Grief Dreams: How They Help Us Heal After the Death of a Loved One

by T. J. Wray, Ann Back Price

Overview

A program for using dreams as a tool for healing loss

The universal experience of grief dreams can help us heal after the death of a loved one. T.J. Wray and Ann Back Price show how dreams can be uplifting, affirming, consoling, and inspiring. The authors guide readers in ways to understand and value their dreams, how to keep a grief dream journal, and how to use dreams as tools for healing and consolation. This book is designed to help mourners reclaim some measure of power in navigating the most difficult journey of their lives. And, because it is helpful for any type of loss, Grief Dreams is an ideal condolence gift.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470907542
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/04/2005
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr. T. J. Wray is assistant professor of religious studies at Salve Regina University. She is the author of Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies. She is the creator of www.griefdreams.com and www.adultsiblinggrief.com.

Ann Back Price is a Jungian psychoanalyst and clinical teaching associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Introduction: Why a Book About Grief Dreams?

1. The Journey of Grief.

2. About Dreams.

3. The Visitation Dream.

4. The Message Dream.

5. The Reassurance Dream.

6. The Trauma Dream.

7. Other Types of Grief Dreams.

8. Faith and Grief Dreams.

9. How Grief Dreams Help Heal Us.

Reader Resources.

Selected Sources.

About the Authors.