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Connecting with Grieving Clients: Supportive Communication for Fourteen Common Situations, 2nd Edition

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Connecting With Grieving Clients: Supportive Communication For Fourteen Common Situations, 2Nd Edition

By Laurel Lagoni and Dana Durrance

Connecting with Grieving Clients: Supportive Communication for Fourteen Common Situations, 2nd Edition. Guiding clients through their grief following the loss of a beloved pet is one of the toughest parts of your staff’s job. Handled sensitively and compassionately, the situation can strengthen the bond with the client for years to come. The new, second edition of this valuable resource offers specific strategies for dealing with a number of common, but difficult, client situations, including these and more:

  • Dealing with crises and emergencies
  • Delivering bad news
  • Euthanasia decision-making
  • Grief responses to pet loss
  • Clients’ guilt
  • Non-euthanasia and sudden deaths
  • Helping children, seniors, and disabled clients with grief
  • Other pets’ grief
  • Adopting new pets

The guide includes words to use in specific situations, information on pet hospice programs, grief support protocols, and client support resources. The resource is organized to facilitate staff meeting discussions and offers role-play ideas for each situation to build staff skills in this important area of practice.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • How to Use This Book
  • Section I — Connecting with Grieving Clients
  • Veterinary Grief Support
  • Clinical Communication Skills and Emotional Support Protocols
  • Section II — Support Protocols for Common Situations
  • Crises and Emergencies
  • Delivering Bad News
  • Euthanasia Decision-Making
  • Client-Present Euthanasia
  • Viewing Bodies
  • Grief Responses to Pet Loss
  • Handling Body Care Options
  • Client Guilt
  • Making Referrals
  • Helping Children
  • Helping Seniors
  • Helping Disabled Clients
  • Other Pets’ Grief
  • Adopting New Pets
  • Supplementary Material
  • Appendix: Forms
  • Resources
  • Glossary
  • About the Authors

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