Being There for Someone in Grief: Essential Lessons for

Being There for Someone in Grief: Essential Lessons for Supporting Someone Grieving from Death, Loss and Trauma

Do you have a friend who is in the depths of grief from a loss of someone they love? Do you sometimes find yourself at a lossâ€”wondering how to be there for her or him in a meaningful way? Or perhaps you are coping with sorrow and grief and would like those you love to be there for you in a way that is not intrusive or evasive, but healing.

Being There For Someone in GriefÂ is a book filled with storiesâ€”stories that teach a few basic skills used in grief counseling yet can be safely practiced by ordinary people. Common-sense things like listening and seeing someone just as they are. Allowing their unique way of grieving to be just as it is without an overlay of fear, pity or judgment. Bereavement is a challenging time, and therapists are extremely helpful, but we also need our friends and family to be there for us through the stages of grief and healing.

Being There For Someone in Grief reveals the authors own insights as a childhood survivor of trauma as a result of a violent crime. She knows the value of a true friend, a trauma therapist or counselor and victim advocates, all playing a role in healing grief. Being There for Someone in Grief offers essential lessons for supporting someone grieving from death, loss and trauma in a way that can be appreciated by lay people; respected by grief counselors and others in the healing arts; and treasured by those living with grief.

Grief and loss are inevitable, a part of lifeâ€™s journey. At one time we will need to midwife someone we love through their grief; at another time we will need to be held in ours â€“ each taking turns loving, grieving, and holding each other along the way. We learn to do this by doing it. Being There for Someone in Grief is written for those who grieve and those who wish to walk beside someone who is grieving in a way that is welcomed, helpful, respectful, and kind.

In the pages of this book, you will learn how to be present for another in the unpredictability that death brings. Through storytelling, it offers a general map of the landscape you will journey as you learn to gaze into the face of suffering without running away. You will become skilled at being present for yourself, noticing your own fears and losses while being available to another. The stories and insights offered in this book will assure you that we are all on a journey from birth to death and that the person you love who is grieving will return from their dark night, although both of you may be changed. This book will help you learn to stay, even when itâ€™s hard. And if you should decide to be there authentically and intimately for someone whoâ€™s grieving, a remarkable thing can happen â€“ love can heal griefâ€™s wound.
Country USA
Manufacturer Raku Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2010-02-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Raku Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2010-02-14
Format	Kindle eBook

Being There for Someone in Grief: Essential Lessons for Supporting Someone Grieving from Death, Loss and Trauma

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