Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers

By Alan D. Wolfelt

Book Overview

A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers suggestions to help the grieving cope with the loss of a loved one. Often people do not know what to say--or what not to say--to someone they know who is mourning; this series teaches that the most important thing a person can do is listen, have compassion, be there for support, and do something helpful. This volume addresses what to expect from grieving young people, and how to provide safe outlets for teens to express emotion. Included in each book are tested, sensitive ideas for "carpe diem" actions that people can take right this minute--while still remaining supportive and honoring the mourner's loss.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879651246
• ISBN13: 9781879651241
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Companion Press (CO)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Healthy Tools for Teen Grieving

These ideas are active, door-opening way to help teens. Many parents and professionals assume that therapy is always the "fix", which can often only make teens feel different, abnormal, and "sick". The learning style of adolescents is often to learn better through experiential exercises than through talking, which makes these ideas more useful than traditional therapy. These ideas apply to helping teens struggling with any kind of loss or stress, and are significant tools that will help adolescents establish coping mechanisms for other areas of their life as well. Especially good are the ideas for establisihng rituals, gathering keepsakes and using massage to alleviate stress. These tools will help kids establish a foundation for problem-solving in healthy ways. --a High School Social Services worker