The Grieving Therapist
Caring for Yourself and Your Clients When It Feels Like the End of the World
by Larisa A. Garski LMFT, Justine Mastin LMFT
Description
Informed by narrative, internal family systems, fanfic, and trauma-sensitive therapy, Garski and Mastin examine what it means to be a therapist at the end of the world (or what feels like it). They break down 10 realms of grief that are critical to understand and work with today, but likely weren’t taught to you in therapy school. Each chapter includes:
-Grieving tools that can be adapted for both client and therapist
-Tips for supervisors and supervisees
-Skills for maintaining healthy outside-the-office relationships
-Support for current therapy students (and therapists new to the field)
-Advice on how to hold space and work with clients who have the same questions—and are navigating the same issues—as you
-Meditations on love, life, death, and connection
Garski and Mastin also share helpful guidance around working with clients whose social or political beliefs differ from yours; when therapeutic self-disclosure makes sense; honoring the information that countertransference is trying to give you; and how to sit with (or step away from) triggers in your work.
With humor, compassion, irreverence, and more than a little whimsy, The Grieving Therapist shows you how to show up for yourself, and your clients--in your own full humanity, amidst it all.
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"Full of useful tools, this book helps readers explore the delicate balance between processing personal connections to grief while ... holding space for the client experience. A must-read for all therapists!"
—ERICA HORNTHAL, LCPC, BC-DMT, author of Body Aware
“With a subtle, engaging, and practical narrative, Garski and Mastin use a medicine wheel format, the wisdom of animals, the meaning-making of ritual, campfi re magic, and fearless trust in the universe to bring therapists back to earth. The result is mutual healing for therapists, clients, and the planet."
—FOUR ARROWS, coauthor of Restoring the Kinship Worldview
Author Biography
JUSTINE MASTIN, MA, LMFT, LADC, E-RYT 200, YACEP is the owner and founder of Blue Box Counseling; creator of YogaQuest, an organization that blends narratives with yoga and mindfulness; and co-host of the Dark Side of the Mat podcast. Mastin serves as an adjunct instructor at St. Mary's University of Minnesota in the MFT Master's program.
LARISA A. GARSKI, MA, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and Chief of Clinical Staff at Empowered Therapy in Chicago, IL. Garski is an AAMFT-approved supervisor. Find her at www.empoweredtherapy.org.
Both authors specialize in working with clients who identify as being outside the mainstream, like those in the geek, secular, and LGBTQIA+ communities. They co-authored Starship Therapise and co-host the podcast Starship Therapise.
North Atlantic Books
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- Publisher North Atlantic Books
- Publication Date July 2023
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781623178451
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Pages256
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2023
- Dimensions6x9 inches
- Illustration2 BW photos
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