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Gould says that Life Raft can fulfill needs that even those who are close to the bereaved participants cannot. Roommates, for example, might not know how to handle the situation, she says. "People who are bereaved," Gould says, "find that other people tune out. These people need not to be closed...
There is a distinction between a self-help group like Life Raft and psychotherapy, Reisz explains. "Discussion comes out of what people have been experiencing that week. They come in wanting to talk. Sometimes they simply want to be there...
...Life Raft participants with varied problems have different needs. Reisz, who has been to a few meetings, describes how, when people suffer a death in the family, "they feel that people are avoiding them. It is important to be with other people, but [especially] people who are caring and sensitive...
Bunn says that she can see the beneficial effects of Life Raft on the participants. "Over the past three years I have seen some people get healthy again. They go through these losses and can grow and change." She says she occasionally receives letters from former participants who have "moved...
...grad student says she is not sure how long she will continue to attend the meetings. Next month is the anniversary of her father's death, and she says she will need Life Raft to help her get through that period. "It is a year later. I should be fixed, maybe I won't go as often now, but I know from my own experience that I can't judge that...