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| Aftershock: Help, Hope and Healing in the Wake of Suicide |
| by Arrington Cox |
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Every seventeen minutes, someone, somewhere, chooses death by self-murder. In the wake of this horrific decision, other people are left to cope with the ripples caused. This book will provide knowledge and resources for those left in the wake of suicide. Aftershock is a recovery book that
will provide encouragement and support for survivors. Examining the complex
emotions involved in grieving a suicide death, readers will come to realize they
are not alone in their grief and will not be alone in their healing. |
| Companion Through the Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief |
| by Stephanie Ericsson |
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Abandonment: The sudden state I am forced into. I no longer belong to you. I no longer belong to anyone. Rage: The state I use to survive seemingly moments of intolerable pain. Humor: The backside of agony. Pity: The look on people's faces when they haven't a clue what to say to me. Transition: The moments, strung out over months, when I know I am no longer the woman I was, but not quite the woman I am becoming. The result is compelling, intimate,
and heartbreakingly truthful -- a book that promises to be enormously
sought-after support and touchstone for all those making their own journey
through grief. |
| Don't Take My Grief Away From Me |
| by Doug Manning |
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Nobody addresses the needs of a grieving person like Doug Manning. His warm conversational style takes the reader through all the emotions and experiences that accompany the death of a loved one. The first section of the book deals with those first few days after a death and all the plans and decisions that need to be made. The second section picks up the grief journey and provides guidance, assurances and hopes for healing. Doug Manning has been writing and speaking in the areas of grief and elder care for the past 20 years. His best selling titles; Don't Take My Grief Away From Me and When Love Gets Tough have sold over a million copies since published. A former minister, Manning now travels the country as a most sought after seminar speaker. His company, In-Sight Books, Inc. has published over 40 books, audios, and videos in these special topic areas. Doug writes like a long-time friend who is sitting in the room with you sharing your experiences and your hurt. |
| Finding Your Way After Your Parent Dies |
| by Richard B. Gilbert |
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The experience of losing a parent is almost
universal. Yet, many who feel this loss for the
first time are surprised at how painful it can be.
Even those well into adulthood are often shocked by
the loneliness that the death of a parent can bring. Rev. Richard Gilbert has created a compassionate guide for those experiencing this loss. From the disorientation that can come immediately after death to relating to the surviving parent and healing old emotional wounds, the topics dealt with here will be of tremendous help to many. Each chapter ends with a closing thought and an inspirational saying or prayer. |
| Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies |
| by Marta Felber |
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If you have suffered the death of your spouse, you have experienced one of the most painful and disorienting experiences life can offer. In the days immediately following the loss, you may need everything from advice on finances to a home-cooked meal. But there is nothing you need more than the warm, reassuring voice of one who has traveled this path before. . .and survived. In Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies, Marta Felber offers just such a voice-caring, hopeful, always pointing ahead to a tomorrow that will be a little easier than today. Having experienced her own spouse's death, Felber is never glib or simplistic. She knows the grief her readers are feeling and she encourages them to give it full expression. At the same time, she offers sound, practical suggestions on how to navigate difficult days. Sleepless nights, sudden responsibilities, spiritual questions: this book shies away from none of the difficult issues of bereavement. Felber gently urges her readers toward careful, honest examination of the issues they face. Written in short, easy-to-read chapters, Finding Your Way After Your Spouse Dies is the perfect companion for one who is struggling to pick up the pieces and go on. |
| Grief Expressed When a Mate Dies |
| by Marta Felber |
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From Mature Living/March 1999, Palm Springs, CA Marta Felber has succeeded in wiritng a straightforward survival guide for anyone who has lost a spouse. Felber describes proactive steps for individuals to take to work through their grief. Felber drew from her counseling background for self-healing after the death of her husband, and is all too familiar with the feelings that can linger during this time. As Ann M. Mitchell, Ph.D. writes; "One feels her struggles and her strength as she works through her grief and reaches a place of renewed self-identity and wholeness." While the book provides encouragement and compassion, the reader plays an important role in working through their own issues. Each chapter focuses on the most difficult issues surrounding the loss of a spouse; from sex to friends to memorials, and a space is provided in the book for the reader to jot down personal experiences. In this way, feelings are channeled into a positive and cathartic direction. While books on similar topics often emphasize a reactive mindset, Felber strongly believes in taking positive, specific steps to dealing with loss. The book is empowering and optimistic, from somebody who knows what she is writing about. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
