Chapter Two
Reactions To Your Grief
I met Katy at an educational workshop -- "Grief through the Eyes of a Child" -- designed to bring a specific awareness and helping tools to educators .
Here she was, the young mother of two, desperately looking for help and for ideas about how to comfort her grieving children.She had found her way to this setting, drawn by the topic but clearly in need of individual and family therapy focusing on the death of her husband.
Katy was openly expressive about her siutation and the caring group quickly embraced her. The workshop had attracted mostly teachers and social workers, who immediately understood her situation.
We moved through the agenda at hand, and Katy later contacted me for individual and family therapy. Katy had been home with her family when her son came running into the house to report that Dad had fallen on the driveway. That afternoon changed her family forever. (Read The Book)
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Thomas M. Ellis, defines "shadow" as grief, discussing how isolating and overwhelming it can be. He uses narratives of loss from his therapy practice and details how grief and pain can ultimately transform one's life in a healing way, even though the present might seem hopeless and terrifying. In a little more than a 100 pages, the author empathizes with the sufferer, dwells in the muck awhile, then takes the sufferer to a place where he or she can live and breathe again. His short, excellent, and readable book-perfect for someone experiencing grief and sadness is recommended for all libraries. Library Journal - Erin Miller - July 6, 2006 |
