Facing Disability and Physical Deterioration A Manual by Rick Ritter, MSW This manual offers more than 50 exercises with questions designed to strengthen the ability to effectively process a disability and associated losses. The exercises in Facing Disability and Physical Deterioration were born after ten years of clinical social work experiences with quadriplegic, paraplegic clients, with amputations, cancer, severe burns, AIDS, and neuromuscular disorders, resulting from accidents, injuries , and disease. What is being said about Facing Disability and Physical Impairment "This manual encourages us to focus on issues that are crucial to successfully coping with loss and disability" - Beni R. Jakob, PhD, Israel Foundation Against Arthritis (INBAR) "This manual is a great resource, practical and easy to use, the author shows us his connection with the material in a way that allows us to benefit everyone" - Geneva Reynaga-Abiko, Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist, University of Illinois , Urban Counseling Center-Champaign "Until now I did not know a tool that would help people with disabilities to become more aware and more adapted in their new life, this manual will help them see the strengths and abilities they still have and overcome. the fact of being disabled, by recovering self-acceptance and functional capacity "- Ian Landry, MSW, RSW About the Author Rick Ritter, MSW, disabled veteran and social worker, has worked with more than one hundred clients who suffer from loss of physical capacity and disability. This manual is a debugging of the best questions and exercises to take the client to take control of their life. Rick has participated in international events for disabled athletes, and has contributed an important part of the book Got Parts? An insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Self-Learning Guide on How to Successfully Manage Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder). Rick currently lives in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. New Horizons in Therapy Series Editor: Robert Rich, Ph.D. Find out more about this book at www.physicalloss.com
About the Author
Facing Disability and Physical Deterioration A Manual by Rick Ritter, MSW This manual offers more than 50 exercises with questions designed to strengthen the ability to effectively process a disability and associated losses. The exercises in Facing Disability and Physical Deterioration were born after ten years of clinical social work experiences with quadriplegic, paraplegic clients, with amputations, cancer, severe burns, AIDS, and neuromuscular disorders, resulting from accidents, injuries , and disease. What is being said about Facing Disability and Physical Impairment "This manual encourages us to focus on issues that are crucial to successfully coping with loss and disability" - Beni R. Jakob, PhD, Israel Foundation Against Arthritis (INBAR) "This manual is a great resource, practical and easy to use, the author shows us his connection with the material in a way that allows us to benefit everyone" - Geneva Reynaga-Abiko, Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist, University of Illinois , Urban Counseling Center-Champaign "Until now I did not know a tool that would help people with disabilities to become more aware and more adapted in their new life, this manual will help them see the strengths and abilities they still have and overcome. the fact of being disabled, by recovering self-acceptance and functional capacity "- Ian Landry, MSW, RSW About the Author Rick Ritter, MSW, disabled veteran and social worker, has worked with more than one hundred clients who suffer from loss of physical capacity and disability. This manual is a debugging of the best questions and exercises to take the client to take control of their life. Rick has participated in international events for disabled athletes, and has contributed an important part of the book Got Parts? An insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Self-Learning Guide on How to Successfully Manage Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder). Rick currently lives in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. New Horizons in Therapy Series Editor: Robert Rich, Ph.D. Find out more about this book at www.physicalloss.com