grace: a model for grieving workbook: a five-step guide for healing after loss

Expand your understanding of grief--and how to treat it--in this companion workbook to GRACE: A Model for Grief.

This 5-step framework for grieving and healing draws on practices from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative-based therapy, and other holistic methods.

Created by a licensed professional counselor, the workbook offers carefully selected and thoughtfully crafted exercises, tools and techniques which support the adaptive 5-step process for grieving and healing:

1 - Grief redefined
2 - Re-story the loss narrative
3 - Adopt healthy ways to grieve
4 - Connect with self and others
5 - Engage in new normal

Because grief can make learning more difficult by impacting, for example, concentration, memory and distractibility, the exercises within are designed to be easy to follow and highly adaptable. You are free to change the timing (exercises don’t have to be completed in sequential order), adjust the length (not all components of every exercise must be completed to achieve beneficial results) and work through the book with a support partner as appropriate.

From the death of a loved one, to losing a job, to the rupture of a relationship, losses are an inevitable part of the human condition. At times, our losses may feel overwhelming, and the resulting individual and communal mental distress exacts a heavy toll personally and collectively.

We could all benefit from additional healthy resources targeted to address losses and the accompanying grief that follows. This workbook aims to be such a resource for everyone who needs it.

Dr. Kay Towns, DPC, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor and mental health advocate. She earned a Doctor of Professional Counseling from Mississippi College, a master’s degree in counseling from Houston Graduate School of Theology, and a master’s degree in theological studies from Southern Methodist University. She completed her clinical training at one of the top psychiatric hospitals in the U.S., The Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas. Kay is also an ordained minister in The United Methodist Church. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support and feedback to help people effectively address personal life challenges.