The Grief Recovery Handbook, The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith

27 reviews for The Grief Recovery Handbook, The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith

1. LuAnn Collins

   Rated 5 out of 5

   July 5, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars When you're ready to move on

   With all the programs out there for grief today, this one is research tested and will help you get closure on loss. I was so impressed with the progra...More

   With all the programs out there for grief today, this one is research tested and will help you get closure on loss. I was so impressed with the program, I became a Grief Recovery Methods specialist. There really isn't any way to describe the deep changes one experiences. The exercises are simple. The results are life-changing.

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   Anna M

   Rated 5 out of 5

   July 1, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book on grief. Anybody could benefit from it.

   The Grief Recovery Method is extremely interesting. Very meaningful exercises. I haven't gone through the steps yet but I think it will make a great g...More

   The Grief Recovery Method is extremely interesting. Very meaningful exercises. I haven't gone through the steps yet but I think it will make a great gift for anyone who's suffered a loss.

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   J. Dias

   Rated 5 out of 5

   June 27, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Great grif recovery program.

   My wife is a grief recover certified and she always use this book with her patients.

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   Philip Bloeser

   Rated 5 out of 5

   June 20, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars A book that will change your life

   In this book, you as the reader will get a crash course on what grief really is and isn’t, in addition to what it means to process through unresolved ...More

   In this book, you as the reader will get a crash course on what grief really is and isn’t, in addition to what it means to process through unresolved emotions and feelings. The knowledge, insight, and emotional tools acquired in this are priceless.

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   Helen F. Williams

   Rated 5 out of 5

   June 11, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and Easy to Read and Apply

   This powerful book is easy to read and easy to apply to your own life. It helped me work through grief I didn't even realize I was holding onto.

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   Debra S. Hills

   Rated 5 out of 5

   May 14, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful

   Grief is a very difficult emotion to get through. I lost my Mom, Dad and brother all within a year and a half. One of the best grief books I have read

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   Truth Teller

   Rated 5 out of 5

   April 20, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Grieving is good

   I have gotten a lot out of this book and it's help me. If you are in pain and have taken a hit, a loss, a death, a divorce this is the book for you. ...More

   I have gotten a lot out of this book and it's help me. If you are in pain and have taken a hit, a loss, a death, a divorce this is the book for you. It will help you know it is okay to be sad, feel your pain and process your grief. It has taught me how to be there for others, sit with them in their darkness and listen intently as they process. I have shared this book with others.

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   brightblue36

   Rated 5 out of 5

   April 1, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Quick delivery!

   Shipped quickly and in very good condition.

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   Tracey

   Rated 5 out of 5

   March 21, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Super helpful for my own grief journey

   I am a mental health therapist and another therapist recommended this book to me after losing my mother. It has been very helpful to my process and h...More

   I am a mental health therapist and another therapist recommended this book to me after losing my mother. It has been very helpful to my process and has also given me some helpful ideas for work with clients. My focus in my practice is more with young children and so I haven't done a lot of grief work with adults, this book is helpful to improving my own practice as well as working through my own grief.

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   Melissa

   Rated 5 out of 5

   March 16, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and very helpful book

   A friend recommended this book for processing grief. It is outstanding. Very insightful and supportive. It’s been a balm to a grieving soul.

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   miranda lara

   Rated 5 out of 5

   February 29, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Real grief process work book to recovery

   Book helped me recover from grief

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   Shelia

   Rated 5 out of 5

   February 17, 2024

   5.0 out of 5 stars Great book

   We have a grief recovery class and this book is really helping to bring out things that will help

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   Audree Taylori

   Rated 5 out of 5

   December 29, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Go to book

   This is my go to book to give friends and family when grieving any sort of significant loss

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   BassJE

   Rated 5 out of 5

   December 29, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendously Helpful Guide to Healing Around and Loss

   This is more than a book - it's a program and it's absolutely amazing. A lot of grief material and resources out there perpetuate what I recognize to ...More

