Living with Grief and Loss
by Julia Tugendhat
Grief always hurts. But, these days, there is a growing tendency to see grief as a necessary part of life, as a journey which helps us move on. To deny loss is to is to deny its significance - grief is itself a medicine, as William Cowper says.
This has wider relevance today than ever before. With widely-publicised terrorist bombings and natural disasters, grief has come out into the open and is no longer viewed as solely private.
Grief and loss come in many different forms, from the searing pain when a loved one dies, to the necessary mourning for lost dreams and changed ideals at different life stages. This book addresses changed concepts of grief and loss in a contemporary way, and looks at the factors which help, including:- giving yourself permission to grieve
- recognising grief in its many forms
- support from family and friends
- rituals and other ways of active grieving
- therapy
- medication
- how children deal with loss
- the impact of suicide
Julia Tugendhat is a family therapist and the author of The Adoption Triangle, Bloomsbury, and What Teenagers can tell us about Divorce and Stepfamilies (Bloomsbury). She is vice-president of the British Association for Counselling and Therapy.
128pp
216 x 138 mm
ISBN: 978-0-85969-944-0
Price: £7.99
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