The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery [Paperback]

Phil Rich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0471295655 | ISBN-13: 978-0471295655 | Edition: 1

A source of comfort and expert guidance

Like a knowing and sympathetic companion, this unique journal is designed to help you work through the painful emotions, thoughts, and memories that surface when you have lost someone dear to you. Written by a professional counselor, this book supplies you with important information about grief and the grieving process. But, more importantly, it invokes the healing power of writing to provide you with a means for collecting your thoughts, sorting out your feelings, and taking an active part in your own recovery.

Acclaim for The Healing Journey Through Grief . . .

"A wonderful guide for the bereaved. This journal not only provides valuable information, but it also allows the griever to make his or her own way through the painful mourning process."
--Catherine Sanders, PhD, Author of Grief: The Mourning After, Surviving Grief . . . and Learning to Live Again, and How to Survive the Loss of a Child

Other books in the Healing Journey series include:

The Healing Journey, 208 pp., Paper (0-471-24712-X)

The Healing Journey for Couples, 288 pp., Paper (0-471-25470-3)

The Healing Journey Through Divorce, 264 pp., Paper (0-471-29575-2)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

A source of comfort and expert guidance

Like a knowing and sympathetic companion, this unique journal is designed to help you work through the painful emotions, thoughts, and memories that surface when you have lost someone dear to you. Written by a professional counselor, this book supplies you with important information about grief and the grieving process. But, more importantly, it invokes the healing power of writing to provide you with a means for collecting your thoughts, sorting out your feelings, and taking an active part in your own recovery.

Acclaim for The Healing Journey Through Grief . . .

"A wonderful guide for the bereaved. This journal not only provides valuable information, but it also allows the griever to make his or her own way through the painful mourning process."
—Catherine Sanders, PhD, Author of Grief: The Mourning After, Surviving Grief . . . and Learning to Live Again, and How to Survive the Loss of a Child

Other books in the Healing Journey series include:

The Healing Journey, 208 pp., Paper (0-471-24712-X)

The Healing Journey for Couples, 288 pp., Paper (0-471-25470-3)

The Healing Journey Through Divorce, 264 pp., Paper (0-471-29575-2)

About the Author

PHIL RICH, EdD, MSW, is an experienced psychotherapist who has been in practice for more than twenty years. He has taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and led professional workshops. He was born and raised in London, England, and now lives with his family in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471295655
• ISBN-13: 978-0471295655
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that can help when it feels like you've lost everythi, January 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery (Paperback)

As a grief counselor, I've seen a lot of books about loss. But rarely have I seen a book that is so sensitive and accurate about the many feelings people experience when they lose someone close to them. The journal entries, prompting the reader to write about their feelings about the loss, are exactly the kind of thing I suggest that the people in my grief groups do. If you've lost someone you love, I can't recommend this book highly enough.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone stunned by what loss feels like, June 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery (Paperback)

This book was given to me soon after my mother died. Use it at your own pace because healing grief is not painless. However, it is wonderful at making you express your feelings, giving you something to chew on for a while. The book gave me the opportunity to say what I wanted to say to my mom before she died (I missed her last couple of days). It's cathartic to talk to your lost loved one through writing, so I recommend you give this book a try.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a grieving reviewer, June 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Healing Journey Through Grief: Your Journal for Reflection and Recovery (Paperback)

I lost my closest friend to breast cancer. After literally wanting to die myself ,because the grief was so overwhelming I had to do something. I found this book and immediately started working through my grief. I still miss Kim, but I have the tools to deal with my grief. it is a must for grieving people.