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Donna Ferber

Donna Ferber's Manual for Professionals

Book

From Ex-wife to Exceptional Life™:

A Step by Step Guide for Counselors Facilitating Divorce Groups

Donna F. Ferber, LPC, LADC has created a 89 page manual designed for therapists and counselors who want to facilitate a success group for women going through divorce.

The manual is designed to accompany From Ex-Wife to Exceptional Life™: A Woman’s Journey through Divorce.

Drawing on her 20+ yrs of experience running groups for women experiencing divorce, Donna has designed a complete “how to” guide which includes

  • Finding group members
  • Cultivating referral sources
  • Creating a positive environment
  • How to advertise your group
  • Screening for appropriate members
  • Group rules
  • Icebreakers
  • 12 step by step lesson plans to guide the clinician
  • Each page of the manual contains page suggestions from the book to use with each of the lesson plans

A Step By Step Guide for Counselors Facilitating Divorce Groups and From Ex-wife to Exceptional Life: A Woman’s Journey through Divorce can be purchased as a package, one of each, for $45.  plus  $5 shipping.

Or, Six copies of From Ex-Wife to Exceptional Life: A Woman’s Journey through Divorce and o copy of A Step By Step Guide for Counselors Facilitating Divorce Groups can be purchased for $100. plus $7.00 shipping. (Books are regularly $20.00 each. The manual is not sold separately)

If you prefer to order by mail, you must include a check. Credit cards accepted ONLY with on-line orders.

Mail your check to: Purple Lotus Press, LLC, P.O. Box 811, Farmington, CT 06034.

Donna's Seasonal Items

This season, read excerpts from Donna's book:
>Our Wedding Anniversary
>Peripheral Losses
>If You Didn't Have Kids
>Helping is the Sunny Side of Controlling

About Divorce
Divorce is a life-changing event. It can wreak havoc on your life. ... [or] provide the opportunity for change and growth. Read more>>