   This is more than a book - it's a program and it's absolutely amazing. A lot of grief material and resources out there perpetuate what I recognize to be unhealthy ways to get through a loss, but this program My wife completed suicide in April of this year and, for as painful as my healing has been, I think this program has been instrumental me healing the cleanest, fastest, and healthiest ways I possibly could have healed. We couldn't hold Angela's funeral service until 3 months after she died, which gave me time to go through this program. I found this so helpful that I purchased 40 of these books and put them on a table as a free resource for those who attended. I've had several people tell me how helpful it's been in their healing and I'm so grateful for this program.

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   Carol Parks

   Rated 5 out of 5

   November 2, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Text used in counseling was informative.

   First, read this text with a partner. This taught me a great many things about losing people we love. The lessons were not easy. I was a different per...More

   First, read this text with a partner. This taught me a great many things about losing people we love. The lessons were not easy. I was a different person at the end of the guided process. I am stronger and more aware.

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   Amber

   Rated 5 out of 5

   November 2, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Just do it.

   My therapist recommended this book to help with my grief recovery. It has changed my life. I’m not exaggerating. I’m not paid to say this. I didn’t ge...More

   My therapist recommended this book to help with my grief recovery. It has changed my life. I’m not exaggerating. I’m not paid to say this. I didn’t get one for free. I’ve bought it three more times for people because it is just that incredible. Do just hit that buy button. It will be some of the best money you’ve ever spent. Invest in yourself and actually work through this book…not just turn the pages.

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   sbear

   Rated 5 out of 5

   October 8, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars HELPFUL!

   Used in workshop and very helpful. I'd recommend it.

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   DONNA

   Rated 5 out of 5

   September 26, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Good book

   Helpful book to work thru grief. It is a handbook which requires the reader to interact actively with the book which is why it is so helpful

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   Joel Towne

   Rated 5 out of 5

   September 15, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Good read

   This book was very helpful for the understanding of my loved ones passing.

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   Jeanine Wells

   Rated 5 out of 5

   April 18, 2023

   5.0 out of 5 stars Healing losses

   I love this book. It is helping me to walk through my grief and find healthy ways to do it. I suggest that if you've recently I had a huge loss to ple...More

   I love this book. It is helping me to walk through my grief and find healthy ways to do it. I suggest that if you've recently I had a huge loss to please check out this book and look around you. You are not alone. Start a Grief and Loss group with this book. Chapter by Chapter. You might find greats ways to think of grief instead of some of the ways you were taught when you were young. Please give yourself a break and get this book.

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   Transcendmind

   Rated 5 out of 5

   April 6, 2022

   5.0 out of 5 stars Great practical results!!!!!!!!

   First things first: This book is not meant for people that have intense grief that they haven't released. This is the book you use once you have emoti...More

   First things first: This book is not meant for people that have intense grief that they haven't released. This is the book you use once you have emotionally released your grief, and are ready to finish any un completed conversations that you didn't know were still effecting you. For example: I grieved the passing of my older brother 10 years ago, however, there were a few things he said or did during our childhood that still triggered me, and made me angry. Well you see, I grieved his passing, thus the loss of my brother. But what I hadn't grieved was the loss of confidence I created by believing his opinions of me as a child. This books excercises help us identify, and complete unfinished conversations that need to be had in order to completely move on with our life without holding grievances toward those that past because of things they did do, and didn't do.
   
   This book does not teach or guide us on how to release the loss of the person. There are many effective books for that kind of work. This book is for completing the grieving process.
   
   Another example: I attempted to do these excercises for my relationship with my mother. However, as I went through the steps I began to get, more and more angry. And it was because I had decades of repressed rage around my childhood. So, I needed to grieve and release that anger before I could complete our relationship and conversations that need to be finished.

