Overview

This practical manual trains people to counsel and aid others who are suffering loss and bereavement. It confronts the fear of mortality, promoting self-awareness and self-nurturing in carers to prepare them for the pain, fear, anxiety and anger of those who are, or have been, grieving. The manual is based on seven years experience running training courses in Scotland and later nationwide. Features include: an explanation of the learning method and ethical issues; role-play exercises to allow trainees to experience common situations; easy-to-use material for the facilitator and the participants; and further resources if extra training should be desired.

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There is a wealth of material in this manual. -- Hospice Bulletin Packed with useful material in an easy-to-copy A4 format. It could be used with course participants who already have basic counselling skills in health, social services and volunteer organisations. This manual is worth every penny as a training resource for workers in the field of abuse, terminal death and illness. -- Professional Social Work The training course described is designed to enhance counselling skills, deepen self awareness about loss related issues, enable participants to share personal experiences, identify relevant resources that will support and inform participants and enable the transfer of learning from the course to the work place. The content and structure of the training course admirably meets all the above aims and I am particularly impressed by the design of the course which allows for a progression and sequence that allows the participant to build upon the experience and content of the previous day and thus evolve and deepen their knowledge. The manual is also an excellent resource with a whole section devoted to materials for the facilitators and a further section providing materials for the participants. I was delighted to see a lesson plan devoted to exploring spirituality and found the materials available to participants particularly inspirational. This training manual is comprehensive in its scope and substantial in its content. It is well grounded in experiential learning and I would thoroughly recommend it to trainers of psychotherapists and counsellors. Indeed, this training manual is the best of it's kind and I hope it will be further revised over the years. -- Psychotherapy and Counselling The manual has much to offer social workers at both a practice and educational level. The experiential methodology presents the worker with an opportunity to question the beliefs and skills underpinning their practice may be reconfirmed or perhaps strengthened through the exposure to alternative methods. Given the context, this book has particular merit for social workers interested in working with clients experiencing terminal illness and/or loss. It is a comprehensive educational resource which provides the participant with a serious opportunity to enhance their practice skills. -- Australian Social Work This book could provide useful information as part of an occupational therapy course or departmental library for reference and ideas. -- British Journal of Occupational Therapy This book evolved from the Scottish Health Education Group's initiative to teach basic counselling skills to nurses. The manual includes all of the materials necessary to plan and conduct the five-day course, as well as a follow-up day for participants. I would recommend this manual. -- Journal Of Interprofessional Care

This book evolved from the Scottish Health Education Group's initiative to teach basic counselling skills to nurses. The manual includes all of the materials necessary to plan and conduct the five-day course, as well as a follow-up day for participants. I would recommend this manual. -- Journal Of Interprofessional Care This book could provide useful information as part of an occupational therapy course or departmental library for reference and ideas. -- British Journal of Occupational Therapy The manual has much to offer social workers at both a practice and educational level. The experiential methodology presents the worker with an opportunity to question the beliefs and skills underpinning their practice may be reconfirmed or perhaps strengthened through the exposure to alternative methods. Given the context, this book has particular merit for social workers interested in working with clients experiencing terminal illness and/or loss. It is a comprehensive educational resource which provides the participant with a serious opportunity to enhance their practice skills. -- Australian Social Work The training course described is designed to enhance counselling skills, deepen self awareness about loss related issues, enable participants to share personal experiences, identify relevant resources that will support and inform participants and enable the transfer of learning from the course to the work place. The content and structure of the training course admirably meets all the above aims and I am particularly impressed by the design of the course which allows for a progression and sequence that allows the participant to build upon the experience and content of the previous day and thus evolve and deepen their knowledge. The manual is also an excellent resource with a whole section devoted to materials for the facilitators and a further section providing materials for the participants. I was delighted to see a lesson plan devoted to exploring spirituality and found the materials available to participants particularly inspirational. This training manual is comprehensive in its scope and substantial in its content. It is well grounded in experiential learning and I would thoroughly recommend it to trainers of psychotherapists and counsellors. Indeed, this training manual is the best of it's kind and I hope it will be further revised over the years. -- Psychotherapy and Counselling Packed with useful material in an easy-to-copy A4 format. It could be used with course participants who already have basic counselling skills in health, social services and volunteer organisations. This manual is worth every penny as a training resource for workers in the field of abuse, terminal death and illness. -- Professional Social Work There is a wealth of material in this manual. -- Hospice Bulletin

Author Information

Fay W. Jacobsen has been a health visitor, Lecturer in Health Education at West Lothian College of Further Education and, later, the Department of Nursing Studies at Edinburgh University. She was involved in the organisation of the Scottish Women's Health Fair, and helped found the Gorgie Dalry Well Woman Project. Working freelance for the Scottish Health Education Group together with Alison Shoemark and Margaret Kindlen, she helped develop basic counselling skills training for nurses in Scotland, and published the training manual Sharing Counselling Skills in 1989. She then worked as volunteer at a Rape and Domestic Violence Center in the USA for three years. She is currently a freelance counsellor and psychotherapist.

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