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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a good workbook, January 15, 2006
This review is from: Coping with Physical Loss and Disability: A Workbook (New Horizons in Therapy) (Paperback)
Rebeccasreads highly recommends COPING WITH PHYSICAL LOSS AND DISABILITY as a much-needed primer in this time of War against Global Terrorism, as more & more of our beloved Warriors return home from the battlefields injured & maimed.
It behooves us, one & all, to learn what physical loss means to them & their families. COPING WITH PHYSICAL LOSS AND DISABILITY, with quotations from world famous people who live with life-altering losses & diseases, is an easily read workbook with stories, exercises & images easily understood & transferred into your everyday world.
At the very least, it will give you some insights on how to meet & greet those of us who are permanently injured or surviving illness.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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An excellent tool for helping professionals, November 11, 2005
This review is from: Coping with Physical Loss and Disability: A Workbook (New Horizons in Therapy) (Paperback)
When your body no longer works the way it is supposed to, you lose far more than physical function. While some people can focus on what they have left and get on with life, for most of us physical loss involves grieving, changes in how we value ourselves, even disgust and shame.
This is why Rick Ritter's workbook will be invaluable for anyone who has been damaged in any of a very wide range of ways: surgery, accident, violence, disease, even aging. Helping professionals working with people whose problems focus on physical losses will need this book on a daily basis.
Rick developed the exercises in the book over a long time. When he uses them himself, his own example as a survivor of physical loss is no doubt enough to lead and inspire his client. To achieve the same end, he has enlivened the book with many individual examples and case stories. This lifts the book from the useful to the indispensable.
I edited this book for the publisher, Loving Healing Press, and feel honored to have been associated with it.
Dr Bob Rich is the author of 'Cancer: A personal challenge' [...]
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Help for anyone with a physical loss or disability, January 15, 2006
This review is from: Coping with Physical Loss and Disability: A Workbook (New Horizons in Therapy) (Paperback)
Rick Ritter, MSW, has created an easy-to-use resource to help people confront a life-changing illness or disability. He could simply give good advice, relying upon his experiences as a disabled veteran, a social worker, and a competitor in events for disabled athletes. Instead, he engages the reader in answering questions, gathering support, finding resources, and taking a completely positive approach to difficult situations.
I love the workbook format, because it forces the reader to begin thinking about and acting upon ways to continue with a life that has become altered. Of course, altered doesn't mean over. It just means different. Ritter avoids sugar-coating those differences or the emotional, social, and physical problems that accompany them. However, he ultimately provokes the reader into finding ways to deal with those obstacles.
Ritter ends with a brief but inspiring look at his life, followed by a variety of resources. I suggest his workbook as a great beginning for anyone facing physical loss or disability.
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