| Grieving A Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers and Hope |
| by Albert Y. Hsu |
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From Publishers Weekly This guide for suicide survivors family and friends of people who took their own lives maintains InterVarsity Press's tradition of cerebral evangelicalism: it is biblical, well reasoned, clearly presented and thoroughly researched. Such a head-over-heart presentation is not surprising, since the author is an IVP editor. An unexpected bonus is the personal thread Hsu weaves through each chapter, the story of his own deep grief at his father's sudden suicide four years ago. In the book's first section, Hsu explores the emotions of grief from sudden shock to eventual remembrance. Though his map of grieving differs from the familiar one proposed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Hsu never minimizes grief's importance. "Only when we actively mourn will we be able to receive the comfort that God and others offer," he writes. Nevertheless, "those without [Christian] hope grieve in one way; those with hope grieve in another." The Christian way of grieving is Hsu's focus in the latter half of the book, where he surveys Scripture to deal with questions such as whether people who die by suicide can go to heaven, where God is when tragedy strikes and what can be learned from suicide. With its careful biblical exposition presented in a friendly homiletic style, Hsu's how-to-think-about-suicide book will have value for evangelical pastors and counselors as much as perhaps even more than for the bereaved themselves. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. |
| Grief Steps Companion Workbook and Journal |
| by Brook Noel |
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| Healing the Adult Child's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Parent Dies |
| by Alan D. Wolfelt |
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Offering heartfelt and simple advice, this book provides realistic suggestions and relief for an adult child whose parent has died. Practical advice is presented in a one-topic-per-page format that does not overwhelm with psychological language, but provides small, immediate ways to understand and reconcile grief. Some of the action-oriented tips include writing down memories, completing a task or goal left unfinished by your deceased parent, or honoring the parent's birthday. In addition the common challenges that face grieving adult children, such as helping the surviving parent, resolving sibling conflicts, and legal and financial issues, are addressed clearly and concisely. Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition, a faculty member at the University of Colorado Medical School, and the author of Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal, Journey Through Grief: Reflections on Healing, and the Healing a Grieving Heart series. He is best known for his method of "companioning" versus treating the bereaved. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. |
| Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas |
| by Alan D. Wolfelt |
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Knowing what to do with your grief and how to
mourn doesn’t always come naturally. This book
offers 100 practical ideas to help you practice
self-compassion. Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition, a faculty member at the University of Colorado Medical School, and the author of Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal, Journey Through Grief: Reflections on Healing, and the Healing a Grieving Heart series. He is best known for his method of "companioning" versus treating the bereaved. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. |
| Healing Your Holiday Grief: 100 Practical Ideas |
| by Alan D. Wolfelt |
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With compassionate insight, this handbook helps those in mourning through what can be the hardest time of year—the holiday season. Mourners will better understand their complex emotions after reading about such topics as honoring thoughts and feelings, creating new traditions, finding ways to de-stress, and incorporating healing rituals into the holiday season. This book's practical wisdom also covers issues such as decision-making during the holidays and coping with the blending of mourning and celebration. All of the answers and advice in this guide are provided in the popular 100 ideas format that features one idea per page, allowing readers to fully absorb each suggestion.
Alan D.
Wolfelt, PhD, is the director of the Center for
Loss and Life Transition. He writes the
"Children and Grief" column for Bereavement
Magazine and has appeared on Larry King Live,
The Oprah Winfrey Show, and The Today Show. He
is the author of Healing a Teen's Grieving
Heart, Healing Your Grieving Heart, and
Understanding Your Grief. He lives in Fort
Collins, Colorado.
