Grief Psychology

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.

The Grief Handbook provides guidance from someone who has been there. Bridget McNulty lost her mum suddenly, and found herself unexpectedly amongst the chaos of grief while bringing up small children. She couldn't find the support that she needed, so she created this handbook. This is for those who are grieving: an honest exploration into the worst thing that can happen to you. There is no "one size fits all" approach.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Grief Works, written and read by Julia Samuel. Death is the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. So many of us feel awkward and uncertain around death, and shy away from talking honestly with...

A top expert on human trauma argues that we vastly overestimate how common PTSD is and fail to recognize how resilient people really are “An important course-correction to what is now received wisdom about trauma and how to treat it.” ―Wall Street Journal After 9/11, mental health...

What do conflict, PTSD, addiction, heartbreak, anxiety, anger, and parental dysfunction have in common? They all persist because of emotions that became trapped in the body from difficult experiences. Building on groundbreaking titles like My Grandmother’s Hands, Complex PTSD, and The Body Keeps the Score, Sage Liskey reimagines how we think about life’s struggles, making healing easier and more accessible for marginalized and privileged communities alike. Written through a social-justice lens, Radical Self-Care offers a compassionate, science-backed roadmap for healing.

The follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief—and life’s other major stressors—on the human body. Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While...

Grief changes everything—including how you breathe, move, and rest. Learn how to work with your grieving body, not against it, with more than 75 techniques for soothing emotional pain, restoring balance, and finding steadiness in loss.

A caring, up-close look at suicide with prevention and grief in one best-selling book. Why? They relate more than you realize. Considering how loved ones would grieve might be what keeps someone here. Likewise, grief can become so intense that prevention tools are needed to keep safe those left behind. With a detailed table of contents and bulleted lists, you will use this resource again and again.

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.

The pain of suicide loss is indescribable. It seems beyond survival. Yet with faith, perseverance, and the tools of brain science, there is a way through. It will take time. It will take struggle. But hope is real, for there are things you can do to make it to the other side. If you are struggling with suicide loss or you need to come alongside someone who is, Rita Schulte wants to help you move forward.

Bridging psychology and the psychic world, this audiobook will help you to find deep healing and connection with your truest self.The Psychic Psychologist will guide you toward living in alignment with your authentic self, help you to understand what it means to feel lost and disconnected, and...

You can utilize this audiobook to document and explore your grief's defining moments, critical losses, and themes, seek to understand your losses, and gain new insight into releasing the past to move ahead into your future. Throughout the tracks, there are healing coping skills and a journey to your primal wound visualization.

This book is for the veterans, first responders, accident survivors, parents, and helpers who are tired of pretending they’re fine while quietly carrying the dead. No motivational fluff. No worksheets. No empty promises that you’ll wake up healed one day. Instead, you get straight talk from someone who’s sat with the same cage: real stories from people exactly where you are, the brutal mechanics of how the guilt cycle works, and the practical moves that actually helped them function again. How to interrupt the loop when shame and rage take over.

This book is open and honest and written from the heart. It completely captures the initial rawness of sudden unexpected death, the shock and aftermath of suicide and what suicide leaves behind, as well as how Linzi got through the funeral, inquest, and everyday life since. Linzi shares her tips and resources in her capacity as a mind coach as well as being a bereaved sibling navigating complex grief herself.

From an award-winning journalist that Bob Woodward calls "one of the truly great reporters working today" comes the searing inside account of a legal team’s effort to spare the life of Nikolas Cruz, the nineteen-year-old mass murderer. On Valentine’s Day 2018, Nikolas Cruz opened fire on his...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.