In this title, simple text and blank spaces are included in so that drawings can be added to teach children how to cope with the loss of a pet, including how to express their grief.
Children tend to grieve in different ways from adults and therefore they may need alternative strategies to help them through their grief. Many children, lacking the skills to verbalise their feelings, feel embarrassed about discussing loss and react guardedly to one-to-one counselling. A useful guide for carers who are helping bereaved ......
a Practical Compendium for People with Life-Challenging Diseases and T
How do you cope with a life-challenging disease? How you do respond can have a profound effect on the physical course of the illness. There is a healing power in hope, and a destructive power in despair. Attitude matters. Some people seem to be ''naturally'' better at creating the right attitude, but we can all learn to improve our coping skills. ......
Practical and sensitive support for bereaved children. Accompanied by the friendly characters of Bee and Bear, this book offers children a structure and outlet for the many difficult feelings that inevitably follow when a close friend or family member dies. A series of exercises and activities reflect on the different aspects of grief to help ......
A Family Guide for Caregiving, revised and updated edition
A growing number of people choose to live their final weeks or months at home. For patients who cannot benefit from acute care in the hospital, home care offers an alternative to a nursing home or hospice. Advances in medical technology and pharmacology allow even those with serious illnesses to remain at home relatively free of pain and symptoms, ......
Designed to help people cope with the stresses and strains of modern-day life, Peace Of Mind Is A Piece Of Cake contains tips and strategies, relaxation techniques and exercises for immediate and lasting relief from stress and all its negative, damaging results. In their innately common-sense style, the authors begin by explaining why stress is ......
''Like mourning itself, this powerful book, much of it in the words of bereaved parents, evokes a series of reactions . . . It illustrates the hard fact [of human suffering] but also our resilience.''--New York Times ''The first book to examine the long-term nature of parental grief through the tales of those who suffer it. Although the book ......