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| Healing Your Traumatized Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Someone You Love Dies a Sudden, Violent Death |
| by Alan D. Wolfelt |
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Dealing with grief in a practical manner, this guide offers compassionate tips for those affected by a traumatic death. Included are topics such as coping with family stress, expressing feelings of hurt and anger, dealing with hurtful comments, and exploring feelings of guilt. Each of the 100 suggestions is aimed at reducing the confusion, anxiety, and huge personal void in order to help survivors begin their lives again. Some of the tips include understanding the special characteristics of trauma grief, planting a tree in memory of the person who died, and making connections with others affected by a similar death. Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition, a faculty member at the University of Colorado Medical School, and the author of Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal, Journey Through Grief: Reflections on Healing, and the Healing a Grieving Heart series. He is best known for his method of "companioning" versus treating the bereaved. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. |
| How Can I Help?: How to Support Someone Who is Grieving |
| by June Cerza Kolf |
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How do you help someone who is grieving?When do you call? How can you help with practical matters? What kind of emotions can you expect to encounter? Here's a helping hand with these difficult issues. Listen to real-life stories that are easy to relate to, and benefit from concrete ideas to help others in each stage of grief. You just found out . . . Responding to the news—what to say and do, and what not to One week after . . . Listening and offering unconditional support First six months . . . Helping with practical matters—belongings, finances, change in residence One-year anniversary . . . Remembering their loved one Being a support for someone who is grieving can be draining. June also helps you to remember to take care of yourself so you can keep on giving. How Can I Help? takes the mystery out of grief.
Gain strength and knowledge from June's expert
advice, and benefit from her hard-earned experience.
You are needed—you can help. |
| I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye Workbook: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One |
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by Brook Noel and Pamela Blair |
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A workbook of healing and hope based on the bestselling book I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: surviving, coping and healing after the sudden death of a loved one, this workbook offers step-by-step support and encouragement through the grief journey. Now there is a hand to hold: Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of a close family member. The list of high visibility disasters, human suffering and sudden loss in long and will continue to grow. From TWA Flight 800 to Egypt Air 990, from Oklahoma City to Columbine, daily we face incomprehensible loss. Outside the publicized tragedies there are many families and individuals that are suffering behind closed doors in our neighborhoods, in our own homes, in hospital waiting rooms. Now for those who face the challenges of sudden death, there is a hand to hold written by two women who have experience sidden loss. In a book that will touch, comfort, uplift and console, authors Brook Nowl and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. explore sudden death and its role in the cycle of life. Tapping the personal histories of both authors and numerous interviews, I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye shows grieving readers how to endure, survive and grow from the pain and turmoil surrounding human loss. For survivors this valuable book provides a rock-steady anchor from which to weather the storm of pain and begin to rebuild their lives. |
| I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal |
| by Linda Feinberg |
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I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can sensitively guides young widows and widowers through the normal grieving process while highlighting the special circumstances of facing an untimely death. Hundreds of young widows and widowers, with whom the author has worked with for more than a decade as a counselor, share their thoughts and dilemmas about the situations that arise as a result of losing a loved one, among them what to tell young children experiencing a parent's death, returning to work, and dealing with in-laws and other relatives.
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| I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One |
| by Brook Noel and Pamela Blair |
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George C. Kandle, Pastoral Psychologist "This book, by women who have done their homework on grief, offers a companion for others still recuperating. Further, it introduces us to so many others, both famous and ordinary, who can hold a hand and comfort a soul through grief's wilderness. Outstanding reference of where to seek other help." . Bradley Evans, MD,Cardiologist, Providence, Portland "A well written book about a very difficult subject. This book will be extremely useful for those going through these difficult times." |
| Lament for a Son |
| by Nicholas Wolterstorff |
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Wolterstorff,
a well-known Christian philosopher, lost his
25-year-old son to a mountain climbing accident. His
reflections in the wake of that tragedy are at times
deeply personal, but always he expresses a prayerful
anguish with which most bereaved parents will
identify. Above all he refuses to turn from the
"demonic awfulness" of death and, as he moves
faithfully through grief, discovers new meaning in
the Beatitudes, together with a new understanding of
a suffering God. Spiritually enriching and
theologically substantive. |
| Living in the Shadow of the Ghosts of Your Grief |
| by Alan D. Wolfelt |
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Explaining how multitudes of North Americans are carrying the pain of all types of loss—not just the deaths of loved ones but also the loss of a spouse through divorce, children who leave home, and the decline of health as they age or get sick—this balanced resource empowers mourners and grief counselors to turn grief into an experience to be learned from. Defining the varieties of heartache and its consequences, this effective guide explores how to inventory, understand, embrace, and reconcile one's accumulated sorrow through a five-phase "catch-up" mourning process. Readers will learn to use a spiritual and holistic approach to examine and integrate the ignored loss from their pasts, so that they can go on to live fuller, more balanced lives.
