The Handbook for Companioning the Mourner: Eleven Essential Principles (The Companioning Series)

Partly a counseling model and partly an explanation of true empathy, this handbook explores the ways companionship eases grief. For caretakers who work with grieving people or for friends and family just hoping to stay close, 11 tenets are outlined for mourner-led care. These simple rules call for understanding another person's pain, listening with the heart rather than the head, not filling up every minute with words, respecting confusion and disorder, and relying on curiosity rather than expertise. Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 The Tenets of Companioning the Bereaved......Page 20 Tenet One......Page 22 Tenet Two......Page 32 Tenet Three......Page 44 Tenet Four......Page 52 Tenet Five......Page 62 Tenet Six......Page 74 Tenet Seven......Page 84 Tenet Eight......Page 90 Tenet Nine......Page 96 Tenet Ten......Page 104 Tenet Eleven......Page 112 A Final Word......Page 120 Copyright Page 5 Contents 8 Introduction 10 The Tenets of Companioning the Bereaved 20 Tenet One 22 Tenet Two 32 Tenet Three 44 Tenet Four 52 Tenet Five 62 Tenet Six 74 Tenet Seven 84 Tenet Eight 90 Tenet Nine 96 Tenet Ten 104 Tenet Eleven 112 A Final Word 120 1879651610,9781879651616 Explores the ways companionship eases grief. Suitable for caretakers who work with grieving people or for friends and family just hoping to stay close, this book outlines 11 tenets for mourner-led care. Looks at the ways companionship can provide comfort for people who have lost a loved one and offers eleven principles to help understand and ease a mourner's pain