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How Grief Can Affect the Body
Free infographic to educate your clients on the physical effects of grief on the body
While grief primarily affects your clients’ emotions and psychological well-being, it can also have physical effects on the body. This printable resource will help your clients understand the ways grief can impact their body.
10 Exercises to Heal Grief and Start Moving Forward
Free infographic to educate your clients in the small steps they can take to lessen their suffering
When clients are grieving, they can feel stuck. This printable resource will help clients rediscover the little joys in their life so they can move forward through grief to eventually find meaning after loss.
Helping Clients Cope with Grief After Death by Suicide
David Kessler shares tools and strategies to help clients cope with sudden loss and the stigma that comes with death by suicide
Losing a loved one to suicide leaves survivors with overwhelming feelings of guilt and shame, as well as little support. Grief expert David Kessler reveals tools and strategies to cope and heal after losing a loved one to suicide and how to remove the stigma that comes with it.
Helping Teens Cope with Grief After Death by Suicide
Ask a Therapist with David Kessler, one of the world’s foremost experts on healing and loss.
When the unthinkable happens, it's tough to find the words to help teens understand they are not to blame. David Kessler offers up advice on what to say and how to help teens cope with the grief of death by suicide in the school setting.
Dealing with Pregnancy Loss, Infertility, and Other Postpartum Grief
Caitlin Slavens and Chelsea Bodie help parents dealing with the emotional pains of motherhood with these FREE affirmation exercises. Their highly-anticipated Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book is available for pre-order now!
Incorporating Religion & Spirituality into Grief Counseling
Clinical considerations and implications for treatment
It's become clearer and clearer that effective grief treatment needs to incorporate clients' spiritual beliefs. Dr. Christina Zampitella, PsyD, FT, shares tips for clinicians to increase their comfort level and effectively make space for clients' spiritual beliefs.
Attachment-Focused Interventions for Grief
Discover how Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy promotes growth & resilience
Dr. Leanne Campbell shares how Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy helps clients shift into a state of emotional balance that allows them to process their grief, relieve emotional pain and find meaning in their lives again from their very first session.
PESI Celebrates Children’s Book Day!: Top 5 Books for Children’s Social-Emotional Learning
Children’s books can do so much more than entertain young readers! Check out PESI’s top picks for International Children’s Book Day with these five incredible titles.
10 of the Best Books to Gift This Holiday Season
Explore hand-selected favorites from PESI Publishing
Looking for the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list? Look no further! From workbooks to card decks to journals, PESI Publishing has a variety of titles that are sure to please. Give the gift of self growth with 10 of our favorite titles.
When the Unthinkable Happens
5 Strategies to Help Children Work Through Tragedy and Traumatic Grief
In the wake of recent tragedies that have directly impacted children, PESI author Andrea Dorn, MSW, LISW-CP, shares strategies for clinicians and caregivers to mindfully approach and work through this difficult topic with children.