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A Special Scar: The experiences of people bereaved by suicide
ISBN: 9780415824682 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every 85 minutes someone in the UK takes their own life and the suicide rate is currently the highest since 2004. Society often reacts with unease, fear and even disapproval but what happens to those bereaved by a self-inflicted death? The reasons leading someone to take their own life are complex, and the bereavement reactions of survivors of suicide can also be complex, including shame, guilt, sadness and the effects of trauma, stigma and social isolation. It can be difficult for those personally affected by a suicide death to come to terms with their loss and seek help and support. A...
Every 85 minutes someone in the UK takes their own life and the suicide rate is currently the highest since 2004. Society often reacts with unease, f...
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A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss-- Guidance and Support for You and Your Family
ISBN: 9780415924818 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Silent Sorrow has long been considered the "bible" for families seeking emotional and practical support after a pregnancy loss. Well organized, easily accessible, and filled with practical suggestions for each topic it covers, A Silent Sorrowis a positive first step for bereaved parents and their families, providing support and guidance to help resolve thegrief and enable them to look to the future with hope.
A Silent Sorrow has long been considered the "bible" for families seeking emotional and practical support after a pregnancy loss. Well organi...
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To Prove I'm Not Forgot: Living and Dying in a Victorian City
ISBN: 9780750950602 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds was to become the first municipal cemetery in the country. This study relates how the cemetery was started and run, and describes the developing feuds between denominations. The author draws upon newspaper articles, archive material, and municipal records to tell the stories of many of the people who lie there, from tiny infants, soldiers, and victims of crime to those who perished in the great epidemics of Victorian England. The study throws...
With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leed...
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Gypsy Girl: A life on the road. A journey to freedom.
ISBN: 9781444708264 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagine being born into a world where communities are constantly on the move, but freedom is not a birthright. Rosie grew up traveling all over England and Ireland in her family's caravan. She had an idyllic childhood roaming fields and meadows with her younger brothers and sisters free from the trappings of modern life, but restricted by the expectations of her culture. When Rosie was 14, the family's happiness was shattered when her grandfather who was loved and respected by the whole community was killed in a tragic accident. Suddenly everything in Rosie's life unraveled and she was forced...
Imagine being born into a world where communities are constantly on the move, but freedom is not a birthright. Rosie grew up traveling all over Englan...
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Beauty from Ashes: Readings for times of loss
ISBN: 9781841017440 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Speaking from her own experiences of loss, Jennifer Rees Larcombe provides 40 days worth of Bible readings, reflection and prayers. She works through the stages of grieving from first desolation to the beginnings of hope.
Speaking from her own experiences of loss, Jennifer Rees Larcombe provides 40 days worth of Bible readings, reflection and prayers. She works through ...
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Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying: Second Edition
ISBN: 9781843104414 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children and young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects and stages of bereavement and offers useful insights into the concerns of children experiencing grief or facing an imminent bereavement. She addresses children's common fears and worries, dreams and nightmares, and acknowledges the effect of trauma on the grief process. This second edition includes a new section for adults on understanding the distress of a bereaved child and also a list of useful...
Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children and young people....
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Overcoming Loss: Activities and Stories to Help Transform Children's Grief and Loss
ISBN: 9781843106463 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Overcoming Loss is a photocopiable resource that addresses childrens' feeling of loss, which can arise from changing communities, schools, moving house, divorce or the death of a parent or grandparent. Children are limited to a vocabulary of broad emotions like 'happy', 'sad' and 'angry', and are often unable to articulate their grief in words. This can impair their long-term emotional development. The activities in Overcoming Loss use the power of play and creative arts to give the grieving child the language to identify subtle feelings, such as shame, despair and jealousy. Designed to...
Overcoming Loss is a photocopiable resource that addresses childrens' feeling of loss, which can arise from changing communities, schools, moving hous...