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   Amazon Customer

   Rated 5 out of 5

   December 8, 2021

   5.0 out of 5 stars have an open mind

   I never go for this kind of stuff, type A personality and I can handle it on my own, well this book was handed to me by a dr I read it and was surp...More

   I never go for this kind of stuff, type A personality and I can handle it on my own, well this book was handed to me by a dr I read it and was surprisingly amazed at what i didn't know about grief and grieving over a lost love one, my bride of 3 years died and I was having a terrible time learning to live without her, she was only 54, we owned a business and worked together so i spent 24 hours a day with her, hard to loose this relationship. after reading this book , i was not only able to cope better it opened y eyes to relationshipsI have had in the past that were still affecting me and I didn't even know it, worth the read

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   Mommy of Miracles

   Rated 5 out of 5

   May 7, 2021

   5.0 out of 5 stars I’m sorry this book has to exist but it does and it helped me

   When dealing with grief, I’m not sure there is anything which will ever truly heal you.But, having said that, I attended a support group which incorpo...More

   When dealing with grief, I’m not sure there is anything which will ever truly heal you.
   
   But, having said that, I attended a support group which incorporated reading this book and putting it into action and that has made me feel better than any other book I’ve read.
   
   It’s not full of fluff, and yes, it’s a difficult topic (you already know that). But the authors handle it well and with an approach much more effective than platitudes like “it just takes time” etc. They have personal stories of loss, I felt like they were qualified to make suggestions and offer a path toward a less painful future.
   
   I would recommend this to anyone suffering a loss of someone or something so special that they feel unable to move forward.
   It helped me and I hope it helps you too.

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   MRH

   Rated 5 out of 5

   April 8, 2019

   5.0 out of 5 stars As a clinical psychology doctoral candidate...

   I was experiencing what it is now known in the mental health field as 'prolonged grief diorder' or 'persistent complex bereavement disorder' after my ...More

   I was experiencing what it is now known in the mental health field as 'prolonged grief diorder' or 'persistent complex bereavement disorder' after my divorce. In summer 2019 the ICD11 workgroup has a meeting to finally accept the diagnostic criteria proposed. After two plus years my grief was completely disabling.
   
   As a clinical psychology doctoral candidate, I found myself relying in 'Kubler-Ross Grief Stages' and waiting for time to heal me. Waiting for time to pass and for me to go through the stages to finally recover from grief was impractical. I had no training in graduate school to deal with grief specifically, since all up to 2018 there was no disorder included in the manuals, that psychologists and psychiatrists use for diagnosing, of a grief experience that turns into clinically relevant.
   
   I went to therapy but none addressed the underline cause of conplicated grief since it's fairly a new disorder. I was treated for anxiety or depression. Research has proven that the normal process of grieving could turn into a distinctive disorder which needs an specific treatment if there are obstacles obstructing the healing. Complicated grief share some symptoms with depression and post traumatic stress.
   
   I came across this book and it worked for me. My sister was thrilled to see me move forward. Every family member was plainly frustrated and had given up 'trying to help me'. I hit bottom and this action plan was the key to help me regain my life.
   
   I do not agree with the authors as to this being 'the solution', 'the way to healing' or recovering as they have copyrighted. I see it as one of the paths between many. This is not therapy. It's self help and in the same way I believe it has to be conceptualize to see if it is a good fit to the persons presenting problem. Or, if another approach is more suitable. At the least it could be seen as a trial and error effort. It might help you it may not. In my case it worked.
   
   I have hope in the future, I'm no longer stuck in my grief, I can laugh again, I can reinvest in other people and have goals and dreams again. I now want to specialize in treating grief that turns into pathological!
   
   I hope this book help you. If not, keep looking. God did not forsake me or abandoned me in my valley of death. He leaded me to what I needed in His sovereign time. I kept the faith.

