Growing through loss and grief - Althea Pearson

This sensitive and comprehensive book, which has been well received in the evangelical market, explores the nature and the effects of loss of every kind, and is designed for pastors and counsellors who are helping people through major losses.The author's premise is that all of life involves loss, and reactions to loss, whether great or minor, follow a common pattern. The universality of such reactions and responses to loss thus enables counsellors to gain valuable insight into major traumas such as redundancy, marriage breakdown, ill health, abuse, and bereavement. Althea Pearson guides us through the psychological and spiritual issues associated with loss, and in particular explores how the experience of loss can bring some measure of gain. This wise, practical book will be an invaluable guide both for counsellors and for those involved in pastoral care, showing how even in the devastating wake of loss, hope can be renewed and new beginnings found.