COMFORT.GUIDE ....."I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him, creating praise on the lips of the mourners..." (Isaiah 57, NIV)
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  • WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!
  • FACILITATOR'S GUIDE
    • CHANGE AND GRIEF
    • WEEKS 1 & 2
    • WEEKS 3 & 4
    • WEEKS 5 & 6
    • WEELS 7 & 8
    • WEEKS 9 & 10
    • WEEKS 11 & 12
    • WEEKS 13 & 14
    • WEEKS 15 & 16
    • WEEKS 17 & 18
  • WEEKS 1 & 2 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK 1 ... OUTLINE >
      • A WOMAN AT A WELL
      • SEEING OUR EARLY LOSSES CLEARLY
      • WHO DO YOU CRY OUT TO?
      • WHO IS HE???
      • PSALM 139
    • WEEK 2 ... OUTLINE >
      • LIVING IN BETHSAIDA
      • SEEING EARLY LOSSES, WITH AGES
      • WKSHEET - HEALING OF MEMORIES...
      • TELLING MY STORY - COMFORT AND HEALING OF MEMORIES/NARRATIVE
      • TELLING MY STORY
      • "WONDERFULLY MADE" - 1
  • WEEKS 3 & 4 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK THREE OUTLINE ... "TELLING MY STORY - I FELT" >
      • KNOWING JESUS OR...
      • TELLING MY STORY - I FELT
      • THIS IS WHAT I DO!
      • P.S. - FAITH, FEELINGS & CANCER
    • WEEK FOUR OUTLINE ... "TELLING MY STORY - I FELT" >
      • EMMANUEL
      • SEEING OUR LOSSES CLEARLY - EXTENDED SCALE
      • DELIGHTING IN A VISIT
      • "WONDERFULLY MADE" - 2
  • WEEKS 5 & 6 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK FIVE OUTLINE - TELLING MY STORY - "I FELT TO I LOST" >
      • NOTICING A WIDOW
      • COMPARING DIFFERENT VOICES
      • STAGES OF GRIEF
    • WEEK SIX OUTLINE - TELLING MY STORY - "I FELT TO I LOST" >
      • PETER - WAITING FOR INSPIRATION AND POWER!
      • THE HOLY SPIRIT
      • TELLING MY STORY - I LOST
      • MUST AND SHOULD
      • MINDFULLY ATTACHING TO GOD
      • "WONDERFULLY MADE" - 3
  • WEEKS 7 & 8 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK SEVEN OUTLINE - “I CAME TO BELIEVE" >
      • WHAT IS ON HIS PALM?
      • TELLING MY STORY - I CAME TO BELIEVE
      • TELLING MY STORY - MUST AND SHOULD
      • GOOD SHEPHERD
    • WEEK EIGHT OUTLINE - “I CAME TO BELIEVE" >
      • A MAN WITH A SHRIVELED HAND
      • WOUNDED HEARTS THINK WOUNDING THOUGHTS
      • IDENTIFYING PERSONAL TRIGGERS/WORKSHEET
      • WHAT GRACE LOOKS LIKE
      • "WONDERFULLY MADE" - 4
  • WEEKS 9 & 10 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK NINE OUTLINE - "TELLING MY STORY - I CAME TO BELIEVE TO I ACTED" >
      • THE WIDOW OF NAIN
      • TELLING MY STORY - I ACTED
      • UNFAILING LOVE, AND WORK
      • HE REACHES OUT FIRST
    • WEEK TEN OUTLINE - "TELLING MY STORY - I CAME TO BELIEVE TO I ACTED" >
      • INHERITANCE FOR SONS
      • DEFENSE MECHANISMS
      • INHERITANCE FOR WHOM?
      • A JOURNEY
  • WEEKS 11 & 12 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK ELEVEN OUTLINE - "RENEWING MY MIND - FAITH, FEELINGS AND FORGIVENESS" >
      • TAKING JESUS AT HIS WORD/JAIRUS
      • TAKING JESUS AT HIS WORD/OFFICIAL
      • I WANT TO WALK!
      • GRACE FOR AN "OUTSIDER?"
    • WEEK TWELVE OUTLINE - "RENEWING MY MIND - FAITH, FEELINGS AND FORGIVENESS" >
      • WANTING TO GET WELL, OR?
      • FORGIVENESS/CHOICE
      • FORGIVE/COMFORT
  • WEEKS 13 & 14 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK THIRTEEN OUTLINE - REWRITE - "I CAME TO BELIEVE ... AND I GAINED" >
      • ZACCHAEUS
      • REWRITE - CRYING OUT - SEEING OUR LOSS CLEARLY
      • MY SERVANT
    • WEEK FOURTEEN OUTLINE - "I CAME TO BELIEVE AND I GAINED" >
      • ARE YOU KNOWN?
      • REWRITE - TELLING MY STORY - I CAME TO BELEIVE
      • MUST AND SHOULD W/ SCRIPTURE
      • REWRITE - WOUNDED HEARTS THINK WOUNDING THOUGHTS
      • A FATHER'S DELIGHT
  • WEEKS 15 & 16 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK FIFTEEN OUTLINE - RE-WRITE! “I GAINED” to “I AM SET FREE TO FEEL” >
      • GARDENING
      • USES OF MEMORY
      • RE-WRITE MY STORY - COMFORT AND HEALING OF MEMORIES
      • NATHANIEL AND A FIG TREE
    • WEEK SIXTEEN OUTLINE - RE-WRITE! "I GAINED" TO i AM SET FREE TO FEEL" >
      • HIS PLANS FOR US
      • RE-WRITE MY STORY - COMFORT AND HEALING OF MEMORIES
      • WHOSE PLANS ARE BETTER?
  • WEEKS 17 & 18 - BRIDGE & OUTLINES
    • WEEK SEVENTEEN OUTLINE - "BOUNCE!" >
      • A CHANGE OF PLANS
      • ENVISIONING FREEDOM
      • REWRITE - DEFENSE MECHANISMS
    • WEEK EIGHTEEN OUTLINE >
      • EXPECTATIONS!
  • INDEX
  • TOOL KIT
    • A, B, C's
    • RELAXED BREATHING
    • GROUNDING STRATEGIES
    • PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION
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  • WONDERFULLY MADE/SCRIPTURE AND SCIENCE
    • "WONDERFULLY MADE" - 1
    • "WONDERFULLY MADE" - 2
    • "WONDERFULLY MADE" - 3
    • "WONDERFULLY MADE" - 4
CREDITS AND SUGGESTED READINGS.....