Alan D. Wolfelt serves as the
director of the Center for Loss and Life
Transition and has appeared on The Oprah
Winfrey Show, Larry King Live,
and Today. He is a regular
contributor to Living with Loss
magazine and the author of Healing Your
Grieving Heart, Healing a Teen's
Grieving Heart, and Understanding
Your Grief. He lives in Fort Collins,
Colorado.
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| Living When A Loved One Has Died |
| by Earl A. Grollman |
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When someone you love dies, Earl Grollman writes, "there is no way to predict how you will feel. The reactions of grief are not like recipes, with given ingredients, and certain results. . . . Grief is universal. At the same time it is extremely personal. Heal in your own way." If someone you know is grieving, Living When a Loved One Has Died can help. Earl Grollman explains what emotions to expect when mourning, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to work through feelings of loss. Suitable for pocket or bedside, this gentle book guides the lonely and suffering as they move through the many facets of grief, begin to heal, and slowly build new lives. "If you're far away when someone you care about is in mourning, send this book--it's the next best thing to being there. And if you doubt whether your being there will do any good, read this book, and you will learn how to become the wise, reassuring, and understanding person a good friend is when a loved one has died." —Minneapolis Star Rabbi Earl A. Grollman is an internationally recognized bereavement counselor who has been named Hero of the Heartland and given the Distinguished Human Service Award from Yeshiva University, among countless other awards. He is author of the best-selling Living When a Loved One Has Died (Beacon / 2719-7 / $10.00 pb), among many other books, and articles about him and his work have appeared in USA Today, Harper's, Reader's Digest, Ann Landers, People, and in virtually every major American daily. He lives in Belmont, Massachusetts. |
| by Brook Noel and Pamela Blair |
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A caring and compassionate guide through the first year of grief. We can never truly be prepared for the death of a loved one. In the wake of grief, we face a whirlwind of emotions, pain and physical symptoms. Best-selling grief authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. share the wisdom they have gleaned from their own experience and from working with hundreds of people who have survived such a loss. In this caring and compassionate guide, the authors walk you through the complicated emotions of griefs first year and offer a hand to hold in your time of need. Let this book be your anchor as you embark on your own pathway through grief. |
| Living With Loss, Healing With Hope |
| by Earl A. Grollman |
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Earl Grollman's Living When a Loved One Has Died has brought comfort to more than 250,000 readers. In Living with Loss, Healing with Hope, Grollman speaks directly to mourners of the Jewish faith. By weaving quotations from Jewish writers and philosophers into his comforting and expert prose, Grollman guides readers through the journey of mourning, healing, and hope. A colleague of Grollman's once told him, "Earl, I am not a member of your faith, but if I wanted the soundest emotional and spiritual approach to death, I would be a Jew." Occasionally quoting from sacred texts as well as Jewish writers and philosophers, Living with Loss, Healing with Hope illuminates Judaism's powerful recognition of the trauma of grief and of the mourner's responsibility eventually to return to the rhythm of life. In a brief final section, the author guides readers through Jewish funeral observances, Shiva, and beyond, and reminds all that these symbolic customs are "about change-remembrance, letting go, and moving on." Rabbi Earl A. Grollman is an internationally recognized bereavement counselor who has been named Hero of the Heartland and given the Distinguished Human Service Award from Yeshiva University, among countless other awards. He is author of the best-selling Living When a Loved One Has Died (Beacon / 2719-7 / $10.00 pb), among many other books, and articles about him and his work have appeared in USA Today, Harper's, Reader's Digest, Ann Landers, People, and in virtually every major American daily. He lives in Belmont, Massachusetts. |
| Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide |
| by Earl A. Grollman |
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A welcome guide for young people who are trying to
come to terms with a friend's suicide. Setting
straight the myths about suicide and addressing the
feelings of shock, grief, anger, and guilt, the
authors offer practical, empathetic advice. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
| Loss and Found: How We Survived the Loss of a Young Spouse |
| by Gary Young |