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   mary s

   Rated 5 out of 5

   July 16, 2014

   5.0 out of 5 stars Should be Required Reading for Everyone

   I think this book should perhaps be required reading for everyone. We all sustain losses, and we all learn early on how to cope with them so we feel ...More

   I think this book should perhaps be required reading for everyone. We all sustain losses, and we all learn early on how to cope with them so we feel better, and then we apply what we have learned to all the other losses we encounter. But just making ourselves "feel better" isn't always the best way to cope long-term with loss and move forward in a healthy way. I came to this book on a recommendation from a counselor following the death of my husband, and I have found it enormously helpful. It is a very small book but I have spent months reading and re-reading it, and working on the grief exercises in it. It is a method for coping with loss that works for all types of losses over the course of a lifetime. I do not think it is specific to death or divorce; in fact, it specifically mentions other kinds of loss, such as loss of health, and loss of trust. It is not magic - you can't expect to read this book, or any book, and miraculously be finished with grief. But I think it can help anyone who genuinely wants to recover from grief and is willing to put the work into it. I love this book.

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   Jessie Menendez

   Rated 5 out of 5

   September 28, 2009

   5.0 out of 5 stars Releasing pain and moving forward without letting go of our loved ones

   One very simple truth is brought forth in this powerful little book. Bluntly, the majority of our society does not know how or even want to deal with ...More

   One very simple truth is brought forth in this powerful little book. Bluntly, the majority of our society does not know how or even want to deal with the negative ("bad") feelings which are the natural response to loss.
   
   We've been trained that "boys don't cry", "have a cookie and you'll feel better", "forget the past", in other words stuff the feelings that make other people uncomfortable. Or as a good friend of mine use to do, compartmentalize: put everything in boxes in your mind and put them on a shelf in the back so you don't have to deal with them and they don't have to bother anyone else.
   
   Unfortunately, emotional pain can be like an infection in your body. It may be scabbed over, but it's going to keep festering until you do what is necessary to heal it. Some people respond to the built up, festering pain by actually becoming physically ill. Some people grab an uzi and head to the mall. Then some people become angry, bitter people who turn to alcohol and/or drugs to numb the lifetime of unresolved pain. Either way the outcome isn't good for that person or the people around him/her.
   
   This book helps the reader to understand these concepts clearly and simply. Then it gives you tools to finally heal. If you have lost a loved one to death, rest assured that the goal is NOT for you to bury them again, by trying to make you let go of your relationship with that person. It IS about expressing the pain caused by the loss and letting go of only that pain so that you can remember your loved one with a smile instead of a knife in the heart.
   
   After my husband passed away, I worked with a grief recovery coach who trained at the Grief Recovery Institute with the authors of this book and founders of the institute. I highly recommend working with a grief coach when going through this book. If you cannot afford one, then find someone that you can trust to objectively and compassionately hear you through this process, maybe from a support group, or your church. Aside from the benefits of my coach's training and personal experience, I found working with someone kept me from procrastinating and helped me to push through the pain.
   
   Just remember, the only way out of the pain is through it.

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   Julie

   Rated 5 out of 5

   September 1, 2009

   5.0 out of 5 stars Brought hope back into my life...

   A year ago our newborn son died and I kept waiting for "time to heal." Exactly a year later, I felt no better and in many ways had lost hope of ever b...More

   A year ago our newborn son died and I kept waiting for "time to heal." Exactly a year later, I felt no better and in many ways had lost hope of ever being able to be happy again. I thought my heart would be broken the rest of my life. I finally went to see a therapist in a last ditch effort to try and gain some ground and she recommended this book. I had very low expectations since I had previously read numerous grief books, all along looking for the magical words that might fix me. Nothing I had read before had made much of a difference. Then I began this book and was SHOCKED at the difference it made in my grief and healing process. All along we were told by the hospital and counselors that we needed to acknowledge our loss and do "grief work." But no one could tell us exactly what grief work entailed...until I read this book. I wish I had found this long ago. Even before our son died, there were many other losses, and had I known the things that are expressed in this book, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I am just grateful for the huge difference it is making now. I believe everyone should read this book, even if it is only to be a better friend to someone who might be in my shoes. This book brought hope back into my life and provided the help in healing that I have needed so badly.

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