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Title details for Getting Grief Right by Patrick O'Malley, Ph.D. - Available

Getting Grief Right

by Patrick O'Malley, Ph.D.
Tim Madigan
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When the New York Times ran Patrick O'Malley's story about the loss of his infant son—and how his inability to "move on" challenged everything he was taught as a psychotherapist—it inspired an unprecedented flood of gratitude from readers.
 
What he shared was a truth that many have felt but rarely acknowledged by the professionals they turn to: that our grief is not a mental illness to be cured, but part of the abiding connection with the one we've lost.
 
Illuminated by O'Malley's own story and those of many clients that he's supported, readers learn how the familiar "stages of grief" too often mislabel our sorrow as a disorder, press us to "get over it," and amplify our suffering with shame and guilt when we do not achieve "closure" in due course.
 
"Sadness, regret, confusion, yearning—all the experiences of grief—are a part of the narrative of love," reflects O'Malley. Here, with uncommon sensitivity and support, he invites us to explore grief not as a process of recovery, but as the ongoing narrative of our relationship with the one we've lost—to be fully felt, told, and woven into our lives.
 
For those in bereavement and anyone supporting those who are, Getting Grief Right offers an uncommonly empathetic guide to opening to our sorrow as the full expression of our love.

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Publisher: Sounds True

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 1, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781622038206
  • File size: 1271 KB
  • Release date: July 1, 2017

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781622038206
  • File size: 1272 KB
  • Release date: July 1, 2017

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subjects

Family & Relationships Psychology Self-Improvement Nonfiction

Languages

English

When the New York Times ran Patrick O'Malley's story about the loss of his infant son—and how his inability to "move on" challenged everything he was taught as a psychotherapist—it inspired an unprecedented flood of gratitude from readers.
 
What he shared was a truth that many have felt but rarely acknowledged by the professionals they turn to: that our grief is not a mental illness to be cured, but part of the abiding connection with the one we've lost.
 
Illuminated by O'Malley's own story and those of many clients that he's supported, readers learn how the familiar "stages of grief" too often mislabel our sorrow as a disorder, press us to "get over it," and amplify our suffering with shame and guilt when we do not achieve "closure" in due course.
 
"Sadness, regret, confusion, yearning—all the experiences of grief—are a part of the narrative of love," reflects O'Malley. Here, with uncommon sensitivity and support, he invites us to explore grief not as a process of recovery, but as the ongoing narrative of our relationship with the one we've lost—to be fully felt, told, and woven into our lives.
 
For those in bereavement and anyone supporting those who are, Getting Grief Right offers an uncommonly empathetic guide to opening to our sorrow as the full expression of our love.

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Family & Relationships Psychology Self-Improvement Nonfiction