Griefwork for Teens: Healing from Loss - Softcover

Leutenberg, Ester R A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570252629 ISBN 13: 9781570252624

Publisher: Whole Person Associates, 2012

Synopsis

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.'

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.

With Whole Person Associates, Ester has co-written several books and corresponding card decks including: "GriefWork ~ Healing from Loss, Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Creating a Healthy Balanced Life, The Complete Caregiver Support Guide, Life Skills to Help Teens Balance Way Too Much, Motivation", and "Veterans - Surviving and Thriving after Trauma, Transitional Life Skills for Teens "series, and the "Optimal Well-Being for Senior Adults" series.

Edition details

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