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Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide
ISBN: 9781843108474 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'This book gives insights into the pain and suffering involved when people are grieving for someone who has committed suicide, but it also offers hope without diminishing the significance of the suffering involved. As such, it has a lot to offer, and is therefore to be welcomed.' - Well-Being 'This book provides deep and valuable insight into the experiences of "suicide survivors" - those who have been left behind by the suicide of friend, family member or loved one.' - Therapy Today 'The personal stories are full of pathos interest and will clarify where the death leaves those left behind....
'This book gives insights into the pain and suffering involved when people are grieving for someone who has committed suicide, but it also offers hope...
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Talking With Bereaved People: An Approach for Structured and Sensitive Communication
ISBN: 9781843109884 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It can be hard to know what to talk about with a bereaved person over a period of time once you have offered your condolences. This book shows how, by using good active listening skills, empathic exploration and a willingness to talk about the hard issues, you can embark on a process of sensitive conversation that helps the bereaved person to come to terms with their grief. Dodie Graves outlines a practical framework of six elements for conversing with bereaved people in a structured but flexible way that avoids prescriptive instructions. The elements include talking about the story of the...
It can be hard to know what to talk about with a bereaved person over a period of time once you have offered your condolences. This book shows how, by...
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The Culture of Death
ISBN: 9781845200688 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Western culture has always been obsessed with death, but now death has taken on a new, anonymous form. The twentieth century saw the mass production of corpses through war and the triumph of technology over the human body. The new millennium has opened with global terrorism and the suspension of human rights in far-flung prison camps.We live in an age of panic, when the fear of death at any time and in any place is present. And we live in an age of apathy towards both science and institutional politics, an age which has sanctioned the rise of techno-medical and political powers which can... Western culture has always been obsessed with death, but now death has taken on a new, anonymous form. The twentieth century saw the mass productio... |
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Bereavement, Loss and Learning Disabilities : A Guide for Professionals and Carers
ISBN: 9781849050203 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Losing a loved one and coping with the subsequent adjustments that follow are a difficult fact of life, but people with learning disabilities face specific difficulties in processing and managing these changes. Adopting an integrative approach, this book acknowledges the importance of helping relationships in supporting this vulnerable group through periods of loss and bereavement. The author explains how to engage the person with a learning disability in talking therapy by creating an open dialogue. Common signs of stress, factors to consider in assessing risk and advice on how best to...
Losing a loved one and coping with the subsequent adjustments that follow are a difficult fact of life, but people with learning disabilities face spe...
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Living with Learning Disabilities, Dying with Cancer: Thirteen Personal Stories
ISBN: 9781849050272 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a powerful and moving account of the experiences of 13 people with learning disabilities who were living with cancer. The author followed their lives as part of a 3-year research study, during which 10 people died. She spent extensive periods of time with them at their homes and day centres, in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. In doing so, she gained a unique understanding of what it is like for individuals with learning disabilities to live with deteriorating health and how this may impact upon their families, friends and carers. How was each person's cancer diagnosed? How...
This book is a powerful and moving account of the experiences of 13 people with learning disabilities who were living with cancer. The author followed...
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The Essential Guide to Life After Bereavement: Beyond Tomorrow
ISBN: 9781849053358 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The period following the death of a loved one can be a time of great turmoil. This sensitive book acts as a supportive road map through the initial period of loss, and through the weeks and months that follow. The authors address not only the emotional and spiritual aspects of bereavement, but also important and often overlooked practical considerations such as dealing with wills and other paperwork, disposing of personal possessions, making arrangements for funerals and memorial services, coping with the anniversaries of a death and resolving family conflict. Drawing on many real examples,...
The period following the death of a loved one can be a time of great turmoil. This sensitive book acts as a supportive road map through the initial pe...
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Supporting People Through Loss and Grief: An Introduction for Counsellors and Other Caring Practitioners
ISBN: 9781849053761 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the different theories of grief? What skills do you need for effective counselling? How can you support people experiencing loss and grief? This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to counselling and supporting people experiencing loss and grief. It introduces the different models and theories of grief, how theory relates to practice and what the essential skills are, and how to work with people in practice. Working with families, understanding diversity and assessing clients are all covered, as well as a chapter on personal and professional development. Case studies and real...
