The Creative Toolkit for Working with Grief and Bereavement: A Practitioner's Guide with Activities and Worksheets

The Creative Toolkit for working with Grief and Bereavement is a special book. Holistically I notice immediately that the layout itself is soothing and peaceful. There’s a spaciousness in the pages and the font is pleasingly sized. The aesthetics of the cover and the imagery are also pleasing to the eye.The author shares her own story and lets you know she has been on a journey through grief herself. Then the book lays out the groundwork for addressing grief and takes you on a journey step by step. It is never overly simplistic, but presents material in an integrated manner that is easily digestible page by page, chapter by chapter.Reading this book, I get the feeling that this author had done a tremendous amount of work, integrated it for us and then added her own professional and creative sense to yield a deep and valuable work.The book is also graced with numerous charts, diagrams and images. I see a value in that these are clearly able to convey the information and more importantly, the processes of healing in ways we instinctively absorb, body wise right brained and true.You will be engaged by this book, with information, exercises and practices it offers digestible bits that are never simple answers. Rather you will find an appreciation for the unique trip that each person takes to heal a great loss, offers guidance to us to find he way through to a better life.I highly recommend this deep and accessible book on grief and life.Gary Siegel LCSW - Private Practice Therapist

I began using this practical tool even before finishing it! The beginning of the book has a helpful overview of grief approaches but the best part is the section with the very usable and reproducible worksheets of creative exercises to use with clients to help them engage with their grief. The author puts her wealth of wisdom, knowledge and creative background into this valuable resource. As a therapist specializing in grief and bereavement, I highly recommend the book!

Worth the long wait for arrival. Finally a grief and bereavement book that helps take the client to the next level of their bereavement journey at their own pace. Thank you for photocopiable sheets.