Dodie GravesSetting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups
A Practical Guide
Dodie Graves has over 20 years' experience as a counsellor. She is currently a bereavement service co-ordinator for a hospice in the West Midlands, recruiting, training and supervising a team of voluntary bereavement visitors in active listening skills and bereavement issues, as well as facilitating support groups herself. She is the author of Talking with Bereaved People: An Approach for Structured and Sensitive Communication (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).
Introduction. 1. Setting Up a Bereavement Support Group. 2. Thinking About
Facilitating a Group. 3. Different Groups that Operate. 4. Managing
Dynamics in the Group. 5. Pitfalls Along the Way. Conclusion. Appendix 1.
An Example of a Support Group Three Fold Leaflet. Appendix 2. An Example of
an Evaluation Questionnaire. Appendix 3. An Example of a Facilitator's
Record. References. Further Reading. Useful Resources. Index.
