Transcending Loss

by Ashley Davis Bush

Overview

“Compassionate, poignant, and practical. . . . Transcending Loss will be a great blessing on your lifetime journey of recovery.”—Harold Bloomfield, MD, psychiatrist and author of How to Survive the Loss of Love and How to Heal Depression

Death doesn’t end a relationship, it simply forges a new type of relationship—one based not on physical presence but on memory, spirit, and love.
 
There are many wonderful books available that address acute grief and how to cope with it. But they often focus on crisis management and imply that there is an "end" to mourning, and fail to acknowledge grief’s ongoing impact and how it changes through the years.

“This is a book about death and grief, yes, but more important, it is a book about love and hope. I have learned from my experience and interviews with courageous people about pain, struggle, resiliency, and meaning. Their stories show over time, you can learn to transcend even in spite of the pain.”—from the introduction by Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101532751
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/1997
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	849,994
File size:	297 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ashley Davis Bush is a licensed psychotherapist and grief counselor in private practice. The author of Transcending Loss and Shortcuts to Inner Peace, she has appeared on NPR's Diane Rehm Show, as well as on MSNBC. She lives in Epping, New Hampshire, with her husband and their five children.

Introduction

An inspiring new approach to the lifelong process of grieving. The author asserts that death doesn't end the relationship, it simply forges a new type of relationship--one based not on physical presence but on memory, spirit, and love.

A licensed psychotherapist and bereavement support specialist helps grievers deal with the ongoing impact of their loss--and the attempt to transcend it.

"There are many wonderful grief books available that address acute grief and how to cope with it. But these books often focus on crisis management and imply that there is an 'end' to mourning. They essentially fail to address the issue of grief's ongoing impact, and how it changes through the years...

This is a book about death and grief, yes, but more importantly it is a book about love and hope. I have learned from [my interviews with] courageous people about pain, struggle, resiliency, and meaning. Their stories show that over time, you can learn to transcend even in spite of pain. We all get broken by life sooner or later because loss is the price we pay for living and loving. But experience shows that we can become stronger at the broken places and find the opportunity in crisis. I hope this book will help you move beyond grief and will guide you on your journey through time of healing and transcendence."