Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness after Loss and Grief

Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness after Loss and Grief

by Sherry Cormier Ph.D
Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness after Loss and Grief

Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness after Loss and Grief

by Sherry Cormier Ph.D

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Overview

Few of us know how to navigate the territory of traumatic loss successfully. Sweet Sorrow shows how we can respond and grow stronger from loss and suffering. Written by a psychologist and certified bereavement trauma specialist in the decade following the loss of her husband, father, mother, and only sibling, this carefully considered work provides perspective on grief and healing over time. This longer-term approach allows readers to have a more complete and accurate picture of the oscillations of grief over time. The book describes not only the immediate agony of the author’s losses, but also the process of starting over and making a successful new life as a single person full of hope and joy.

Sweet Sorrow combines the author’s psychological expertise and clinical experience with the compelling art of memoir to illuminate the surprising ways in which loss survivors can grow and even thrive to achieve wholeness after heartbreaking, traumatic losses. Using findings from post-traumatic growth, as well as evidence-based psychological approaches, Sweet Sorrow illustrates through story and example, ways for grief survivors to start over, to manage chaos and stress, to let go, and to heal with new strategies and re-storying. Sweet Sorrow also provides resources and recommendations for self-care, as well as tips and suggestions for all of us trying to respond creatively and helpfully to those around us suffering loss.

Ultimately, Sweet Sorrow is a book of inspiration intended to accompany readers through the processes of loss and grief much like a helpful Sherpa might guide a lost traveler.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538114186
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/08/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 180
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Sherry Cormier, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and Professor Emerita in the Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Counseling Psychology at West Virginia University. She was in private practice in adult psychotherapy in Morgantown WV. She was a former faculty member at the University of Tennessee. She is the author of two textbooks: Counseling Strategies and Interventions, now in its ninth edition and translated into several languages, and Interviewing and Change Strategies for Helpers, now in its eighth edition. She is a certified bereavement trauma specialist and resides in Annapolis, MD, where she engages in grief mentoring, speaking, and consulting in the areas of grief and loss, health and wellness, and stress management.

Table of Contents

Chapter One:
, Introduction and Loss of the Fairy Tale
,
Chapter Two:
, Sense of an Ending
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Chapter Three:
, The Veil of Illusion
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Chapter Four:
, The Transition and Aftermath
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Chapter Five:
, Manifestations of the Soul Following Death
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Chapter Six:
, Starting Over and Post-Traumatic Growth
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Chapter Seven:
, Turbulence and Change
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Chapter Eight:
, Letting Go and Facing Loss: Stress and Self-Care
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Chapter Nine:
, Coping with Loss: Grief Survivors
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Chapter Ten:
, Responding to Loss: Grief Helpers
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Chapter Eleven:
, Health, Healing, and Hope
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Chapter Twelve:
, Epilogue: Jay
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