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How Can I Help?: How to Support Someone Who Is Grieving
How do you support someone who is grieving? When do you call? How do you help with practical matters? What kind of emotions can you expect to encounter?
June Cerza Kolf, long-time hospice coordinator and bereavement director, lends you a helping hand with these difficult issues. Listen to real-life stories that are easy to relate to, and benefit from concrete ideas to help others in each stage of grief. Being a support for someone who is grieving can be draining. June helps you remember to take care of yourself so you can keep on giving.
This supportive resource takes the mystery out of grief. Gain strength and knowledge from June's expert advice, and benefit from her hard-earned experience. You are needed--you can help.
June Cerza Kolf, long-time hospice coordinator and bereavement director, lends you a helping hand with these difficult issues. Listen to real-life stories that are easy to relate to, and benefit from concrete ideas to help others in each stage of grief. Being a support for someone who is grieving can be draining. June helps you remember to take care of yourself so you can keep on giving.
This supportive resource takes the mystery out of grief. Gain strength and knowledge from June's expert advice, and benefit from her hard-earned experience. You are needed--you can help.
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168 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1999
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January 19, 2021
Great tips on helping those who have lost a loved one. How to relate and talk with them. How to keep in touch way after the funeral is over. I was especially interested in this because I would like to work with a church or ministry doing this after I retire.
October 6, 2010
When my uncle died suddenly, I didn't have any idea what to say to my cousin. Being me, I looked for a book to help. After reading a bunch of reviews online, I settled on this one. Of course, by the time it came in for me at the library, it was long enough past the relevant date that it didn't help the original problem, but it was still a worthwhile read.
It's small and a pretty quick read, with tons of eminently practical suggestions including things like specific "don't say this, say that", bring this over, do things for this long, which I appreciated.
There's a few chapters where the author gets a little Xtian, but not enough to put me off the book. And hey, whatever works. I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't know what to do when they hear of a death in a friend's family.
It's small and a pretty quick read, with tons of eminently practical suggestions including things like specific "don't say this, say that", bring this over, do things for this long, which I appreciated.
There's a few chapters where the author gets a little Xtian, but not enough to put me off the book. And hey, whatever works. I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't know what to do when they hear of a death in a friend's family.
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