Companioning the Grieving Child: A Soulful Guide for Caregivers (The Companioning Series)

Companioning the Grieving Child: A Soulful Guide for Caregivers (The Companioning Series)Renowned author and educator Alan Wolfelt redefines the role of the grief counselor in this guide for caregivers to grieving children. Providing a viable alternative to the limitations of the medical establishments model for companioning the bereaved, Wolfelt encourages counselors and other caregivers to aspire to a more compassionate philosophy in which the child is the expert of his or her griefnot the counselor or caregiver. The approach outlined

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dying and the feelings you have when someone you love dies

Building on interviews with hundreds of mother loss survivors

This “support group in a book” is just for you

The loss of a child is unlike any other

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