Finding Your Way through Grief: A Guide for the First Year, Second Edition - Softcover

Marty Tousley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979849039 ISBN 13: 9780979849039

Publisher: Hospice of the Valley, 2008

Synopsis

Originally published in 1999, this popular and well-received book is a sensitive, informative guide to help survivors understand and cope with the feelings and experiences they're likely to encounter in the first year following the death of a loved one. Revised and expanded in 2008 to include a fourth section on Helping Another in Grief, this second edition is designed to help readers dispel some of the common myths and misconceptions about grief and loss; understand the grief process as a normal yet highly personal response to loss; know what feelings and experiences may be expected as normal, both in anticipation of major loss and in the first year of grief; recognize the physical, emotional, social and spiritual effects of grief; understand the differences in mourning patterns among various family members, including children and adolescents; find and explore the many and varied ways of managing grief; get through difficult celebration days such as anniversaries, birthdays and holidays; move from merely surviving grief towards transcending it; and know better how to respond to another person in mourning.

About this title

About the Author

As both a bereaved parent and a bereaved child, Marty Tousley has focused her practice on issues of loss, grief and transition for more than 40 years. She joined Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona as a bereavement counselor in 1996, and now serves as moderator for its online Grief Healing Discussion Groups. A frequent contributor to healthcare journals, newsletters, books and magazines, she has authored a number of books, booklets, articles and online e-mail courses addressing various aspects of loss and grief. With her special interest in grief and the human-animal bond, she facilitated the pet loss support group for bereaved animal lovers at Hospice of the Valley, and for many years has served as the Mental Health Consultant to the Halton-Peel Pet Loss Support Group in Ontario, Canada and to the Pet Grief Support Service in Phoenix, AZ. Her own Grief Healing Web site (GriefHealing.com) offers information, comfort and support to anyone who is anticipating or coping with the loss of a loved one, whether a person or a cherished companion animal. She is certified as a Fellow in Thanatology (Death, Dying and Bereavement) by the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and as a Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing Practice by the American Nurses Association.

Review

This book, which was written as a practical guide through the first year of grief for bereaved family members of Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix, AZ, will have wide applicability in other grieving contexts as well. Its three sections (Understanding the Grief Process, Managing Your Grief, and From Surviving to Transcending Your Grief) are well written, compassionate and convey realistic hopefulness for the predictable and unpredictable passages of the grief journey. -- --Rev. Paul A. Metzler, in The Forum, Quarterly Newsletter of the Association for Death Educaiton and Counseling, April/May/June 2005. (This review refers to the first edition.)

Edition details

• Publisher: Hospice of the Valley
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0979849039
• ISBN 13: 9780979849039
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 102