"A comforting, yet practical manual on grieving that combines the empathy of real-life storytelling with the candid advice of a renowned bereavement counselor.
The Healing Power of Grief is Gloria Linterman's exploration of the first two years following the death of her precious husband Rick, Her real-life stories of mourning and healing offer up a book full of empathy, compassion, and community for any reader who might be going through a similar journey.
It also features psychotherapist and bereavement counselor Dr. Marilyn Stolzman's ""five stage"" sequence for healing- Shock Denial Anger Depression Adjustment
Included within the book is a 100+ page workbook, The Power of Thought, which guides readers through the time sequences of grief and healing. In The Healing Power of Grief ,Gloria's honest story combines with Dr. Stolzman's practical vision to help readers find their way from loss and make life more bearable at last."
By:
Gloria Lintermans,
Marilyn Stolzman,
Ph.D.
Imprint: Champion Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 62mm
Weight: 515g
ISBN: 9781932783483
ISBN 10: 1932783482
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 01 March 2006
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Mourners' Bill of Rights Grieving is 1. The five time sequences of grief 2. Time sequences of healing grief The first four months: Shock -Common questions -Beginning to mourn -Living through the pain -Day-by-day grieving -Sainthood -Humor -Healing from within -Beginning to find answers -Moving toward healing -Understanding shock -Helpful do's and don'ts for the bereaved -Helpful do's and don'ts for friends and family of the bereaved 3. Time sequences of healing grief Months five through eight: Denial -Bereavement support group -Honor yourself -Yesterday, today and tomorrow -Common questions -Feeling out of control -Group support -Anxiety -Reframing -Firsts -Dating -Control -Forgiveness -Creating a will-balanced life -The future -Staying in the now -Denial -Helpful do's and don'ts for the bereaved -Helpful do's and don'ts for friends and family of the bereaved 4. Time sequences of healing grief Months nine through twelve: Anger -Common questions -Living with yourself -Anxieties -Hope -Dating -The world in between -Freedom to be you -Inner trust -Anger-directed outward and inward -Anger directed outward -Anger directed inward -Helpful do's and don'ts for the bereaved -Helpful do's and don'ts for friends and family of the bereaved 5. Time sequences of healing grief Months thirteen through seventeen: Depression -Common questions -Shifting emotions -Ongoing guilt -Depression -Helpful do's and don'ts for the bereaved -Helpful do's and don'ts for friends and family of the bereaved 6. Time sequences of healing grief Months eighteen through twenty-four: Integration, adjustment, transition -Common questions -New romance -Old friends lost -Lingering feelings -Leaving your bereavement support group -Integration, adjustment and transitions -Helpful do's and don'ts for the bereaved -Helpful do's and don'ts for friends and family of the bereaved -Moving beyond Healing through creating balance by Jo Christner, Psy.D. 7. Morning non-traditional relationships -Clark & Robert -Helpful do's and don'ts for the bereaved -Helpful do's and don'ts for friends and family of the bereaved -Resources 8. Pennies from Heaven 9. A time for grief: Religious rituals and comfort 10. Organizations and support groups 11. Funeral resources 12. Additional resources The Healing Power of Thought workbook Introduction Time sequence one Time sequence two Time sequence three Time sequence four Time sequence five Bibliography Appendix A: The H.O.P.E. Foundation Appendix B: Life does go on About the authors
Authors Gloria Lintermans and Marilyn Stolzman, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. have come together once again to create this book after earning their bereavement accreditations and re-loving experience worlds apart-Dr. Stolzman by way of her professional training and work as a professional counselor specializing in bereavement and the Director of H.O.P.E. Unit Foundation for Bereavement, Loss and Transition, a non-profit organization sponsoring unique bereavement support groups for hundreds of people in Southern Calfiornia, and Lintermans, who has mourned, healed and recovered after the death of her husband. Together they explore and reveal the intricacies to create new, loving relationships following the loss of a spouse. Lintermans is a former syndicated newspaper columnist, currently a freelance writer and author. She has also hosted her own cable television show and radio program. She is the author of The Newly Divorced Book of Protocol (Barricade Books, New York, 1995) and Retro Chic (Really Great Books, Los Angeles, 2002).
