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MOURNING, SPIRITUALITY AND PSYCHIC CHANGE: A NEW OBJECT RELATIONS VIEW OF PSYCHOANALYSIS MOURNING, SPIRITUALITY AND PSYCHIC CHANGE: A NEW OBJECT RELATIONS VIEW OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Susan Kavaler-Adler In her earlier books, Susan Kavaler-Adler identified healthy mourning for traumas and life changes as an essential aspect of successful analysis, and drew the distinction between a healthy acceptance… OL13612749W
The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition John W. James Newly updated and expanded to commemorate its 20th anniversary — this classic resource helps people complete the grieving process and move toward recovery and happinessIncomplete recovery from grief … OL14920622W
Healing Grief Healing Grief James Van Praagh "Grieving is a natural process. It is through our losses that we can transform ourselves and find new meaning in life." --James Van PraaghJames Van Praagh, who possesses the extraordinary ability to … OL14929017W
A Field Guide to Getting Lost A Field Guide to Getting Lost Rebecca Solnit Whether she is contemplating the history of walking as a cultural and political experience over the past two hundred years (Wanderlust), or using the life of photographer Eadweard Muybridge as a lens… OL15273770W
Two kisses for Maddy Two kisses for Maddy Matthew Logelin "Matt Logelin writes a courageous and searingly honest memoir about the first year of his life following the birth of his daughter and the death of his wife"--Provided by the publisher OL15413994W
Get over It and on With It Get over It and on With It Michelle McKinney Hammond We all have dreams and expectations of life. But life is unpredictable. No matter what we do or how we live, we are certain to encounter trials and setbacks, frustrations and real suffering. The ques… OL1817710W
The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan,Ronald Bass,Jordi Fibla,Tsai Chin,Wayne Wang,Gwendoline Yeo Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet we… OL1843720W
Imagine wanting only this Imagine wanting only this Kristen Radtke "A gorgeous graphic memoir about loss, love, and confronting grief. When Kristen Radtke was in college, the sudden death of a beloved uncle and, not long after his funeral, the sight of an abandoned … OL19665852W
Resilience Resilience Lisa Lisson "Lisa Lisson's life seemed perfect: she had married her high school sweetheart, applied her marketing degree to a position at FedEx Express Canada, and risen to become a vice president (and would ult… OL19718855W
The goodbye year The goodbye year Toni Piccinini "Every September, some mommy's "baby" starts her senior year of high school. For many women, a child's senior year is the first serious look back on the past eighteen. Every event (from Halloween to … OL19974779W
Four funerals and a wedding Four funerals and a wedding Jill Smolowe In Four Funerals and a Wedding, Smolowe jostles preconceptions about caregiving, defies clichés about losing loved ones, and reveals a stunning bottom line: far from being uncommon, resilience like h… OL19981540W
On grief & grieving On grief & grieving Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Shortly before her death in 2004, Elisabeth KUbler-Ross and David Kessler, her collaborator, completed the manuscript for this, her final book. On Grief and Grieving is a fitting completion to her wo… OL20042375W
Death makes life possible Death makes life possible Marilyn Schlitz Our beliefs about what happens when we die define how we live today. And more and more of us are discovering a radical truth: when we release our fear of death, we open to an immensely richer life ri… OL20044400W
You can heal your heart You can heal your heart Louise L. Hay "In You Can Heal Your Heart, self-help luminary Louise Hay and renowned grief and loss expert David Kessler, the protege of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, have come together to start a conversation on healin… OL23318685W
The play about the baby The play about the baby Edward Albee "A fresh young couple - Boy and Girl - have a new baby, whom an older couple - Man and Woman - have come to steal. Why? Because, as Man says, "If you don't have the wound of a broken heart, how can y… OL2460231W
Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with End-of-Life Issues (The Greenwood Press "Usin… Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with End-of-Life Issues (The Greenwood Press "Usin… Janet Allen "Losing a loved one is a scary and confusing experience for teenagers, but one that can be made easier through the use of literature and informed mentoring from a caring adult. This teacher-friendly … OL2703191W
Move on, move up Move on, move up Paula White A woman who has experienced both tragedy and triumph, Paula White shares hope with those facing life's trials. Paula opens her heart to offer personal testimonies and key passages of Scripture that w… OL5725782W
Voices of Bereavement Voices of Bereavement Joan Beder This book introduces counselors to specific bereavement situations drawn from the author's counseling practice. Theory is blended with practical suggestions for intervention and a discussion of the c… OL5825796W
The People of Paper The People of Paper Salvador Plascencia The People of Paper is an exploratory novel, depicting the painful struggles of life and writing through a fantastical world built with paper and imagination. OL7992960W
Despair and the Return of Hope Despair and the Return of Hope Shabad Peter,Peter C. Shabad "In this profound the literate work, Peter Shabad shows how people can move from disillusionment and despair, through the mourning of losses, to the ultimate return of hope. When unmourned experience… OL8515219W
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