What are the different theories of grief? What skills do you need for effective counselling? How can you support people experiencing loss and grief? T...
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Finding a Way Through When Someone Close has Died: What it Feels Like and What You Can Do to Help Yourself: A Workbook by Young People for Young People
ISBN: 9781853029202 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by children for children, this unique workbook is both written and illustrated by children and teenagers who have experienced the death of someone close to them - a parent, grandparent, sibling or friend. They describe their often confusing thoughts and emotions immediately after the bereavement and discuss how their day-to-day lives were affected, including such diverse issues as the reactions of those around them, practical changes and managing school and schoolwork. They offer advice, based on their own experiences, on how to cope with the practical and emotional upheavals of...
Written by children for children, this unique workbook is both written and illustrated by children and teenagers who have experienced the death of som...
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When I Left
ISBN: 9780987529602 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We have all experienced the sadness and hurt that goes along with losing someone that you love. When I Left enables children who have experienced loss to cherish their memories of their lost loved one. Beyond helping children to understand what has happened, this book provides a final goodbye and sends the many well-wishes that their loved one would have given them. Experience the rainbows, moon beams, and hugs and a flying butterfly (by flicking the pages) that make this book a one-of-a-kind experience for children
We have all experienced the sadness and hurt that goes along with losing someone that you love. When I Left enables children who have experienced loss...
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A Letter to Tia: Grief. Grieving. The Love, Pain and Loss of a Friend
ISBN: 9781482590654 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Author Don Landy provides canine and feline pet owners with a first person look at grief and grieving in a way that may surprise you. Don Landy never expected to have a dog in his life. After falling for a German shepherd named Sabrina and spending nearly eleven years together, Landy found himself sitting on the floor holding the lifeless body of his beloved dog in his arms and sobbing uncontrollably. Reeling from the loss he vows never again to take a pet, and thereby sets himself up for the inevitable pain that most pet owners experience when the end approaches. A Letter to Tia: Grief....
Author Don Landy provides canine and feline pet owners with a first person look at grief and grieving in a way that may surprise you. Don Landy never ...
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The Mu-ji -Man Codes
ISBN: 9781482778656 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. a fascinating little book about a code derived from a persons birth date that that empowers anyone to know their coded age of death, date of death both premature and natural.the book shows several examples of dead celebrities such as whitney houston, michael jackson, tony soprano and countless others showing their coded age and date of death all pre coded in their date of birth.the book also features the mu-ji-man clock and the mu-ji-man ruler which helps you to measure and see where you are on the cycle of li
a fascinating little book about a code derived from a persons birth date that that empowers anyone to know their coded age of death, date of death bot...
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Broken Pieces
ISBN: 9781490526874 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Losing the love of your life is one of the hardest things a person can experience. Losing the love of your life in an automobile accident that you walked away from is even harder. When everything in her life falls apart, Allie Combs is left to slowly piece it back together. In a matter of just a few hours, her life hits rock bottom, and the only person she has to help her through it is her best friend, Macy Philips. Going on a journey around the world, Allie will learn much about herself. Will she finally let go of the guilt that has consumed her since the accident and live life to the...
Losing the love of your life is one of the hardest things a person can experience. Losing the love of your life in an automobile accident that you wal...
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Our Lives as Caterpillars
ISBN: 9781484179291 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This little book contains an important and hopeful message. Using the metaphor of caterpillars becoming butterflies, it tells the true life story of a human family. As is true for caterpillars and all living things, the family experiences a dramatic change when a member departs from this life. The book presents a framework for adults to discuss with children this difficult and life changing event without imposing any particular religious belief regarding life after death or even using the word death at all. It is intended to give some level of hope and comfort to children experiencing the...
This little book contains an important and hopeful message. Using the metaphor of caterpillars becoming butterflies, it tells the true life story of a...
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