Comforting the Bereaved Through Listening and Positive Responding
What Are the Bereaved Trying to Tell Us?
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Did you know that Grief is the great equalizer after a death occurs? Grief doesn’t care who you are, what you do or whether you are rich or poor, because it knows it can bring you to your knees anytime it wants.
Most people don’t realize what the bereaved go through as they grieve, therefore they don’t know what to say or how to act around them and often use cliches, euphemisms, or metaphors to bring them comfort, only to find out later their words have caused more pain and anger which are not always forgotten or forgiven by the bereaved.
By reading this book, “Comforting the Bereaved through Listening and Positive Responding” subtitled “What are the Bereaved trying to Tell Us?” families, friends, colleagues, and even professionals will have a better understanding of how to comfort the bereaved, learn what they are truly experiencing as they grieve; as well as what to say and not to say to them and what they are trying to tell us, as they embark on their “NEW NORMAL” in their lives without their loved ones by their side.
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About the Book
We don’t seem to handle grief very well—whether it’s our own or someone close to us.
Part of the problem is that we live in a death- denying society; where many people feel awkward using terms like death, dying, or dead. We rarely say that someone has died, and instead use metaphors to soften the blow.
This book helps families, friends, colleagues, and professionals to understand what someone who has lost a loved one is feeling. Topics include the death of a child, teen, adult/older adult, spouse, sibling, mentally challenged individuals, death of a pet and pets grieve too.
The author answers questions such as:
· Why are there fewer rituals surrounding death today?
· What do you say to someone who has lost a loved one?
· How long do the bereaved continue to grieve?
· What does it mean to be going through complicated grief?
Grief is the great equalizer, and no matter who or what we are, or how rich or poor, grief can bring us to our knees. But you can navigate it in a healthier way with the lessons in Comforting the Bereaved through Listening and Positive Responding.
About the Author
Dr. Dee Stern, L.C.P.C., Psy.D. is a grief therapist and chaplain at HSHS St. John’s hospital. She facilitates grief support groups, SOS (Survivors of Suicide-for families/friends who’s loved one has already completed a suicide), and a SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) support group. She has also taught psychology and death and dying courses on the college level. She has done individual counseling and served as a parish/bereavement minister at Little Flower Church. She wrote this book to help families, friends, colleagues, and professionals understand what the bereaved are experiencing and how to comfort them.