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Loss and Found is the heart-wrenching story of two people who had children and families but lost their spouse. Each tells the story of their early life, marriage, family, and the story of discovering the illness and working through that, eventually losing the battle. They detail their struggles with the children, finances, friends, feelings of loss, and the other emotional roller coaster feelings. They tell their experiences with young widowhood and their introduction back into dating. This is Gary and Kathy survived the loss of their spouses at a young age and eventually found each other. Told from both the male and female perspectives and full of insight, it is sure to be helpful to anyone experiencing loss and looking for hope. Of particular value are the items in Appendix A. It includes the changes and fears that a young widow/widower faces and the thoughts/problems that they have to deal with. It provides a great point of reference for those who would like to help someone experiencing the situation. A highly recommended read for anyone experiencing such a loss, who knows someone going through it, or who might be in a position to counsel someone with such a loss. There is very little literature available specifically for young widows/widowers and this is among the best. --Harold McFarland-Reader s Preference, Amazon Top 50 |
| Loving Still, Loving Always |
| by Nita Aasen |
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This collection of essays illuminates the heart and soul of a mother living with loss after the simultaneous deaths of her two young adult sons, Erik and David, in a car accident on Thanksgiving Day, 1994. In order to make sense of her reality, she writes to confront her grief head-on, to question societal expectations surrounding loss by death, and to explore what would bring comfort and meaning into her radically changed life. By giving voice to the grief experience, she also encourages others to give the bereaved permission to mourn. As a nurse, Nita Aasen has worked in hospitals in both rural and urban settings as a nursing instructor, and for the last seventeen years in public health. Working in the obstetrical unit, medical surgical areas, and the emergency room brought a myriad of contacts with those confronting death and dying, loss and grief. As a nursing instructor at a small private liberal arts college, she brought these educational and clinical experiences to the classroom. Years later, when her two young adult sons, Erik and David, were killed in a freak car accident, she learned how little she truly knew about grief. |
| Please Hear of My Lost Love |
| by Doug Manning |
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This book speaks to any family who will not be
viewing a body because of tragic circumstances or
personal choice. Doug provides guidance and comfort
to families who are not in the position to view
their loved one; outlining some of issues that they
may face on their grief journey. This book is perfect for funeral directors, military chaplains, airline family support groups, chaplains, police support teams or emergency disaster teams. This booklet was orignially written for the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Through generous donations of several companies and individuals, over 15,000 copies were donated to New York City and Washington DC. |
| Seven Choices: Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World |
| by Elizabeth Harper Neeld |
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Referring in
her title to phases of the grieving process and
their eventual resolution, the author (a writer and
former professor of English) movingly recounts her
own widowhood--a halting progress toward
understanding recurrent grief and an attainment of a
hard-won creative outcome. She offers a
well-organized and detailed review of research on
grief, with 60 vignettes by others who have lost
loved ones through death or divorce. It will be of
interest to a broad audience, including families and
loved ones experiencing problems consoling or
advising the bereaved. This well-written work
provides accurate and ample information to help us
find pattern and significance in the healing
process. |
| Share My Lonesome Valley |
| by Doug Manning |
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ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS, cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's disease. . .the list of terminal or debilitating illnesses goes on. The one thing that all of these diseases have in common is that almost every patient has a person who is acting as a primary caregiver. Long-term care means the caregiver is busy, overwhelmed and tired with very little opportunity to realize or reconcile the gradual losses that take place. This takes a toll on the caregiver, the family and the patient. Doug outlines the dangers and issues and gently provides opportunities for the caregiver to deal with the "quiet sorrows" that make this type of caregiving a difficult task. Doug Manning has been writing and speaking in the areas of grief and elder care for the past 20 years. His best selling titles "Don't Take My Grief Away From Me" and "When Love Gets Tough" have sold over a million copies since published. A former minister, Manning now travels the country as a most sought after seminar speaker. His company, In-Sight Books has published over 40 books, audios, and videos in these special topic areas. Doug writes like a long-time friend who is sitting in the room with you sharing your experiences and your hurt. |
| Suicide of a Child |
| by Adina Wrobleski |
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For parents whose
child has completed suicide. Goes into detail about victimization, social
stigma, guilt, anger, history and recovery. "The main thing for you to remember
is: You are not to blame for the death of your child. The decision for death has
to belong to your child, not you."
