Life After Loss: A Personal Guide Dealing With Death, Divorce, Job Change and Relocation [Paperback]

Bob Deits (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1992

Learn the personal skills for a healthy recovery from the death of a loved one, divorce, job loss or chronic illness. Helpful exercises and charts for working through your grief.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Bookviews blog, August 2009
“A practical, user-friendly guide.”

 

Metapsychology Online Reviews,  9/11/10

“This book would be an invaluable resource to every human being, preparing people for future losses and cultivating compassion for fellow human beings who suffer. It can help us to be better caregivers to those around us, and to know when to give them their space for healing. But Life After Loss would also serve as a helpful professional guide for students in all areas of counseling and social work. It is a readily accessible book, filled with practical strategies to lead sufferers out of their grief and despair and toward healthy recovery…I recommend it most highly to all readers.”

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Bob Diets, M Th, has specialized in helping people cope with major loss experiences for over thirty years. He and his wife, June, live in Mesa, Arizona. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group; 2nd edition (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555610498
• ISBN-13: 978-1555610494
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,084,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life After Loss, July 2, 2001

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Krista Thibodaux (The Woodlands, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life After Loss: A Personal Guide Dealing With Death, Divorce, Job Change and Relocation, Third Edition (Paperback)

The book "Life After Loss" by Bob Deits was given to me by one of my friends when my mother died in January of 2000 from cancer. I'll have to admit that when he gave it to me, the last thing I wanted to do was read it. I was interested in nothing,and even if I would have read it at that time, I wouldn't have remembered it. I was numb. After a few months I pulled the book out from under a big pile of my mother's things in my closet. I was going to look at it, but I didn't want to get upset again so I didn't think about it for another 4 months. When I finally sat down to read it, it wasn't a sad book like I was scared of. It actually helped me to cope with my mom's loss and to like myself again. I no longer felt guilty or ashamed. I learned that things happen because "we live in an imperfect world." I know that this isn't the kind of report that you may want, but I just wanted to let people know that this book can help you. Everyone going through a loss of any kind should read this book and refer to it when they get down again about their loss or losses. Believe me, this book helps...even when it is the last thing you may want to see and especially read. I went through it and now I am so glad that I read it.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent basic book on grief, February 28, 2001

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Cole Carley "visbiz" (Fargo, ND United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life After Loss: A Personal Guide Dealing With Death, Divorce, Job Change and Relocation, Third Edition (Paperback)

After losing my wife to cancer in late 2000, I've read several books dealing with grief and this is easily the one that I've recommended most. I've bought at least 5 copies for friends and family and have mentioned it in a few talks I've given. Mr. Deits' book has made this terrible ordeal a bit easier and much more predictable. It's practical, easy to read, and encourages you along the way.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than flowers, May 30, 2000

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timothy w renyer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life After Loss: A Personal Guide Dealing With Death, Divorce, Job Change and Relocation, Third Edition (Paperback)

I met Bob in 1989 and he gave a signed copy of the first edition. I loaned my "precious" copy to a friend who had a recent loss. Every time I bought a copy to replace the original it did not last long in my book collection. After the fifth time I loaned my copy out and hesitated to ask for it back, I realized it was a much more personal gift than flowers. I was even more surprised to learn that many recipients will re-gift it again and again. I must have given out 50 copies over the years.