Understanding Your Suicide Grief

This companion workbook to the second edition of Dr. Wolfelt's bestseller Understanding Your Suicide Grief helps you explore the many challenging facets of your uniquely complicated grief through guided journaling. After you read a section in Understanding Your Suicide Grief, the journal asks you questions about what you' ve just read. It invites you to consider, clarify, and write down your thoughts and feelings.A good grief journal is a safe place- somewhere you can express yourself no matter what you are experiencing. If you' re grieving the suicide death of a friend or loved one, this journal and its companion text will help you understand and engage with your grief, actively mourn, and work toward healing. You' ll find that the journal can also be used to help remember the person who died and/or work through any lingering relationship issues or emotional sticking points. As you express your emotions in this journal, you will feel them beginning to soften as well as become more integrated into your ongoing life. Write as much as or as little as you' d like. Even just a little work with this journal will help you befriend your grief and give you healing momentum.

When we're grieving the death of someone loved, we need the support and compassion of our fellow human beings. Grief support groups provide a wonderful opportunity for this very healing kind of support. This book is for professional or lay caregivers who want to start and lead an effective grief support group for adult suicide loss survivors. It explains how to get a group started and how to keep it running smoothly once it's underway. The group leader's roles and responsibilities are explored in detail, including communication skills, trust building, handling problems, and more. The natural complications of suicide loss and how they can affect support group dynamics are covered as well. This Guide also includes twelve meeting plans that interface with the second editions of Understanding Your Suicide Grief and The Understanding Your Suicide Grief Journal. Each week group members read a chapter in the main text, complete a chapter in Including 12 meeting plans that interface with the main text and companion journal, this organizational guide deftly combines grief education with compassionate support for those who want to facilitate an effective suicide grief support group.