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Coming to grief : a survival guide to grief and loss / Pam Heaney.

By: Publication details: Dunedin, N.Z. : Longacre Press, 2002.Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 187713564X (pbk.)
  • 9781877135644
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Contents:
Myth 1: You only grieve when someone dies -- Myth 2: Just focus on the positives and you'll be right -- Myth 3: Grief is only sadness -- Myth 4: Everyone should grieve in the same way -- Myth 5: TIme will heal -- Myth 6: You should be over it by now -- Myth 7: You never really get over it -- Myth 8: I should be able to do this on my own -- Myth 9: I must not wallow in self-pity -- Myth 10: Best leave them alone to get over it.
Summary: This thorough and perceptive exploration of grief is a book that will truly help those wanting to help themselves or others. It explains how we express grief via our cultural and family conditioning, much of which is based on inadequate stereotypes and myths.
List(s) this item appears in: Grief / Lament / Sorrow
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Main Collection Bishopdale Theological College BF575.G7 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available N0001608
Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library BF575.G7 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J00760399
Main Collection Theology House BV4330 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A0026108X

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219).

Myth 1: You only grieve when someone dies -- Myth 2: Just focus on the positives and you'll be right -- Myth 3: Grief is only sadness -- Myth 4: Everyone should grieve in the same way -- Myth 5: TIme will heal -- Myth 6: You should be over it by now -- Myth 7: You never really get over it -- Myth 8: I should be able to do this on my own -- Myth 9: I must not wallow in self-pity -- Myth 10: Best leave them alone to get over it.

This thorough and perceptive exploration of grief is a book that will truly help those wanting to help themselves or others. It explains how we express grief via our cultural and family conditioning, much of which is based on inadequate stereotypes and myths.

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