How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
Therese A. Rando
In the book How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, author and clinical psychologist Therese Rando seeks to dispel many common myths about grief that tend to make grieving more difficult. She argues that the most beneficial grieving process is one that has realistic expectations of recovery and allows for many different avenues of grief support. Toward this end, Dr. Rando offers a guidebook on grief and the grieving process in five informative sections. Part One defines grief and lets the reader know what to expect in the process. Part Two highlights the way in which the manner and cause of death is influential upon the way we grieve. Part Three discusses the complexities of mourning within a family that is forced by necessity to reorganize. She discusses the death of a spouse, a parent and a child in ways that highlight the particular nuances of each one. Part Four discusses the resolution of grief. In this section Dr. Rando discusses the necessity of resolution and offers specific suggestions for resolution in addition to providing detailed information on the realistic expectations of the bereaved. Part Five includes a very helpful list and discussion of resources, grief centers, and support groups. This work provides particularly useful information for Stephen Ministers who are providing care to those who are dealing with the loss of a loved one.