Bernard McGrane, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, ChapmanUniversity
"This book is required for all my classes. Themore I use this book, the more I believe that unresolved grief is themajor underlying issue in most people's lives. It is the only work of itkind that I know of that outlines the problem and provides thesolution."
Bruce E. Nerenberg, Ph.D.A
"This is the single most sensible, accessible and authentic plan for recovery from loss that I have ever encountered."
Book Description
Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on your capacity for happiness. Drawing from their own histories, as well as from others, the authors illustrate what grief is and how it is possible to recover and regain energy and spontaneity. Based on a proven program, now extensively revised, The Grief Recovery Handbook offers grievers the specific actions needed to complete the grieving process and accept loss. For those ready to regain a sense of aliveness, the principles outlined here make this a life-changing handbook.
About the Author
John W. James was born in Danville, Illinois. He was thrust unwillingly into the arena of grief and recovery when his three-day-old son died in 1977. John lives in Los Angeles with his Emmy Award-winning wife, Jess Walton -- the evil "Jill Abbott" on The Young & the Restless -- and spends most of his free time with daughter Allison and son Cole.
Grief Recovery Handbook - the Action Program For Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses ANNOTATION
"...revised to cover issues other than death, outlining the actions needed to give closure to the pain of divorce, job loss, and estrangement...provides the essential tools needed to recover from grief."
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on your capacity for happiness. Drawing from their own histories, as well as from others, the authors illustrate what grief is and how it is possible to recover and regain energy and spontaneity. Based on a proven program, now extensively revised, The Grief Recovery Handbook offers grievers the specific actions needed to complete the grieving process and accept loss. For those ready to regain a sense of aliveness, the principles outlined here make this a life-changing handbook.
About the Author
John W. James was born in Danville, Illinois. He was thrust unwillingly into the arena of grief and recovery when his three-day-old son died in 1977. John lives in Los Angeles with his Emmy Award-winning wife, Jess Walton the evil "Jill Abbott" on The Young & the Restless and spends most of his free time with daughter Allison and son Cole.