This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss

By Thomas M. Ellis

Book Overview

Grief is a crazy-making, complicated process, a struggle to acknowledge the life-changing impact of loss. It affects every dimension of the self; it is despairing, isolating, and overwhelming. It is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929636643
• ISBN13: 9780929636641
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Syren Book Company
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

One of the best

I have many books on grief; I work with grieving. This book is one of the best out there. If you need it for yourself or to give to someone else this is the book for you. It does not preach or chide the grieving as some do. This is a very helpful book that teaches and explains. It also allows the grieving to just grieve. Overall...buy it!

Helpful book to better understand grief

The author of this book is a second-generation funeral director, licensed marriage and family therapist, and executive director at the Center for Grief, Loss and Transition. In this book he walks you through different ways people grieve and offers advice on how youu can use loss to heal and grow. A good book for people experiencing grief or loss for the first time- -- Jamieson Haverkampf, Author of the 4-time-award winning 500+ resource guide: Mom Minus Dad Mom Minus Dad: The Essential Resource Guide for Busy Adults with a Newly Widowed Parent

Excellent Souce of Support for Anyone Who Is Grieving

I work in the counseling field and one of my areas of specialization is grief, loss and bereavement for people dealing with death of humans or animals and so many other kinds of losses we all deal with on a daily basis. I have read many books in the area of grief and loss, attended many conferences and taken many courses. This book is one of the best I have ever read! It is comprehensive and compassionate, simply yet eloquently written. It is easily read in one sitting, yet covers all of the important areas that come up for people going through the grieving process. It is an important book to read for anyone dealing with loss, whether the loss is brand new or years old. Kudos to the author! I HIGHLY recommend this book.

The transformation qualities of successful grieving can heal our sense of loss

Grief is the emotional response to loss. It is a complicated emotion that is necessary to work through in order to regain emotional equilibrium. Ignored and undealt with, grieve can lead to crippling isolation, overwhelming despair, the deprivation of the soul, mental illness and even death. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thomas Ellis is a licensed marriage and family therapist, clinical supervisor and executive director of the Center for Grief, Loss & Transition. Ellis draws upon is years of experience and professional expertise to explain just what grief is, how it works, and the role of the grieving process in healing us. Illustrated with stories of real men and women making this an ideal and instructive guide recommended for non-specialist readers having to cope with the loss of a loved one in their own lives, "This Thing Called Grief" shows how the transformation qualities of successful grieving can heal our sense of loss and enable us to cope with even the most tragic of events.

New loss and old loss, this book makes you understand

My husband lost his father at a very young age. He was in this frame of mind that he would 'get over it'. After reading this book, we both understand that he doesn't need to 'get over it' - he feels 'normal'. This is a good gift for any one who has had a recent loss or a loss from many years ago.