How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies
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An inspiring guide to help you through the mourning process, including a comprehensive resource listing and a chapter on finding professional help and support groups.
"The most comprehensive, insightful, and helpful volume on loss and survival."--Rabbi Dr. Earl A. Grollman, author of Living When a Loved One Has Died Mourning the death of a loved one is a process all of us will go through at one time or another. But wherever the death is sudden or anticipated, few of us are prepared for it or for the grief it brings. There is no right or wrong way to grieve; each person's response to loss will be different. Now, in this compassionate, comprehensive guide (previously published as Grieving), Therese A. Rando, Ph.D., bereavement specialist and author of Loss and Anticipatory Grief, leads you gently through the painful but necessary process of grieving and helps you find the best way for yourself. Whether the death was sudden or expected, from accident, illness, suicide, homicide, or natural causes, Dr. Rando will help you learn to: - Understand and resolve your grief.
- Talk to children about death.
- Resolve unfinished business.
- Take care of yourself.
- Accept the help and support of others.
- Get through holidays and other difficult times of the year.
- Plan funerals and personal bereavement rituals. There is no way around the pain of loss, but there is a way through it. Dr. Rando offers the solace, comfort, and guidance to help you accept your loss and move into your new life without forgetting your treasured past.
"The most comprehensive, insightful, and helpful volume on loss and survival."--Rabbi Dr. Earl A. Grollman, author of Living When a Loved One Has Died Mourning the death of a loved one is a process all of us will go through at one time or another. But wherever the death is sudden or anticipated, few of us are prepared for it or for the grief it brings. There is no right or wrong way to grieve; each person's response to loss will be different. Now, in this compassionate, comprehensive guide (previously published as Grieving), Therese A. Rando, Ph.D., bereavement specialist and author of Loss and Anticipatory Grief, leads you gently through the painful but necessary process of grieving and helps you find the best way for yourself. Whether the death was sudden or expected, from accident, illness, suicide, homicide, or natural causes, Dr. Rando will help you learn to: - Understand and resolve your grief.
- Talk to children about death.
- Resolve unfinished business.
- Take care of yourself.
- Accept the help and support of others.
- Get through holidays and other difficult times of the year.
- Plan funerals and personal bereavement rituals. There is no way around the pain of loss, but there is a way through it. Dr. Rando offers the solace, comfort, and guidance to help you accept your loss and move into your new life without forgetting your treasured past.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0553352695
ISBN13:9780553352696
Release Date:July 1991
Publisher:Bantam
Length:352 Pages
Weight:0.68 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
This is THE Book on Grief
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Unlike many self-help books, this book is filled with clear, logical and well-organized practical advice. I struggled to understand a range of unexpected emotions when I lost a parent, until I read this book. I was amazed to find that the author anticipated my thoughts, questions and feelings as though she had looked inside my head. It helped to know that many others had the same experience, and the author obviously had successfully guided her patients through the process. As a lawyer, being able turn emotional feelings into logical thoughts that could be analyzed and understood brought immediate relief. The author knows her material and her advice works. Moreover, I was impressed that the book is not a "feel good" work filled with emotional stories. Every page is concise practical advice and well written. This book should be required reading for everyone who works with the grieving. The book would also make a good gift for a friend who is grieving.
The Best Book about Dealing with Grief
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Following the death of my wife, this book was sent to me by her best friend. It was by far the best book on dealing with grief that I read. I have since sent it to several others (including my mother-in-law and mother) who have also found some comfort in knowing that the intense and (fortunately) unfamiliar feelings associated with grief are actually normal. This would be the first resource that I would recommend to anyone dealing with the death of a loved one.
A true and comforting resource for the bereaved.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I lost my first husband 5 years ago. He was 48, I was 42.He was chronically ill with complications from diabetes. After his death, I searched the bookstores for the books that would help me get through the grieving process. I was lucky to have chosen this book. It beacme my resource. It qualified the feelings I was feeling, the thoughts, the sadness...etc.....I remember having some sort of a feeling and going to the "book", there it was, an answer a qualification.. I bless Dr. Rando... I now give this book to the bereaved instead of flowers or mass cards.I add a personal note in the book. I can not tell you how many people have learned from the book. They all feel the same way as I do. It is written with heart and soul and truly touches the bereaved. We must go on.. Just as an aside I am re-married to a wonderful man. I have been blessed twice..I credit "How to Go On LIving" with helping me turn my life around, deal with what I needed to deal with.Most of all I had to go on and learn that death is a part of life and that we all must grieve in our own way. Thank You Therese.. how I wish I could meet you....I'll be in Rhode Island in July! How about lunch??
Let's be fair
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I just read the other review & find it terribly unfair. I was given a copy of this book after the death of my son and found it very helpful. All topics concerning grief were dealt with matter of factly. As to cultural relevance, we write about what we know. I don't think Dr. Rando is saying this is the way you have to do anything. Like many things, you take what speaks to you and what you can use. It is well organized and the secions are brief. Many times you are incapable of reading long passages after dealing with a loss. It gets right to the heart of the matter. Great book.
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