Grief Psychology

New Techniques of Grief Therapy: Bereavement and Beyond expands on the mission of the previous two Techniques books, featuring innovative approaches to address the needs of those whose lives have been shadowed by loss—whether through bereavement, serious illness, the rupture of a relationship, or other complex or intangible losses, such as of an identity-defining career.

Healing from grief doesn’t mean letting go of the love you carry—it means learning how to move forward with it. If you’re overwhelmed, unsure whether you’re grieving “the right way,” or wondering why everything still feels so heavy, this gentle guide offers comfort, clarity, and compassion. Whether your loss is recent or years old, and whether a funeral was held or not, you don’t have to navigate grief alone. Often misunderstood, grief unfolds at its own pace and asks to be met with patience, honesty, and grace.

Coping with loss is difficult, but that doesn’t mean you have to suffer alone. Based on the proven-effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) treatment, Moving Through Grief provides simple and effective techniques to help you get unstuck and start living a rich and fulfilling life again, loss and all. ACT is all about embracing what hurts and committing to actions that will improve and enrich your life.

Following deaths, divorces, or the confusion of major relocation, many adults tell their children “don’t feel bad”. In fact, say the authors of the highly praised The Grief Recovery Handbook, feeling bad or sad is precisely the appropriate emotion attached to sad events. Encouraging a child to bypass grief without completion can cause unseen long-term damage.

Die erfahrene Psychotherapeutin Verena Kast legt mit diesem Klassiker ein tiefgründiges Werk über die Trauer vor. Obwohl jeder Verlust einzigartig ist, zeigt sie anhand von "roten Fäden" auf, wie wir den Trauerprozess verstehen und bewältigen können. Kast wendet sich hier auch schwierigen Gefühlen wie Wut zu und bietet mit zahlreichen Beispielen Halt und Mut, sich der Trauer zu stellen.

Grief is universal—but it’s also deeply misunderstood. Too often, those who are grieving are left feeling isolated, hurt by clichés, or silenced by the discomfort of others. This book gives voice to those living with loss and reveals what they truly want family, friends, and caregivers to understand. With honesty and compassion, this medical doctor offers a road map for anyone who longs to be more present, supportive, and helpful—but doesn’t know what to say or do.

Le 21 février 1976, à Saint‑Gérard‑des‑Laurentides, une mère met fin à ses jours, laissant derrière elle trois enfants. Jacinthe n’a que cinq ans. Dès le lendemain, c’est l’omerta: interdiction de nommer la disparue, d’en pleurer l’absence. Le père s’éclipse des semaines et revient avec sa maîtresse; pour la fillette, commencent l’alcoolisme, la violence et les abus. Des décennies plus tard, à l’aube de la cinquantaine, Jacinthe vacille. Pour ne pas sombrer, elle entame une démarche thérapeutique exigeante et cherche à percer le mystère entourant le décès maternel.

Whatever loss you have experienced, this book can help you to make sense of it; guiding you through those difficult and overwhelming emotions, explaining how these fit into the universal psychological process of grieving—and showing you a path to creating a more content life. Psychotherapist Christine Hopfgarten looks in detail at different reasons that we may encounter feelings of loss and grief, including bereavement, relationship break-up, losing a job, infertility, miscarriage and illness, and provides focused help.

You're about to discover a logical and proven method on how to overcome grief and deal with loss fast. Millions of people suffer with grief and bereavement and ruin their personal life as well as their careers trying to deal with it the best they can. Most people realize that they are still grieving but don't know how to or are unable to overcome it, simply because that person has been such an important and memorable person in their life.

Essays, stories, and guidance for maintaining courage and integrity in the second half of life, from bestselling author and Jungian psychoanalyst Dr. James Hollis Often, we’re told that aging must be avoided and delayed, denying its inevitability and therefore its wisdom. In this book, beloved...

Grieving is a highly personal experience and reactions differ from person to person. Feelings of loss are arguably the most unique, confusing feelings with which to cope. Therapist and grief expert, Stephanie Jose, understands this. She created Progressing Through Grief as an interactive resource to gently meet you wherever you are today, as you move through your grief and toward healing.

When it comes to healing from trauma, several important factors play a role. These factors help victims of traumatic happenings heal faster. This is exactly what you will find in this audiobook: You will find seven reasons why you may still have PTSD symptoms, suggesting another perspective on your situation and the opportunity to improve it. Also, this guide will go over what the grieving process consists of, and how people manage their dissociation from things they would rather not remember.

Explore the relationship between loss, grief, and depression. Discover how an understanding of the grieving process can assist you in working through an experience of loss.

This audiobook is about the insights of a mother after her daughter dies by suicide. The mother thought her daughter, Leah, was painfully shy at a young age, but was consistently told by counselors that her daughter would grow out of it. However, this shyness was a sign of depression at a young age. Leah was a child in a dysfunctional marriage with no love or recognition from her Dad. Her mother believed the only way to help her was to move and leave the marriage multiple times without success. After Leah's death, her mother finds diaries that Leah wrote at various times in her life.