There are so many people and organizations to thank for producing Comfort.Guide.  Although many "Credits" are already shown on different pages in Comfort.Guide, here are some additional people we wish to thank!   If we have inadvertently omitted you or your organization, and you should be on this list, please write to us at Office@Comfort.Guide and we will add your name immediately!  We want to list everyone who has contributed!


Amen, M.D., Daniel, (2015), "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life".  Revised and Expanded: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems.  Harmony.

Buechner, Fredrick, www.fredrickbuechner.com, published originally in Telling Secrets.

Bolby & Ainsworth, as mentioned in: http://www.simplypsychology.org/attachment.html.


Clark, D. & Clark, J. (2015, September 15).  Releasing the divine healer within: The biology of belief and healing. [Kindle Edition].  Retrieved from www.amazon.com.

Cooke, Graham,  "How To Recognize God's Voice Speaking to You", courtesy YouTube.com

Eagles Wings Counseling Center staff, Sarasota and Venice, FL

Erickson, Rebecca

Foster, Richard J., Prayer - Finding the Heart's True Home", HarperCollins e-books

Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ.  Bantam Books, New York, NY.

Jaffe, E. (2013, February 13). Why love literally hurts. Observer. Retrieved from        http://www.psychologicalscience.org

Leaf, PhD, Caroline, (2009) "Who Switched Off My Brain?  Revised: Controlling Toxic Thoughts and Emotions", Thomas Nelson

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. http://www.ekrfoundation.org/five-stages-of-grief

S. A. McLeod (2013), www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html.

Memory recall retrieval. (n.d.) In human memory: What it is, how it works, and how it can go wrong.  Retrieved from http://www.human-memory.net.

Naylor, Carol, Venice, FL.

http://psychology.tools, "Relaxed Breathing"

Prochaska, J.O. and DiClemente, C.O., "Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice".

Rodgers, Dr. Tom and Dr, Beverly, Soul Healing Love, (2006).  Google Books. 

Rogers, Michelle, Sarasota, FL.

Schiraldi, PhD, , Glenn.  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook.  McGraw Hill.

Sebek, Maureen C., Maureencarrollsebek.blogspot.com

Shapiro, Francine and Forrest, Margot.  "EMDR".  Basic Books, New York, NY

Ten Boom, Corrie, for more information, visit www.tenboom.org, or http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/717888-it-was-at-a-church-service-in-munich-that-i

Upton, Jennifer J., Eagles Wings Counseling Center, Sarasota and Venice, FL

Upton, David,  Eagles Wings Counseling Center, Sarasota and Venice, FL
    
Van Der Kolk, MD, Bessel.  The Body keeps the Score.  Penguin Group (Viking).  New York, NY

Whitefield, MD, Charles.  Healing the Child Within.  Health Communications, Deerfield Beach, FL

Worthington, E.L. (2014, September 1). The new science of forgiveness. Greater Good: The science of a meaningful life.  Retrieved from http://greatergood.berkeley.edu

Young, Sarah, “Jesus Lives: Seeing His Love in your Life”.  Google Books.  (Young, 2009)

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Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
 
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.