Grief Counseling Homework Planner

Phil Rich, David J. Berghuis

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781119385066
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychologie
• Subtopic: Psychologie clinique

Help bereaved clients deal with and work through a difficult time in their lives

Grief Counseling Homework Planner provides you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to help clients better understand their grief and the grieving process.

This easy-to-use sourcebook features:

• 63 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues encountered in grief therapy
• A quick-reference format–the interactive assignments are organized around the most typical stages of the grieving process
• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises
• Homework that enables clients to work through the issues surrounding their loss through reflective thought, personal management, problem resolution, and self-healing
• Access to download of all assignments in the book–allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs

Therapist's Overview

Section XIII

RELATIONSHIPS

By this section, the client should be well into or near the third stage of grief work, reclamation and reconciliation. Simply put, in this stage the issues involve moving on and fully building and living a life without the deceased. This section contains five exercises to help clients focus on current and new relationships.

PURPOSE

This section will help clients consider current and future relationships in their lives and understand the changing nature and role of relationships as they work through grief issues.

TYPES OF SITUATIONS FOR WHICH THIS INFORMATION MAY BE MOST USEFUL

This work is most appropriate for clients who are coming to terms with their relationships as they settle into their lives without their love one.

Setting Perspective

RELATIONSHIPS

One of the most significant aspects of life is social interaction—the personal relationships and community that connect you to other people.

Community is about shared values and experiences, but above all about an intimacy that exists between its members. As you move on with your life, it's important to think about, build on, and perhaps renew your current relationships—and, more than likely, build new relationships as well.

RECONFIGURING RELATIONSHIPS

There are many relationships in your life, and there will be many more to come. In many ways, we define ourselves by our relationships. How you see yourself is quite likely affected deeply by your relationships—the more positive, gratifying, and supportive relationships you've had, the more likely you are to feel good about yourself.

Most of the exercises in this workbook are about relationships—especially your relationship with your loved one. But as you move on with your life, the focus increasingly shifts to your relationships with others—those in your past, present, and future.

Under the best of circumstances, it can be difficult to deal with relationships. And making sense of relationships is undoubtedly one of the most complex tasks you'll face in your ongoing grief work. Obviously, there are ...