Eight Critical Questions for Mourners - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eight Critical Questions for Mourners write by Alan D. Wolfelt. This book was released on 2010-03-01. Eight Critical Questions for Mourners available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Confronting the “little griefs” that can occur in the course of a lifetime, this handbook seeks to relieve the inevitable burden of loss. Taking the “wilderness experience” into account—being disconnected from oneself and the outside world—this guide presents 12 vital questions, the answers to which encourage the choice between deciding to live and letting sadness take control. Delving into the possibilities behind integrating sorrow into one’s life, this study is the road map to exploring and honoring the transformational nature of grief.
Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for Families
Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for Families - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for Families write by Alan D. Wolfelt. This book was released on 1999-12-01. Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for Families available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Designed to complement the clergy and funeral director’s role in the funeral planning process, this book walks families through the many decisions they will make at the time of a death and helps them create a ceremony that will be both healing and meaningful. Options are clearly explained and alternatives are also given, and charts and tables are included to help families assess cost options.
Reframing PTSD as Traumatic Grief
Reframing PTSD as Traumatic Grief - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reframing PTSD as Traumatic Grief write by Alan D Wolfelt. This book was released on 2015-03-01. Reframing PTSD as Traumatic Grief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An estimated eight percent of Americans are thought to be suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder at any given time. Many are victims of or witnesses to violence. Others have been neglected of abused. Some have experienced a traumatic accident or natural disaster. Still others have experienced the sudden and perhaps violent death of someone they love. No matter the cause, PTSD results in symptoms of acute stress, including anxiety, persistent thoughts or flashbacks, and a host of other physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual challenges. In this guide for counselors and caregivers, Dr. Alan Wolfelt reframes PTSD as a form of grief. Helping PTSD sufferers mourn their unacknowledged and “carried” grief over the traumatic events that caused their symptoms is the key to helping them heal. Rather than seeking to quickly treat away symptoms of PTSD, caregivers who follow Dr. Wolfelt's “companioning” philosophy will instead see the natural and necessary PTSD symptoms as indications that the sufferer needs additional support and encouragement to express himself. This holistic new approach acknowledges clinical PTSD treatments as part of the solution while emphasizing that authentic mourning is the primary and most essential healer.
The Depression of Grief
The Depression of Grief - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Depression of Grief write by Alan D. Wolfelt. This book was released on 2014-02-01. The Depression of Grief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recognizing that depression is a normal and natural component of grief, this compassionate guide helps mourners understand their depression, express it in healing ways, and know when they may be experiencing a more severe or clinical depression that would be eased by professional treatment. It proposes that grieving people do not necessarily need to be diagnosed with depression following the death of a loved one and guides them through exercises to express their depression in healthy ways. In a society where mourning and melancholia are often ignored, this book gives mourners the supported and reassurance necessary to understand and appreciate that their depression is a regular part of the grieving process.
The Mourner's Book of Hope
The Mourner's Book of Hope - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mourner's Book of Hope write by Alan D Wolfelt. This book was released on 2010-08-01. The Mourner's Book of Hope available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Addressing the inevitable grief that accompanies the loss of a loved one, this encouraging and supportive reference provides comfort in the midst of overwhelming sadness. Preventing mourners from becoming tangled in a web of despair, this guide shows how the smallest amount of hope can be nurtured into a confident sense of being, lighting the path towards a future of love, joy, and meaning. Featuring a series of reflective passages and quotations, this handbook makes it possible to roll up one's sleeves and make healing a reality.
