The Art of Comforting: What to Say and Do for People in Distress
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00452V2VU
Publish date: October 28th 2010
Publisher: Tarcher
Pages no: 321
Edition language: English
I really wish I could rate this higher, because there's a lot of good information in it. It's not the most in-depth comforting guide out there, but it is a very good starting point for anyone who genuinely wants to improve on comforting others.The downside is that the book is extremely unbalanced, e...
Loved the charts. To be comforting...We don't offer solutions, but do offer our presence.We listen closely.We wait, let the person find his own words.We offer our time, take our time, even just a few minutes. We don't rush.We allow someone's grief or trauma to take its own course, have its own pace....