The Support Group Manual

For anyone coping with loss or life transition here is a guide to the support group process. <p/> If you need help coping with loss--of a loved one a marriage or a way of life--Harriet Sarnoff Schiff offers wise compassionate guidance in <i>The Support Group Manual</i>. Here is straightforward advice on finding participants locating or becoming a facilitator and establishing effective ground rules. Schiff also provides a flexible agenda for seven group sessions--focusing on the topics of denial anger religion guilt depression powerlessness and acceptance--designed to give participants an understanding of what they are going through and a format for exploring and sharing their feelings and experiences. There is special focus on the unique issues affecting gay people and their families and on losses in one's own life--such as job loss or loss of independence--that do not involve the loss of another person. <p/> The Support Group Manual is the ideal companion for anyone seeking support healing and affirmation that no one walks alone who chooses to share his or her life with others.