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Surviving Holidays, Birthdays and Anniversaries (Grief Steps Guide) |
| by Brook Noel |
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| The Empty Chair: Handling Grief of the Holidays and Special Occasions |
| by Susan J. Zonnebelt-Smeenge |
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Losing a loved one whether a spouse, parent, child, sibling, or friend leaves people feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. Holidays and other special occasions seem to intensify the pain. Whether the occasion is Christmas or Easter, a birthday or anniversary, these celebrations force the bereaved to again face the reality of a loved one's absence. Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge and Robert C. De Vries know firsthand the sorrow of bereavement: Both lost a spouse. Yet as they faced their pain and gleaned insights from their professions Susan is a psychologist, Robert, a minister they found renewed richness on special days that once brought heartache. In The Empty Chair, the authors share a comforting blend of emotional support, spiritual guidance, and personal experience to help readers honor their loved one on important days. Those who support the bereaved mental-health professionals, pastors, funeral home staff, and others will also appreciate this book for its reflective yet practical approach. Like a firestorm blazing through a forest, the grief of losing a loved one seems to leave nothing but ashes in its path. The hope and meaning in life appear to vanish. And at no time is that pain more acute than on holidays and other special occasions. Yet even after a forest fire, eventually there is new growth. Out of the devastation of grief you can begin again. In The Empty Chair, the authors, who have each experienced the death of a spouse, share both pastoral and mental health insights on how you can handle significant days. Offering a comforting blend of emotional support, spiritual guidance, and personal experience, this book is a reflective yet practical approach to finding peace and joy on your journey through grief. Susan J. Zonnebelt-Smeenge (R.N., Ed.D.) is a clinical psychologist at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services. Robert C. DeVries (D.Min, Ph.D.) is professor of church education at Calvin Theological Seminary and an ordained minister. They live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| The Mourning Handbook |
| by Helen Fitzgerald |
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Earl A. Grollman author of Living When a Loved
One Has Died recommends The Mourning
Handbook to any reader in search of a path out
of the wilderness of despair. It is a compass,
pointing the way to recovery. |
| Thoughts for the Lonely Nights |
| by Doug Manning |
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For a person in grief, the night rarely brings rest and relief. Often that is when all the questions, hurts and tears find a way to come out. Doug brings his best discussions about loss to this book and then provides blank pages following each chapter for the reader to respond, reflect and journal. In a unique twist to the journaling concept, also included is a CD with Doug reading portions of the book along with soothing, contemplative music for those times when it is too difficult even to read and when sleep won't come. This is a wonderful answer for those in the throes of grief recovery. Doug Manning has been writing and speaking in the areas of grief and elder care for the past 20 years. His best selling titles "Don't Take My Grief Away From Me" and "When Love Gets Tough" have sold over a million copies since published. A former minister, Manning now travels the country as a most sought after seminar speaker. His company, In-Sight Books has published over 40 books, audios, and videos in these special topic areas. Doug writes like a long-time friend who is sitting in the room with you sharing your experiences and your hurt |
| Thoughts for the Grieving Christian |
| by Doug Manning |
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For a person in grief, the night rarely brings rest and relief. Often that is when all the questions, hurts and tears find a way to come out. Doug calls that being lonely to the bone. In this beautiful book, Doug brings his best discussions about loss and the grief journey and how to find help and comfort along to way. He calls this book a conversation about grief. Blank pages follow each chapter for writing. Wonderful for the person who may be sitting up late nights searching for answers. Doug's career has included minister, counselor, business executive, author and publisher. After thirty years in the ministry, Doug began a new career and now devotes his time to writing, counseling and leading seminars in the areas of grief and elder care. His publishing company, In-Sight Books, Inc. specializes in books and dvd's specifically designed to help people face some of the toughest challenges of life. |
