"The author draws examples from her experience as a psychotherapist and counsellor to offer the chance to learn about the different ways of grieving. The language is free of jargon and the author tackles this difficult subject with the dignity it deserves." "In addition the auth…
When Maggie's vibrant young husband, father to a five-year-old daughter and an unborn son, dies tragically, Maggie is left widowed and due to give birth three months later to their second child. Then her beloved mother, backbone of the family, dies suddenly. In two short years, …
When Maggie's vibrant young husband, father to a five-year-old daughter and an unborn son, dies tragically, Maggie is left widowed and due to give birth three months later to their second child. Then her beloved mother dies suddenly of aggressive cancer. After a year, she gives …
When Maggie's vibrant young husband, father to a five-year-old daughter and an unborn son, dies tragically, Maggie is left widowed and due to give birth three months later to their second child.
When Maggie's vibrant young husband, father to a five-year-old daughter and an unborn son, dies tragically, Maggie is left widowed and due to give birth three months later to their second child. Then her beloved mother dies suddenly of aggressive cancer. After a year, she gives …
When Maggie's vibrant young husband, father to a five-year-old daughter and an unborn son, dies tragically, Maggie is left widowed and due to give birth three months later to their second child.
Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual, with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is not always the best or only way to help the bereaved, and instead emphasizes normality and social a…
This book explains the stages of grieving and how to cope with loss and death, including where to go for help.
This lovely, spiritual book presents fresh evidence, as Elisabeth Kubler-Ross once said, that Levine's work with the grieving and dying is "magic ... amongst the most skillful and compassionate that I am aware of."
This lovely, spiritual book presents fresh evidence, as Elisabeth Kubler-Ross once said, that Levine's work with the grieving and dying is "magic ... amongst the most skillful and compassionate that I am aware of."
Attig promotes understanding of grieving persons, emphasises respect for their individuality, encourages active coping, and guides those who help bereaved persons. He argues that grieving is not a clinical problem to be solved or managed by others.
Attig promotes understanding of grieving persons, emphasises respect for their individuality, encourages active coping, and guides those who help bereaved persons. He argues that grieving is not a clinical problem to be solved or managed by others.
What do we do when a friend, relative, or loved one dies? If we wish to understand the experience of loss, we must learn details of survivors' stories. In How We Grieve, Thomas Attig tells real-life tales to illustrate the poignant disruption of life and suffering that loss enta…