GOOD GRIEF RITUALS: Tools for Healing (Healing Companion) [Paperback]

Elaine Childs-Gowell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Healing Companion | Publication Date: October 1, 1992

In this comforting and deeply thoughtful book, the author offers a series of simple grief rituals, among them the venting of feelings, letter writing, affirmations, exercises to act out negative emotions as well as forgiveness, fantasies, meditations, and more. Adult children of alcoholics, victims of incest and assault, and those who have ended a relationship, lived through a natural disaster, wrecked a car, or suffered any kind of loss, will find that these rituals move them beyond loss to forgiveness, gratitude and a new sense of life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Good Grief Rituals" is a powerful and progressive nonstop means of transformating grief into enlightened resolution. -- Sandra Landsman author of "Fond a Place fo Me and I'm Special"

Finally, here is a practial book that shows us how to get through that most difficult and pervasive human experience. Step by step, we are shown how to cross it's dark valley and arrive safely at the golden light of a new dawn. -- Pamela Levin, R.N. author of "Cycles of Power and Becoming the Way We Were"

About the Author

Elaine Childs-Gowel, RN, MN, MPH, Ph.D., completed her nursing degree at Yale University, her Public Health degree at Tulane University, and her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Washington. She has been teaching, healing, counseling, and practicing psychotherapy for more than 20 years. She is currently in private practice as a Shaman, healer, and Clinical Transactional Analyst in Seattle, working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Elaine is well known in the Northwest, Canada, and Europe and in TA circles as a therapist and workshop leader, particularly through her work relating Transitional Analysis with the body. She has created many workshops for healing grief and considers herself a "spiritual midwife."

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Barrytown/Station Hill Press, Inc.; 1 edition (October 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882681184
• ISBN-13: 978-0882681184
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #863,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful, invaluable and unique book about grief., January 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: GOOD GRIEF RITUALS: Tools for Healing (Healing Companion) (Paperback)

This is a truly helpful book with a wide range of rituals for those who are bereaved or need to grieve for many of life's losses like the loss of a pet, a job, or even a long-held belief. Life is full of necessary losses. This book shows us how to cope with them, learn from them and understand how this part of life can be of great value to us. It also helps us to express and deal with feelings that are not accepted or encouraged in our society. I bought the book to learn how to deal with a tragic suicide that affected my family. I found it to be an invaluable source of support and comfort.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS THE MOST INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL BOOK ., March 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: GOOD GRIEF RITUALS: Tools for Healing (Healing Companion) (Paperback)

THIS BOOK WAS MY ROCK WHEN I WAS GOING THRU MY GRIEVING PROCESS. IT WAS SO HELPFUL AND I HAVE PASSED IT ON TO OTHERS. I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS THIS BOOK TO GO THRU THE RECOVERY PROCESS FROM OLD AND NEW GRIEF.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you, Ms. Childs-Gowell!!!, May 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: GOOD GRIEF RITUALS: Tools for Healing (Healing Companion) (Paperback)

My accupunturist lent me her first edition copy of this book to help with the grief of my best friend committing suicide, three years ago. 18 months after the first suicide - another friend committed suicide. Boy, this book was an amazing tool and offered support to me when no one else could. I always have three copies in my home to lend to others and I have also purchased about 35 more for anyone who needs the help during their life time.