Finding Your way Through Loss & Grief: A Therapist's Guide to Working Through Any Grieving Process

by Christine Hopfgarten

Overview

Whatever form of loss you’re feeling, whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship or a recent redundancy, this book provides you with the tools to full process your feelings. There will be a particular loss that has brought you here. One that has probably touched you deeply and that you might be finding difficult to come to terms with. 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. Christine offers a gentle and empathetic approach that will help you work through your grief. She shows you the tools you need to help you fully process your feelings, enabling you to: • Understand your loss, identifying what it means to you • Develop acceptance, allowing yourself to move through the grieving process • Learn to express, and not supress, your emotions – without feeling completely overwhelmed • Define where you want to get to, so you are clear on what it is you are working toward • Cope with and adapt to changes, to eventually help you to embrace your new reality

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789562835
Publisher:	Welbeck Balance
Publication date:	11/23/2021
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,080,288
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Christine Hopfgarten has been a practicing therapist for over a decade. She is a Cognitive Behavioural and EMDR Therapist, and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and DIT Practitioner, specialising in trauma and relationship issues. She has worked for the London Fire Brigade’s Trauma Service and a variety of NHS psychotherapy services, as well as running her own private practice.

Table of Contents

Prologue xi

Introduction xiii

Part 1 Working Through Loss and Grief 1

1 Understanding Loss and Grief 3

2 Models of Grieving 19

3 Preparation is Key 29

4 Where do You Want to Get to? 45

5 Acceptance 61

6 Understanding Your Loss 79

7 Helping You to Cope with Your Emotions 101

8 Coping with and Adapting to Change 133

9 Your Mental Health 155

Part 2 Specific Events Leading to Loss and Grief 165

10 Bereavement 167

11 Infertility and Miscarriages 179

12 The End of a Relationship 191

13 Job Loss, Redundancy and Retirement 213

14 Significant Illness, Injuries and Loss of Health 225

Part 3 Looking Forward 237

15 Planning for the Future 239

16 Finding Meaning 255

Final Words 257

Acknowledgements 259

Endnotes 261

Useful Resources 263