This book shows cardiac spouses how to face their emotions and concerns and understand the new roles expected of them.
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Rachael Freed was herself a "cardiac spouse", and is a licensed therapist and social worker. She is a regular speaker at cardiac seminars and symposia nationwide. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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the breadth of what is included in this self-help book,
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This review is from: Heartmates: A Guide for the Spouse and Family of the Heart Patient (Paperback)
Heartmates: A Guide for the Spousef the Heart Patient takes the loved one from the acute days of the partner's health crisis through personal feelings, issues and concerns, providing support for the "heartmate" as well as the patient. Relationship as well as family concerns are major topics of this self-help book. There is a thorough index, and the book can be read in one piece or in snippets as the heartmate becomes ready to struggle with the ongoing issues of her/his psycho-social-spiritual recovery. There is frank discussion of the most difficult issues, including the return of trust and intimacy in the couple's relationship as well as feeling isolated and crazy because of the grief that seems to be inappropriate because the patient has recovered. There is, since 1995, a companion self-help tool also available, The Heartmates Meditation Journal, an interactive healing tool taking the participant through a full year of recovery concerns. Both books are readily available, although the indication is listed as "backordered."
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A Healing Book for Spouse and Heart Patient,
This review is from: Heartmates: A Guide for the Spouse and Family of the Heart Patient (Paperback)
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the recipient of an internal cardioverter defibrillator after experiencing sudden cardiac death. This book was a wonderful help to both me and my family in dealing with the emotions of coming so close to death. I highly recommend it!
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This book has been very beneficial to me since my fiance went into cardiac arrest and was brought back. I will share this with someone else when needed.
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My heart racing, I park and run through the darkness toward the double doors marked "Emergency. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cardiac couples, cardiac spouses, cardiac crisis, cardiac families, cardiac experience, cardiac event Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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My heart racing, I park and run through the darkness toward the double doors marked "Emergency. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cardiac couples, cardiac spouses, cardiac crisis, cardiac families, cardiac experience, cardiac event Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Heartmates Web, Norman Cousins, San Francisco, Inner Dialogues, Judith Herman New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Mainstay: For the Well Spouse of the Chronically Ill by Maggie Strong on 5 pages
- Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman on 4 pages
- Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief by Pauline Boss on page 77, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow by Judith Viorst on page 77, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sensuous Heart by Suzanne Cambre on page 217, page 227, and Back Matter
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- From Boys to Men: A Woman's Guide to the Health of Husbands, Partners, Sons, Fathers, and Brothers by M.D., Emily Senay on page 375, and Back Matter
- The Women's Heart Book: The Complete Guide to Keeping Your Heart Healthy by Fredric J. And Libov, Charlotte Pashkow in Back Matter
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