After Suicide: Help for the Bereaved [Paperback]

Dr. Sheila Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1995

This is an extremely valuable book which will be of great support and assistance to those who are bereaved through the tragedy of suicide. It shows practical commonsense and careful guidelines to help people find their way through this time. This book would e of great value to general practitioners and all those who may be involved in providing support and care for bereaved people following a suicide.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is a comprehensive handbook dealing with a specific area of bereavement after suicide - and fills a gap in the grief and suicide literature. There is a strong element of personal growth and positivity in the book with an emphasis on self education, self help and self care. The author is obviously eminently qualified and experienced in this field. Her wisdom, commonsense and genuine humanity reflect from the pages of the book. --Dr Col Owen,FRAGP, President, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

About the Author

Dr Sheila Clark has worked extensively as a counsellor and on the professional advisory council of a support group for people who have been bereaved through suicide. She is a practising general practitioner and a university lecturer.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 106 pages
• Publisher: Hill of Content; First edition (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0855722622
• ISBN-13: 978-0855722623
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,032,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Clinical Psychologist's perspective, May 31, 2000

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Leah Giarratano (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: After Suicide: Help for the Bereaved (Paperback)

I feel I am lucky as my only close exposure to suicide has been as a therapist to those who have lost their loved ones through suicide.

The helplesslessness that survivors feel is very often mirrored in those who try to help them through the most difficult periods. A therapist can often assist this process, but we're not there in the middle of the night when the aching and doubts are often strongest. This book can be, and it is set out in such a way that one can open it to any page and find words that help dispell the myths and taboos, words that soothe and heal, words that inspire and motivate, and words that nourish one's sense of self.

I wish I had access to this book years ago. I feel I could then have offered more of my clients a geneuinely practical, sympathetic, and motivating resource.

If you know someone who has lost somebody through suicide, if you have yourself, or if you are a mental health professional working with the traumatically bereaved- I strongly recommend you buy this book.

Leah Giarratano BA Hons., M.Psychol., (Syd.) Clinical Psychologist