Get my new book and help the Red Cross!

Did you know there have been many recent advances in the effective treatment of complicated and traumatic grief that have not been featured in the mainstream literature?

Well, I’ve been working feverishly over the last six months to put these together in a book I’ve written called, Transforming Traumatic Grief: Six Steps to Move from Grief to Peace after the Sudden or Violent Death of a Loved One.

My motivation to write the book initially grew out of my excitement about the trauma and grief interventions I’d learned through Jon Connelly’s Rapid Resolution Therapy. Dr. Connelly helped me with my own traumatic grief several years ago and I’ve had phenomenal success using his approach with my clients over the last four years.

I grew even more excited as I began to research other methods for clearing grief. For instance, Columbia professor of psychiatry, Katherine Shear has developed an empirically validated model for treating complicated grief that was featured in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Similarly, Seattle psychiatrist, Ted Rynearson has a very effective model for helping families of homicide victims called Restorative Retelling that he’s been using for years. Interestingly, both of these models paralleled what Jon Connelly has been doing with Rapid Resolution Therapy for the last two decades.

In the book, I put together interventions that these successful models have in common along with other tools like mindfulness and community resources that help people heal. The book is written for both the bereaved as well as the people who help them such as therapists and clergy. In it you will find:

• Mindfulness and imagery scripts that promote healing
• Methods to stop nightmares and intrusive images/thoughts
• How to clear guilt/regrets and foster resilience from loss
• The value of connecting to “the living story” of the deceased and sensing them as a supportive presence in one’s life
• Ways to obtain social support through family, community, and online resources

Currently, you can get PDF and e-book versions of the book at Smashwords.com where I can offer you a 20% discount. To get your discount, use the code: ST98L when you check out at Smashwords.com. I will also be donating 10% of the proceeds to the American Red Cross to help those negatively impacted by the tornadoes and storms in the southeast.

If you prefer paperback over digital, you will be able to get a print version of the book this June through Amazon.com and other online book retailers.

Over the next several weeks, I’ll continue sharing excerpts from the book here on the blog. We’ll be discussing big changes in the field of grief and trauma therapy as well as tools that promote peace and healing. Please join us!