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Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief: A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Healing the Impact of Loss Kindle Edition

by Claire Bidwell Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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With this groundbreaking book, discover the critical connections between anxiety and grief—and learn practical strategies for healing, based on the Kübler-Ross stages model.

If you're suffering from anxiety but not sure why, or if you're struggling with loss and looking for solace, Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief offers help and answers. As grief expert Claire Bidwell Smith discovered in her own life—and in her practice with her therapy clients—significant loss and unresolved grief are primary underpinnings of anxiety.

Using research and real life stories, Smith breaks down the physiology of anxiety, providing a concrete explanation that will help you heal. Starting with the basics questions—“What is anxiety?” and “What is grief?” and moving to concrete approaches such as making amends, taking charge, and retraining your brain, Anxiety takes a big step beyond Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's widely accepted five stages to unpack everything from our age-old fears about mortality to the bare vulnerability a loss can make us feel.

With concrete tools and coping strategies for panic attacks, getting a handle on anxious thoughts, and more, Smith bridges these two emotions in a way that is deeply empathetic and profoundly practical.

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This trailblazing book will help many.

-- "Cheryl Strayed, New York Times bestselling author"

[A] useful work...[The] insight alone, linking anxiety to grief, is worth the price of admission.

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About the Author

Claire Bidwell Smith is a therapist specializing in grief counseling and the author of the memoir The Rules of Inheritance. She lives in Los Angeles.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Balance (September 25, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 25, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
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Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC, is a therapist specializing in grief and the author of multiple books, including Conscious Grieving and Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief. Led by her own experiences with grief and fueled by her work in hospice and private practice, Claire strives to provide support for all kinds of people experiencing all kinds of loss. Claire offers numerous programs in addition to working with people one-on-one, as well as training other clinicians to work in the field of grief and loss.

Claire has been featured in and written for various publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Scientific American, The LA Times, CNN, and more. She deeply loves her work and is devoted to expanding the conversation about grief and loss.

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Customers find the book helpful for dealing with grief and anxiety. They say it's a powerful tool for healing and coping with loss, providing strategies to cope effectively. The book helps them deal with old grief from childhood issues.

"Wow! Simply Wow! This book is such a powerful tool for dealing and healing with grief...." Read more

"...This book has helped me so very much. Thank you Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC" Read more

"...She has astutely identified the role that anxiety plays in loss and grief, and has written this wonderful book as a service to all who are suffering...." Read more

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Customers find the book helpful and a worthwhile purchase. They describe it as a meaningful, easy-to-read guide that offers practical advice in an honest and realistic manner.

"...If you’re struggling with grief, this book is amazing...." Read more

"...role that anxiety plays in loss and grief, and has written this wonderful book as a service to all who are suffering. Five enthusiastic stars." Read more

"I found this book helpful, kind, sincere, and smart. I read it 6 months after the death of my father...." Read more

"One of the best if not the best and most helpful of all the books on grief I have read. Highly recommended!" Read more

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  • Joni A.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful tool!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2024
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    Wow! Simply Wow! This book is such a powerful tool for dealing and healing with grief. I originally ordered the ebook but quickly realized I needed the physical book to highlight, refer back, and bookmark. If you’re struggling with grief, this book is amazing. It is full of other book references to help you continue on your healing and understanding journey. I cannot thank the author enough for writing this impactful book.
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  • Karen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
    Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024
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    I was having very bad anxiety and stress due to a loss of my dear husband. This book has helped me so very much.
    Thank you Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC
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  • Katherine Devine
    5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable and necessary addition to grief literature
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2018
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    Claire Bidwell Smith tackles grief and loss in Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief the way she has in her two previous books (The Rules of Inheritance and After This: When Life is Over, Where Do We Go)--directly and gently, honestly and warmly, realistically and optimistically. Reading this book is like overhearing a conversation between a beautiful and gifted writer and the most incisive therapist. Bidwell Smith is comfortable as both, and shines in her latest book. Included with her own experiences are tools for assessment and the exercises she offers to patients dealing with grief and anxiety in her private practice. She has astutely identified the role that anxiety plays in loss and grief, and has written this wonderful book as a service to all who are suffering. Five enthusiastic stars.
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  • irishclan
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for any Grieving person
    Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2021
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    Clare Burwell Smith really captures all of the pieces needed to gain peace after a loss. The exercises are truly helpful.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
    Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2021
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    This is the first review I ever wrote, but I had to say how much this book healed me. I had to put my 15 year old dog down and started having panic attacks soon after. I never had a panic attack in my life and it scared me. I knew it must have been something to do with loosing her so I purchased this book. I can't tell you how much this book made me understand my feelings. I did all of the grief work it suggested and by the middle of the book I had no more panic attacks or anxiety!!! Thank you so much to the author of this book. This helped me to put my life back together.
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  • Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely helpful
    Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2019
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    I found this book helpful, kind, sincere, and smart. I read it 6 months after the death of my father. It helped with many feelings I was having around his death, and it really helped with the unexpected anxiety I was feeling. I found it helpful, as well, in forging a new way forward with my mother, who lost her best friend and partner of 61 years. I also found the booked helped me deal with some very old grief around some childhood issues with my dad. The author speaks from both years of experience working as a grief therapist and from her own personal experiences of loss. I've bought copies of the book for several relatives and friends, including my mother (who is also finding it very helpful).
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  • Curt
    5.0 out of 5 stars Most helpful
    Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023
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    One of the best if not the best and most helpful of all the books on grief I have read. Highly recommended!
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  • BB
    3.0 out of 5 stars A bit generic and fails to dive deep
    Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2024
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    This books seems to be geared to individuals who know little to nothing about what anxiety is and how to manage it. For people who have been in therapy before and are well versed with their anxiety, this book is very generic and fails to dive deeper than surface level analysis. I think this book had a lot of potential but ultimately fell short by offering only basic insights without any fresh or advanced strategies for managing anxiety. While it may benefit beginners, it lacks the depth and practical tools that more experienced readers would expect.
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  • aa
    5.0 out of 5 stars A excellent resource when working through the anxiety panic, fear that accompanies grief
    Reviewed in Canada on September 3, 2022
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    In dealing with the bouts of panic that arise after many years of delayed grief + long ago trauma, this book, with its vignettes + personal stories has been so helpful. I'm grateful for it.
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  • Amazon Kunde
    2.0 out of 5 stars I was expecting more
    Reviewed in Germany on December 19, 2024
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    It focuses a lot on grief when loosing a loved one and I was looking for more grief in other types of looses. It has some nice techniques but it is not an extraordinary, super helpful book.
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  • annie h
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent well written
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2023
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    This is a really excellent book, it’s easy to read and I found this book comforting, helped me to put things into perspective as well
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  • Daisy Hill
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sensitive and wise
    Reviewed in France on November 22, 2019
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    My mother died twelve years ago yet I still found this book really helpful! It doesn't matter for how long you have been without your loved one. This book will impart pearls of wisdom. It had a lot of philosophy within and I felt wiser for reading it and also calmer. I love how she says you may keep your love one alive if you like. So many books tell you to get on with life, to get over it when you feel like a limb has been removed. Sensitive gentle writer. Really enjoyed reading each chapter.
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  • Candace
    5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly helpful during difficult times
    Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2022
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    This book has made me realize so much, it described my current experience to a T and gave me tools to help me heal. Excellent!!
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