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Self-help groups for the bereaved: Theory, theology, and practice
1Department of Religion, Webster College, 470 E. Lockwood, 63119, St. Louis, Missouri.
Abstract:
Self-help groups for the bereaved are a relatively unexplored area of wholistic ministry. The article grows out of the author's experience as an advisor to a local chapter of The Compassionate Friends, a group of parents whose children have died. The article explores the self-help concept, describes the experience of losing a child and the way the self-help process functions in that dynamic, and enumerates some roles the author has been able to fill as an aid to a local chapter. Within that framework, the article shows the affinities between self-help and ministry.
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