Library of Congress Control Number: 2010909087 "It takes courage to face the pain.... it's not easy letting go." This volume is essential to medical professionals, clergy, and school teachers and counselors. Statements for helping the healing of grief, are described and discussed in detail. Numerous examples of statements for supporting grief are given with practical skills and approaches useful to the experienced or beginning grief counselor and also helpful to the general public. The text is written in an informal reader-friendly style with no jargon, difficult words, or concepts. Loss is a common life experience such as death of a loved one, breakup of a relationship, loss of health, loss of employment, loss of one's home and finances, infertility, and other common challenges. The types of loss are reviewed in the book as well as the goals of grief counseling and helpful things to say for healing painful feelings associated with loss and grief, the unfinished business of loss, and the behavior decisions of grief.