Author: Elizabeth B. Brown
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 9781441207371
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Nothing can steal peace and joy and undermine the very foundation of someone's life like losing a child. It is devastating on a level that most of us can't imagine. Written after the loss of the author's own child, Surviving the Loss of a Child offers encouragement and hope to those who may think they will never be able to live fully after such tragedy. Bereaved parents, as well as friends, counselors, pastors, and caregivers, will find this book a source of comfort and discover coping mechanisms as they move through their grief. Revised and updated, it has short chapters that are easy to take in, perfect for people going through this difficult time.
Author: Catherine Sanders
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 030757475X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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"Thank you, Catherine Sanders, for giving us a book that few others could have written. Every page speaks both the depth of your compassion and the breadth of your knowledge. This book will be a wise companion on the difficult journey from loss to recovery." — Robert Kastenbaum, Ph.D., author of The Psychology of Death "How to Survive the Loss of a Child is a godsend to those in the field as well as to those of us in need of such a resource for our own mourning." — Eugene Knott, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island "Dr. Sanders' insights are profound and poignant." — Patricia Geiger, M.D., pediatrician, Boone, North Carolina "Thank you so much for all that you do for bereaved parents but especially for writing How to Survive the Loss of a Child. I know that it has changed lives. It changed mine!" — Nancy Ulmer, bereaved parent, Kindermourn, Charlotte, North Carolina It is only through experiencing grief that bereaved parents ultimately heal. Moving through the phases of grief, the bereaved person works toward restoration. Understanding these phases, knowing what to expect, and learning what they can do to help themselves give parents greater assurance and comfort. In How to Survive the Loss of a Child, Dr. Sanders, a bereaved parent herself, offers grieving parents practical help and emotional support. This book also helps family members, friends, and caregivers relate to grieving parents and aids them, too, in understanding the process of healing through grief.
Author: Nathalie Himmelrich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783952452745
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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The death of a baby, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss, or the death of an older child, is the worst experience a parent can endure. This book includes twenty-six heart-wrenchingly honest essays by parents who convey their personal challenges and the ways they coped during the first twelve months of child loss.
Author: John S. Munday
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664255664
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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"This is a gem! A guidepost for healing the hurt and finding hope in the presence of grief. The Mundays show us not only how to survive the death of a child but how to find hope in living once again. A gift of great grace"...Darcie D. Sims, PH.D.
Author: Ann K. Finkbeiner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476725705
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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For a parent, losing a child is the most devastating event that can occur. Most books on the subject focus on grieving and recovery, but as most parents agree, there is no recovery from such a loss. This book examines the continued love parents feel for their child and the many poignant and ingenious ways they devise to preserve the bond. Through detailed profiles of parents, Ann Finkbeiner shows how new activities and changed relationships with their spouse, friends, and other children can all help parents preserve a bond with the lost child. Based on extensive interviews and grief research, Finkbeiner explains how parents have changed five to twenty-five years after the deaths of their children. The first half of the book discusses the short- and long-term effects of the child’s death on the parent’s relationships with the outside world, that is, with their spouses, other children, friends, and relatives. The second half of the book details the effect on the parents’ internal world: their continuing sense of guilt; their need to place the death in some larger context and their inability sometimes to consistently do so; their new set of priorities; the nature of their bond with the lost child and the subtle and creative ways they have of continuing that bond. Finkbeiner’s central point is not so much how parents grieve for their children, but how they love them. Refusing to fall back on pop jargon about “recovery” or to offer easy solutions or standardized timelines, Finkbeiner’s is a genuine and moving search to come to terms with loss. Her complex profiles of parents resonate with the honesty and authenticity of uncomfortable emotions expressed and, most importantly, shared with others experiencing a similar loss. Finally, each profile exemplifies the many heroic ways parents learn to live with their pain, and by so doing, honor the lives their children should have lived.
Author: Gloria Horsley
Publisher: Open to Hope
ISBN: 9781945549106
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Whether a death is sudden or anticipated, losing a loved one shakes us to our very core, destroying our belief in a just, safe, and predictable world. Grief often changes us quickly both physically and mentally. It is like being kidnapped and suddenly transported to a foreign land without luggage, a passport, or the language to make sense of what's happening. Even if you have a road map for getting through the pain and anguish, you still have to take the trip. The purpose of this book is to help you find threads of hope that will assist your recovery and help you carry on. By sharing inspirational stories, personal experiences, and professional advice from contributors to theOpen to Hope website, we trust that you will be comforted and inspired by learning how others dealt with their losses, what they saw as roadblocks, and how they handled them as well as what it has taken for them to not only survive, but thrive. We want to help you resume leading the life that you were meant to live--a life of satisfaction and one driven by a belief in your own personal power for change.
Author: Deborah L. Davis
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN: 9781555913021
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Reassurance for parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and despair after a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death.
Author: Katie Mattei,
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781543210545
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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An Ocean of Grief helps parents and friends navigate the devastating experience of child loss. While grief at times seems too much to bear, this book has proven strategies to learn to survive and live with this unimaginable loss. Written in an easy to read format, both narrative and summary sections offer quick support and helpful information.Dr. Katie Mattei is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience working in the field of child loss and trauma.
Author: Janice Bell Meisenhelder
Publisher: Mbm Publishers
ISBN: 9780979651120
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Few people understand the grief that comes with losing a child unless they have weathered that situation themselves. Dr. Janice Bell Meisenhelder has suffered through the loss of a child and knows the almost unbearable sorrow a bereaved mother feels. She has created this gentle guide to help mothers deal with their emotions and begin to heal. Her guide starts by describing the initial reactions to loss. She shows you the rhythms of grief and the basic emotions you will feel right after the event. She then moves on to handling anger, guilt, envy, and anxiety. As time passes, Meisenhelder warns about triggers and shows mothers how to handle holidays, birthdays, and family events. She offers advice on how to heal spiritually as well as emotionally. Meisenhelder also prepares you for ?tsunami days,? when the loss suddenly hits you all over again. She guides you through these days and on to the second and third year without your child. She encourages you to find ways to honor your child. In addition to guidance for mothers, Surviving the Unthinkable also contains information for those immediate family and friends who want to understand and support their loved ones during this difficult time.
Author: Claye Gina
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910779569
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Gina Claye, a bereaved mum, shares how she survived the death of her two children: what helped her to keep going, and, after experiencing the pain and despair of traumatic grief, live life again with hope and meaning.
