How to Grieve What We've Lost: Evidence-Based Skills to Process Grief and Reconnect with What Matters

Russ Harris · Alexandra Kennedy, LMFT · Sameet M. Kumar, PhD · Mary Beth Williams, PhD · Soili Poijula, PhD

May 2024 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Richard Trinder

About this audiobook

Grief comes in many forms. You may grieve a loved one who has passed on, a romantic relationship which has ended, the loss of a job you loved, or even a place you used to go that no longer exists or has changed. You may also be dealing with another kind of loss-a sense of who you are and how you can live your life in an increasingly uncertain and changed world. But what if you could transform your grief into lasting positive growth? Filled with the most effective therapeutic tools drawn from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and more, How to Grieve What We've Lost will help you heal from the pain of loss, move forward, and reconnect with what truly matters to you right now. You'll find strategies for immediate relief-including present-moment awareness and mindful breathing. You'll learn how to create a safe sanctuary for your grief, so you can honor your feelings and give them the space they deserve. And you'll discover ways to create a support network, give voice to your sorrow, and share your humanity with others. Whether you are struggling with your own loss or a collective sense of grief, the evidence-based skills in this book will help you mourn in healthy and resilient ways-leading to profound personal growth and a renewed sense of meaning and purpose in life.

About the author

Russ Harris is an internationally acclaimed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer, and author of the bestselling ACT-based self-help book, The Happiness Trap, which has sold more than one million copies and been published in thirty languages.

Alexandra Kennedy, MA, LMFT, is a psychotherapist in private practice forty-eight years; and author of Losing a Parent, The Infinite Thread, and How Did I Miss All This Before?. She has taught at John F. Kennedy University; the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension; and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.

Sameet M. Kumar, PhD, is a psychologist at the Memorial Healthcare System Cancer Institute in Broward County, Florida; with over a decade of experience working with end-of-life and bereavement. He is author of Grieving Mindfully, as well as The Mindful Path through Worry and Rumination.

Mary Beth Williams, PhD, LCSW, CTS, is an author, researcher, lecturer, and trainer in the area of trauma. She also treats trauma survivors in private practice at the Trauma Recovery Education and Counseling Center in Warrenton, Virginia. Williams is former president of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists.

Soili Poijula, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, licensed psychotherapist, and director at Oy Synolon Ltd., a center for trauma psychology in Finland, where she has done pioneering work as a developer of post-trauma psychotherapy.

An award-winning actor, narrator, and singer, Richard Trinder has worked on stage, screen, and behind the microphone for nearly thirty years. On screen he has been a Harry Potter movie villain, fought alongside Doctor Who, smoldered as various soap-opera love interests, and appeared in over fifty TV commercials.