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Courage To Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery and Growth Through Grief [Paperback]

Judy Tatelbaum , Tatelbaum
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12 July 1993

Profound loss and disappointment are emotions that each of us will experience at some point in our lives. Loss is one of the most difficult experiences to come to terms with. The Courage to Grieve explores how we can deal with every kind of grief, revealing:

- How grief manifests itself in many ways, ranging from anguish, exhaustion, emptiness, resentment, longing, tension, confusion, sleeplessness and sometimes the temporary loss of the will to live.

- How we can help ourselves and others to cope with the immediate experience of death and the grief and mourning period that follows.

- How children and adults cope with grief in different ways.

- What we should do mentally and physically to prepare ourselves for loss and bereavement.

- How grief can transform our lives in unexpected ways, encouraging joys and growth.

The Courage to Grieve offers spiritual, optimistic, creative, and practical guidance and shows us how to live with courage, not fearing death.


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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Cedar Books; New Ed edition (12 July 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0749309369
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749309367
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.3 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Expert advice on how to cope with loss and bereavement

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Creative living, recovery and growth through grief.

Profound loss and disappointment are emotions that each of us will experience at some point in our lives. Loss is one of the most difficult experiences to come to terms with. The Courage to Grieve explores how we can deal with every kind of grief reveals:

- How grief manifests itself in many ways, ranging from anguish, exhaustion, emptiness, resentment, longing, tension, confusion, sleeplessness and sometimes the temporary loss of the will to live.

- How can we help ourselves and others to cope with the immediate experience of death and the grief that follows.

- How children and adults cope with grief in different ways.

- What we should do mentally and physically to prepare ourselves for loss and bereavement.

- How grief can transform our lives in unexpected ways, encouraging joys and growth.

The Courage to Grieve offers spiritual, optimistic, creative, and practical guidance and shows us how to live with courage, not fearing death.


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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Although first published in 1983, this book always seems new, and fresh, to me. I have also bought countless copies over the years, to give away to friends and relatives who are facing, or have suffered, the loss of a loved one.
I have often wondered how I could draw this book to the attention of the many millions of people who might gain comfort from it, and suddenly it came to me that by writing a review for Amazon, I might achieve just that aim.
"The Courage to Grieve", although written by a Gestalt therapist, is written from personal experience, which gives it both credibility and authenticity. The author was just 17 when her elder brother was tragically killed in a car accident. The book has its roots in her terrible pain and anguish, but is given structure and wider knowledge through her dealings with her own, and her clients' search for a constructive way to deal with, and accept, death.
Anyone who is touched in any way by death, or the dying, could do no better than to explore this book for help. Its chapters deal not only with the post-death experience, but also with facing the death of a dear one, and understanding their feelings and responsibilities during this period. The back of the book contains an Appendix, which is, for me, one of the most important documents. This is "The Dying Person's Bill of Rights" and seeks to guide those of us remaining behind to act and respond in a way most helpful to the one facing their final journey. All too often we try to "do our best" for this person, and try to give them everything we think they need.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
I had never been in the position of losing a partner before. I went to a therapist and she gave me this book to read. While reading this book my fears about never being the same again started going away, and I began to feel that it was okay to feel the way I was. This book should be read by anybody who has lost a loved one. I am getting several copies to give to people when they lose a loved one. This book brought me back from the nightmare I was in.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The truth hurts. 6 Sep 2003
Format:Paperback
I am a professional therapist (ret) and I used this book many times with client's undergoing grief and loss.I found it one of the best as an overview of what a person may expect when grieving,and suggests practical behaviours to cope with loss.
Two months ago I gave it to my dog-groomer who had lost her mother,and she found it extremely helpful.
Last week a family member of mine died and today I re-read this book from cover to cover.It helped and comforted me and I recommend it to anyone who appreciates the author's personal journey,examples of grief, normal and pathological,explained in a caring empathetic way.
It remains my constant source of comfort and I find some new nuggets of wisdom each time I read it. I heartily recommend it to others.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Having personally experienced the death of my only child seven years ago, I continue to recommend this book to others as the most helpful, validating, and poetic piece of work on the subject. No cliches, no "how to's" ...just gentle compassion and whispers of hope from someone who has obviously "been there" and survived gracefully.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Courage needed 14 April 2013
By Duni2
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was recommended to read this after I lost my husband in 2012. The star-rating description is not really appropriate, suffice to say that what I have read so far has been of great help. I haven't been able to finish it yet, that will come.in time.
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I purchased this for a friend who had had some really sad news, as I remembered how useful it was when I lost someone close. This is the type of book that you can pick up and put down at appropriate moments and it makes you realise you are normal and it is ok to grieve. My friend appreciated receiving this at a very difficult time
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A lukewarm start but great advice later 28 Jan 2013
Format:Paperback
This is one book that has never really been out of print since it's publication in 1983. Its great benefit is that it summarises some of the previous seminal works on bereavement which are quite difficult for the lay person to interpret. Sadly, you need to filter through the author's rather muddled mind-set to do so.

However, in the final chapters, Tatelbaum explains some simple and useful techniques to cope with unsuccessful grief and illustrates it with examples from her own counselling case-book.

The concept of speaking as yourself and replying as the person you have loved and lost may seem bizarre, even macabre, but it is a useful healing experience for people who have suffered a loss without being able to resolve the relationship they have with the one they loved.

Similarly, making preparations and imagining aspects of your own death de-sensitises you from what - let us be honest - is the single most certain thing that will ever happen to any of us. The result of this, the author asserts, is that we should get as much joy as possible out of our lives. Trite perhaps, and repeated oft-times before, but nonetheless the truth.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Bereavement - a practical guide 5 Sep 2002
Format:Paperback
This excellent book was recommended to me by a priest with much experience of bereavement councelling.
It goes through the psychological aspects of grief, enabling the grieving person to understand the many feelings (often contradictory) that he or she feels in the "three stages of grief".
It explains why it is so important to grieve "properly", so that the process can be completed satisfactorily, enabling resolution to occur and a normal frame of mind to resume.
As someone who has recently suffered a bereavement myself, I found this book very helpfull.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Too didactic and clinical to be truly comforting.
Whereas this books offers much detailed information on important aspects of grief and grieving, it somehow gets so lost in its pedantic style it forgets to offer the comfort that... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Cynthia Danute Cekauskas, LCSW
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best books I have read on grief and bereavement
This is one of the best books I have read on bereavement. I am a trainee therapist working in a bereavement counselling service. Read more
Published 17 months ago by danae
5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible and straight-forward
Highly recommended for the bereaved and for the bereavement counsellor, Judy Tatelbaum's excellent book has a proven track record.
Published on 27 Oct 2010 by Smiler
1.0 out of 5 stars The Courage for what ?
I bought this book soon after the death of my 11 year old daughter. I found the approach very uncomfortable and it left me feeling as though i was failing because i was not... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2002 by Gary Bentley
1.0 out of 5 stars Not Recommended
I bought this book in the hope that it would make some sense of the often crazy confusing emotions myself and my family were experiencing after the death of my 11 year old... Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2002 by Gary Bentley
2.0 out of 5 stars An annoying book, too much preaching.
I found this book to be an irritation more than a help. The author is too keen to tell us what we should be thinking, feeling and doing. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2001
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