workbook Series, the Teen Mental Health & Life Skills Workbook Series, the Coping Workbook Series, Motivation, GriefWork ~ Healing from Loss, book, card and poster, The GriefWork Companion, and this book, GriefWork for Teens, all published by Whole Person Associates. Fran Zamore, MSW, ACSW, is a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, Reiki Master and student of energy healing. She has extensive experience working with individuals, couples and groups as well as leading workshops. Her private practice focuses on life transitions, personal and spiritual growth, and loss, grief and healing. She creatively integrates physical, mental, spiritual and emotional awareness in her work. As with most people, Fran's life experience informs her work. The depth of her knowledge and understanding has been enhanced from her own healing journey after the eight-year illness and subsequent death of her husband in 2005. Synthesizing her own life experiences with her professional knowledge coupled with insights from participants in the many bereavement groups that she has facilitated and individuals she has counseled, led Fran to co-author GriefWork ~ Healing from Loss, The GriefWork Companion ~ Activities for Healing and GriefWork for Teens with Ester Leutenberg. Fran continues to focus her professional energy toward helping people navigate the journey from loss to a New Normal through her work in hospice and her private practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Whole Person Associates, Inc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1570252629
• ISBN 13: 9781570252624
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128