Grieving For Dummies^®

by Greg Harvey (Mind Over Media )

• ISBN13: 9780470190302
• ISBN10: 0470190302
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Coping and recovery strategies for dealing with the loss of a loved one Whether the death of a loved one is sudden or expected, grieving the loss is a difficult yet transformative process. Grieving For Dummies approaches this very important subject with sensitivity, helping readers who are grieving the loss of a loved one as well as those who want to support them in this process. This compassionate guide covers all types of profound losses, including parents, spouses and partners, children, siblings, friends, and pets. It also addresses children's grieving and how the manner of death may cause additional hurdles to grieving the loss. The book is filled with practical suggestions for moving through the phases, stages, and tasks of grieving with an eye towards successfully integrating the loss of a loved one, while at the same time, keeping the love shared alive. Greg Harvey, PhD ( Inverness , CA ) has studied the culture surrounding death and dying for years. He is a member of the American Academy of Bereavement from which he received bereavement facilitator training and the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). He has taken many courses in death and dying as part of his doctorate program, and did his comprehensive exams in death and dying in Western and Eastern cultures and religions. Currently, Greg works as a patient care, vigil, and bereavement volunteer for the second oldest hospice in the United States in and around San Francisco . He is the bestselling author of many previous Dummies books.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Contemplating Grief

Connecting Grieving with Loss

Relating Grief to the Manner of Death

The Loss of Parents

The Loss of Spouses and Partners

The Loss of Siblings

The Loss of Children

Children and Grief

The Loss of Friends

The Loss of Pets

Experiencing Grief

Doing Your Own Grief Crisis Management

Working through the Process of Grief

Troubled Grieving

When Someone You Care About Is Suffering Acute Grief

Healing Grief

Expressing Your Grief

Exploring the Physical Side of Grief

Coping with Holidays and Anniversaries

Appreciating Grief

Exploring Grief in the Spiritual Traditions

Integrating the Loss

Commemorating Those You've Lost

The Part of Tens

Top Ten Clichés about Grieving

Top Ten Ways to Help Someone Who's Grieving

Top Ten or So Online Bereavement Resources

Ten Meditations Related to Grief

Index

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