Grief Recovery for Teens : Letting Go of Painful Emotions with Body-Based Practices.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popowitz, Coral.

Series:

The Instant Help Solutions Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2017.

Summary:

Grief can affect both body and mind-and teens dealing with grief may not know how to work through grief in healthy ways. In this helpful and healing guide, the director of the Children's Grief Connection offers help for teens dealing with the physical aspects of grief and loss. This book utilizes somatic, body-oriented skills to help teens know how and why their bodies are reacting to grief, as well as ways to relieve anxiety and confusion and begin the healing process.Did you know that grief can affect both your mind and your body? In this helpful and healing guide, the director of the Children's Grief Connection offers practices to help you deal with the physical aspects of grief and loss.If you lose someone you love or are close to, you probably feel a number of emotions-sadness, anger, loneliness, or fear. These are all normal feelings, and it's important that you have someone to talk to, whether it's a family member, friend, or counselor. But did you know that grief can also affect your body? That's because the brain and the body are much more connected than you might think.In this compassionate guide, you'll discover how your mind can affect the way you feel physically, and discover body-oriented skills to help your body heal after experiencing loss. You'll also find ways to relieve feelings of anxiety and confusion that can make your physical symptoms worse, and finally begin the healing process.Knowing how your body is affected by grief and loss-and what you can do to relieve the physical and emotional pain-will give you healthy coping skills to last a lifetime. This book will help you learn these skills and start feeling better in both body and mind.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Introduction

1. Your Grieving Brain

2. Your Grieving Body

3. Your Angry Body

4. Your Sad Body

5. Your Lonely Body

6. Your Scared Body

7. Your Tired Body

8. Your Sick Body

9. Your Calm Body

10. Your Healing Body

Epilogue: Begin Again

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: What's Your Trauma Response?

Appendix B: Depression Diagnosis Checklist

Appendix C: Suicide Risk Signs

References and Selected Readings.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781626258549

1626258546

OCLC:

989975781