The process of grief Grief may be a challenging, awkward, difficult and trying experience. Please be patient with yourself and with...

The stages of grief There are three classical stages when we suffer a serious loss.  Stage 1.  This stage has three components:  Shock  –...

Grief and bereavement are among the most challenging experiences each of us has to face at one time or another in our life. If you come...

FIRST GOAL OF GRIEF: As Dr. Kûbler-Ross stated, many people struggle with accepting the reality of loss. A friend of mine who volunteered...

God understands the pain of losing a loved one. God has been “losing” loved ones for thousands of years. As One who understands the pain...

Not everyone will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (APA 1994), the label for a cluster of distressing problems or symptoms that may...

You Are Not the Only One: TheTruth About Trauma Trauma has been covered in a veil of myths over the years. Often, people do not want to...

With Kate M. Iverson  Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.  —Helen Keller What Is Trauma?...

ACT has much to offer those in recovery from trauma. We believe that the pain you are experiencing, which may be present in the form of...

Pain is inevitable in life; suffering is not.Unnecessary suffering comes from trying to push away or eliminate the original pain. This is...

The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.  —Zen saying While the pain and suffering of trauma...

In Community settings: Community and home health nurses work with patients in their own environments and can often spot and intervene in...

In hospital settings; Grief coaches and crisis coaches work in many settings in which they see people in crisis. Hospitalizations are...

TECHNIQUES OF CRISIS INTERVENTION 1. Catharsis: The release of feelings that take place as the patient talks about emotionally charged...

Individuals experience crises have an urgent need for assistance. Crisis intervention is used to help the individual or family to...

PHASES OF CRISIS Kaplan (1964) outlined four specific phases through which an individual progress in response to a precipitating stressor...

INTRODUCTION Every individual has undergone one type or another type of stressful situation one time or several times in their life. When...

The Role of the Family  As discussed earlier, many factors can influence the child’s psychological defi nition of family. However, for...

General Steps in the Helping Process  A basic principle of working with children in disasters is that they are essentially normal...

This section of the manual focuses on helping children and their families deal with the emotional aftermath of a disaster. Major disaster...