Susan Hansen's Grief and Loss Support Group Facilitator's Manual contains everything a group leader needs to facilitate a 10-week grief and loss support group for students or clients ages 12 to adult. The manual includes step-by-step activities, detailed lesson plans, handouts, support group guidelines, tips for effective group facilitation, a sample group flyer and parent permission slip, and ASCA standards for those who are facilitating a school-based support group.The group sessions include a discussion of different types of losses, a loss checklist, the five stages of grief, five steps to take in addressing a loss, unsent letter templates, grab bag questions, and suggestions for creating a collage or other artwork to facilitate the healing process. For those who already own Susan's earlier resource book, Tools For Your Emotional Health Toolbox, this manual includes updated lesson plans, objectives, standards, handouts, and an easier-to-read font for all materials.

Designed for church communities, 8 thoughtfully created sessions provide grieving participants with comfort and guidance after loss.

Grief support group facilitator manual for church leadership and congregants

A practical introduction to setting up and facilitating bereavement support groups, guiding the reader through all stages. It examines the different skills needed, and uses case studies and research to suggest models of best practice across a range of group settings. The guidance will help make groups successful for participants and facilitators.

Contains lesson plans for 10 sessions that include age-appropriate activities. These fun and engaging activities enable young children to approach highly sensitive and painful topics.

With innovative, scripted sessions, this support group manual is much more than a facilitator tool. In a broadened sense, it functions as the group leader's personal guide and partner. With informative introductions and caring wrap-ups, the manual content eases the flow of group discussions. Composed with the most recent, expert research and a comprehensive set of supplementary material, each rich session has the potential to foster a healing imprint on bereaved individuals regardless of where they are in their grief journey. Each member will need their own copies of the Taking Steps in Loss and Life Guided Reflections Journal as they make their way through The Work of Renewal with the group.