Coping with physical loss and disability : a workbook / by Rick Ritter ; additional illustrations by Tyler Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritter, Rick, 1948-

Contributor:

Mills, Tyler.

Series:

New horizons in therapy series.

New horizons in therapy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grief therapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Grief therapy.

People with disabilities--Mental health--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Psychology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Loss (Psychology)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Loss (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Loving Healing Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This workbook provides more than 50 questions and exercises designed to empower those with physical loss and disability to_x000D_ better understand and accept their ongoing processes of loss and recovery. The exercises in Coping with Physical Loss and _x000D_ Disability were distilled from twenty-five years of clinical social work experience with clients suffering from quadriplegia, _x000D_ paraplegia, amputation, cancer, severe burns, HIV/AIDs, and neuro-muscular disorders arising from accidents, injury, and disease. _x000D_ _x000D_ "Rick Ritter captures the depth of the emotional pain in the aftermath of physical loss and disability." -- Rev. James W. Clifton, Ph.D., LCSW _x000D_ _x000D_ "The examples given by the author are very relevant and will help the sufferer relate to similar situations." -- S.V. Swamy, Holistic Healer and editor of Homeopathy For Everyone _x000D_ _x000D_ It helped me identify feelings I was unaware of, like anger, and I put on paper how lonely I am. -- J.B., a reader who has used this book to change her life. _x000D_ _x000D_ This workbook is a very good stimulus for focusing on issues crucial for better coping with loss and disability. -- Beni R. Jakob, Ph.D, Israeli Arthritis Foundation (INBAR) _x000D_ _x000D_ About the Author _x000D_ Rick Ritter, MSW, a disabled veteran and social worker, has worked with hundreds of clients who have experienced physical loss and disability. _x000D_ This workbook is a distillation of the very best questions and exercises to draw the client towards re-taking control of their life. He has competed _x000D_ in international events for disabled athletes. Ritter was also a major contributor to got parts? An Insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully _x000D_ with Dissociative Identity Disorder. He currently resides in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [79]-84) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61599-914-0

OCLC:

929119073