| Thoughts for the Holidays: Finding Permission to Grieve |
| by Doug Manning |
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The holidays are difficult for anyone on the grief
journey. The candles
are lit, the houses are
decorated and the grieving person struggles to find
any joy in the celebrations. Doug gives the reader permission to find their own special way to cope, to remember and to survive the hurdles that the holiday season can present. Buy it for yourself, for a friend or family member or purchase in quantity to give at this year's memorial service. |
| Understanding Grief |
| by Edgar N. Jackson |
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From a starting point of defining grief, Dr. Jackson thoroughly explores the dynamics of grief; the role of guilt; the function of a religious philosophy in handling the grief experience; the value of religious symbols and rites in exteriorizing grief feelings; and normal and pathological reactions. The author then turns to the role of the pastor as counselor. With discussion, interpretation, and skillful use of case material-studies taken directly from the parish ministry-Dr. Jackson shows how the grief-stricken may be restored to useful living and responsive communication with others-sustained by a faith in the goodness of God. In this integrated study the psychological, theological, and philosophical dimensions of bereavement find clear expression. Readers will find a perceptive history of man's reaction to death-a lucid explanation of the dynamics of grief-and practical methods of counseling which can restore the grief-stricken to a useful life. |
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When Grief Comes: Finding Strength for Today and Hope for Tomorrow |
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by Kirk H. Neely |
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| When Will I Stop Hurting? |
| by June Cerza Kolf |
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"When my father passed away, a friend gave me When Will I Stop Hurting? It was such a help to me, that whenever I know someone who loses a loved one, I send them this book to read." Since its 1987 release, When Will I Stop Hurting? has received praise like this from readers grateful for June Cerza Kolf's understanding and beneficial guidance. With almost 70,000 copies in print, this small but powerful book has been a boon to many wounded souls. Readers have found in Kolf a gentle guide to lead them through the stages of grief and eventually the healing process. This new edition of her book is revised and updated and includes a study guide ideal for bereavement groups. You've lost someone you loved, and now the pain seems unendurable. June Cerza Kolf understands. She, too, has suffered the wound of grief, and as a veteran of hospice work, has counseled many mourning people. In this gentle, empathic book, Kolf leads you through the stages of grief, helping you understand what to expect as time goes on and making you mindful of potential pitfalls such as feeling anger or guilt, dealing with holidays, and experiencing physical distress. No matter what the loss has been, it takes time and heart-wrenching work for the wound to heal. Kolf takes you by the hand and helps you do this painful--yet vital--work. She offers practical and therapeutic ways of dealing with depression and easing pain and gives creative ideas for expressing your love and remembrance. The grief exercises provided in this book are an outlet for working through your pain on your own or in a small-group setting. Most of all, as When Will I Stop Hurting? guides you through the rough terrain of grieving, it will also point you to God, the one true source of healing. |
| Widow to Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life |
| by Genevieve Davis Ginsburg |
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In this
remarkably useful guide, widow, author, and therapist Genevieve Davis Ginsburg
offers fellow widows-as well as their family and friends-sage advice for coping
with the loss of a husband. From learning to travel and eat alone to creating
new routines to surviving the holidays and anniversaries that reopen emotional
wounds, Widow to Widow walks readers through the challenges of widowhood
and encourages them on their path to building a new life. The late Genevieve Davis Ginsburg, M.S., founded Widowed to Widowed Services, a support group in Tucson, Arizona. She received the Jefferson Award and the Arizona Governor's Award for her social service. |
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