Moving Through Grief: Proven Techniques for Finding Your Way After Any Loss

by Gretchen Kubacky PsyD

Overview

Overcoming your pain—proven strategies for grief recovery

Coping with loss is difficult, but that doesn't mean you have to suffer alone. Based on the scientifically proven acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) approach, Moving Through Grief provides simple and effective techniques to help you get unstuck and start living a rich and fulfilling life again, even after loss.

ACT is about embracing all aspects of your experience—including the painful parts—and committing to actions that will improve and enrich your life. Whether you're dealing with the loss of a loved one, your health, home, or livelihood, this guide provides you with creative exercises that will help you work through your pain and reconnect with the things you love.

Moving Through Grief includes:

• Rediscover your life—Learn how you can show up for your life and experience joy and satisfaction, even as you still feel the pain of your loss.
• Grief recovery toolbox—Discover how the six tools of ACT—values, committed action, acceptance, being present, cognitive defusion, and self-as-context—can expand your perspective and aid with the healing process.
• Easy-to-use advice—Make real progress toward feeling like yourself again with straightforward exercises, such as identifying your values and setting realistic goals.

Find out how ACT can change the way you relate to your pain with Moving Through Grief

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641525039
Publisher:	Callisto Publishing
Publication date:	12/10/2019
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

GRETCHEN KUBACKY, PsyD, is a health psychologist and certified bereavement facilitator who has been working with complex grief issues for over two decades. She holds a certificate in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and is a frequent speaker on trauma, grief and loss, and chronic and “invisible” illnesses.

Table of Contents

A Roadmap Through Grief viii

The Loss That Changed My Life x

How to Use This Book xi

Chapter 1 Living with Loss 1

Chapter 2 Reconnecting with What Matters 15

Chapter 3 Following Your Inner Compass 31

Chapter 4 Coming to Terms with Pain 49

Chapter 5 Snowing Up for Your Life 69

Chapter 6 Yon Are Bigger Than Your Sadness 87

Chapter 7 Your Path Forward 109

Resources 126

References 129

Index 132

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Gretchen does a great job perfectly organizing a grief manual. This book can serve as a go-to guide for getting you back on track after a life pitfall. In a very transparent way, she brilliantly incorporates her own struggles with grief so that you do not feel alone. Who would’ve ever thought that death is not the only catalyst to grief? This book captures every aspect of loss or change in life that puts us in a tragic state of mind. It also compels you to think about your own situation deeply and take action. It’s surely a must-read self-help gem.”—Renetta DuBose, anchor/reporter, WJBF NewsChannel 6

“I was given Moving Through Grief at a time of great stress, crisis, and loss. Dr. Gretchen Kubacky's critical advice, calm strength, and compassionate wisdom was a buoy, a rock to cling to, and a pillar to reflect upon. Her deft handling of a complex and nuanced subject eased me gently into a recovery process that was deceptively simple, but profound in its effective and lasting results for change and growth. With actionable steps, it taught me new ways of thinking and behaving, as well as refining skills I already possessed, to let me navigate my way free of the caves and shadows of bitter resentment, anger, grief, and despair. With Moving Through Grief, Dr Kubacky has created something of great value to the literature of grief and recovery.”—Lance Figueroa, entrepreneur

“Moving Through Grief is written in a calming, understandable, and relatable voice. Gretchen educates, but also offers practical, easy-to-understand exercises and tasks to engage the reader in their grief journey. Through these exercises, one can connect to themselves and their feelings at the deepest level—and that is where progress and healing are found. That is truly where the gift of such grief lives.”—Kate Lyon Osher, mental health and suicide prevention advocate

“Gretchen has created a grief book that includes the many places grief touches our lives: pets, work, disability, and so many others. It’s refreshing to see all the places we encounter and cope with grief in one book—and from the very beginning. Her ACT approach to processing grief fits for many readers and makes looking at your losses more approachable. If you—or a client or loved one—are looking for a new way to cope with a loss, I would suggest taking a look at this book. It’s short enough to not be intimidating and provides an active approach.”—Jill A. Johnson-Young, LCSW, yourpaththroughgrief.com, author of Your Own Path Through Grief

“Dr. Kubacky gets it. Her book reads as the best friend who truly gets the pain you feel and also as the expert who can tell you how to move forward. She translates scientifically proven methods of healing from loss into a practical and actionable roadmap not only to heal but to become BETTER humans through the unavoidable pain that comes with loss.”—Amber Lyda, licensed psychologist

“Profound, careful, existential, and soulful are some words to describe my experience reading Dr. Kubacky’s book, Moving Through Grief. My mother died some years ago, and I found myself activated by the contents of this book. Moving Through Grief is an excellent resource for those seeking insight about grief. Grief is isolating, intense, and sometimes confusing. With this book, Dr. Kubacky gives the griever permission to experience the full range of emotional reactions with honor and dignity—for which I am thankful.”—Ernesto Segismundo, Jr., LMFT, FYLMIT.com

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