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About Companion Press

Available April 2009

The Handbook for Companioning the Mourner

This inspiring handbook explores Dr. Wolfelt's "companioning" model of grief care and contrasts with the traditional "treatment" model. Concise and engaging, this is a primer designed to spread the companioning philosophy among everyone who walks alongside mourners-counselors, hospice caregivers, funeral home staff, friends and family members.

Our publications for mourners and bereavement caregivers are current, readable and compassionate. We offer books, brochures, videotapes, audiocasssettes, aftercare packets and posters. Author Dr. Alan Wolfelt is one of North America's most respected grief educators.

"In some ways love and grief are very much alike. They both have the power to forever change our lives. Just as I must surrender to love, I must surrender to my grief."

From The Journey Through Grief: Reflections on Healing Second Edition by Alan D. Wolflelt, Ph D.