Transforming Traumatic Grief: Six Steps to Move From Grief to Peace After the Sudden or Violent Death of a Loved One

By Courtney Armstrong
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Published: April 17, 2011
Words: 28,259 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780983499909

Short description

Although losing someone you love to a sudden or violent death is a shocking and life changing experience, there are steps you can take to heal. This book provides compassionate support as well as six tools you can use to soothe intense emotions, end nightmares and regrets, feel a positive connection to your loved one, and find peace and meaning in life again.

Extended description

The tools in this book are based on recent advances in grief and trauma treatment, as well as advice from people who have emerged from traumatic grief and found peace and meaning in life again.

In this book you will learn:
- Activities that promote healing and calm feelings of anxiety, anger, or despair
- Methods to alleviate nightmares, intrusive images, and ruminating thoughts (Read more) The tools in this book are based on recent advances in grief and trauma treatment, as well as advice from people who have emerged from traumatic grief and found peace and meaning in life again.

In this book you will learn:
- Activities that promote healing and calm feelings of anxiety, anger, or despair
- Methods to alleviate nightmares, intrusive images, and ruminating thoughts
- How to clear guilt and regrets so you can open up to new experiences in your life
- Ways to get the kind of support you want from other people
- How to retain "the living story" of your loved one and sense them as a positive presence in your life

“Courtney Armstrong's Transforming Traumatic Grief provides practical tools to comfort grievers, promotes resilience and hope for those who have been devastated by tragedy and loss, and shows ways to create renewed meaning in life beyond grief and trauma.” - BIll O'Hanlon, author of Thriving Through Crisis and Quick Steps to Resolving Trauma

"A must-read! An indispensable guide for transforming traumatic grief into healing reconnection.” - Jon Connelly, Ph.D, LCSW, Founder, Institute for Rapid Resolution Therapy
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grief, grief and loss, loss of a child, trauma grief, traumatic stress, trauma and recovery, loss and hope, loss of loved one, loss of a friend, loss of a parent

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Transforming Traumatic Grief
Author Courtney Armstrong, LPC summarizes six steps for transforming grief to peace for the Open to Hope project from her book Transforming Traumatic Grief.

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Review by: Nancy Gershman on May 21, 2011 : (no rating)
Unlike other books detailing therapies that work at the cognitive level of the mind, “Transforming Traumatic Grief” is a how-to book of practical (and even more importantly) attainable activities and proven strategies for those dealing with grief and loss. As a therapist specializing in trauma counseling and her own personal experience with loss, Armstrong builds a strong case for why we need to speak to the emotional brain in a language it understands. Unless we do, she argues, the traumatized and grief-stricken simply can’t experience a shift in how they’re feeling. Written in a voice that emanates from a very personal place, Armstrong's book is both comforting and empowering. It's for anyone having difficulty moving through grief or growing from their traumatic experience. It's also for therapists who want to help their patients help themselves inbetween appointments or post-therapy.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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