Heal Your Grief

By Carolyn Flynn

Release pain and feel joy. Learn twelve effective therapeutic healing techniques to heal your grief from the loss or death of a loved one.

Learn the techniques I teach my therapy clients to heal from the pain, anger, and sadness of death and loss to regain a sense of peace and happiness in your life. Follow the easy-to-read instructions for releasing painful emotions, moving your life forward, and keeping the spirit of the deceased individual alive in your heart.

Included in this valuable healing book are directions for guiding children through the painful emotions of death, divorce, and separation.

Carolyn Flynn is a practicing Licensed Professional Counselor. She is helping individuals, couples, and families heal their relationships and improve their lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carolyn Flynn
• Release date: Oct 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466070837

Carolyn Flynn

Carolyn Flynn is a therapist, writer, and artist committed to healing hearts, strengthening relationships, uplifting souls, and inspiring people to create happy, healthy, and thriving relationships. She is helping individuals, couples, and families heal their relationships and transform their lives. With the changes in the economy Carolyn wanted to be able to reach and heal more lives in a cost effective way. She put some of her most commonly used skills and techniques in book form to provide therapeutic resources for those who may not be able to afford counseling or who wanted to have a tangible resource they could turn to often. Almost every client Carolyn has worked with has needed skills on how to express their emotions and get their needs met in a healthy, safe, non-blaming, non-attacking way. She wrote her first book, "SMART Talk: A Communication Workbook for Successful Marriage And Relationship Talk" to provide those skills to the general public. She included ways to heal your past, present, and future relationships. Carolyn's second book was originally going to be on emotional healing, but with the anniversary of the death of her grandfather, and several other deaths occurring at the time of writing, she narrowed the focus to healing grief and loss. "Heal Your Grief" was written to help individuals release pain and feel joy. Carolyn included twelve therapeutic healing techniques for coping with death, loss, and other painful emotions and past experiences. She also included special instructions on how to help children cope with grief and loss. Carolyn's third book "Holiday Peace And Joy: Your Guide To A Happy Holiday" began as a holiday stress-management support group. It was an eight-week course addressing the common stressors that occur during family gatherings, social events, and the holiday season. She put the course topics into book format to help individuals survive and thrive all year-round. Carolyn Flynn is a professional counselor currently providing relationship counseling and coaching to individuals and couples.

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Heal Your Grief

Carolyn Flynn

Published by Carolyn Flynn at Smashwords

Copyright 2011 Carolyn Flynn

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, for public or private use -- other than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission.

All content in this book including the information, exercises, and techniques are not intended as a substitute for consulting with a mental health professional. The publisher and author are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of any information, suggestions, exercises, or techniques in this book.

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In Loving Memory Of

My Grandfather

Willard R. Tate

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Journaling

Chapter 2: Letter Writing

Chapter 3: Drawing

Chapter 4: Painting

Chapter 5: Releasing Anger

Chapter 6: Comforters

Chapter 7: Prayers And Messages

Chapter 8: Forgiveness

Chapter 9: Visualization

Chapter 10: Celebrate Their Life

Chapter 11: Deep Breathing

Chapter 12: Time

Conclusion

About The Author

I am in the process of healing my heart and soul. I release my grief and emotional pain. I accept love, peace, and happiness in my life now.

Introduction

I am in the process of feeling comfort and joy again in my life.

The death of a loved one, friend, or special pet can cause immense emotional pain and suffering as you grieve and come to terms with your loss. In this book I will detail twelve therapeutic techniques that have helped my therapy patients release the painful emotions that come with grieving loss and death.

Moving forward after the death of someone close or special to you can be a painful transition. Unexpected or traumatic losses can be especially difficult to comprehend and overcome. But like my therapy patients, you too can heal from your pain and loss. I will guide you through each of these healing techniques to help you heal your grief and move forward in life with peace and happiness.

Everyone responds to death and loss in their own special way. There are many varying factors that affect how the death of another individual will impact your life and emotions. The death of a family member, neighbor, teacher, public figure, or stranger on the news will elicit different levels of emotion, grief, and sadness.

Your answers to the following questions will give you clues as to how long the grieving process might last for you, and how intense your grief emotions might become.

What was the nature of your relationship or connectedness to the individual you are grieving?

Was it a sudden unexpected death, or a passing after a long illness?

Was the loved one a child, a healthy youth, or an elderly individual?

What else was going on in your life at the time of their death?

Have you had a series of losses or deaths, or has life been relatively peaceful and pleasant?

The timing of the loss and what else was concurrently going on in your life will trigger varying intensities of grief and affect your capability to work through your grief reactions and emotions.

If you are dealing with stress or loss in other areas of your life, or if you have had several deaths or losses during your lifetime, you are likely to experience a greater intensity and longer period of grief. You may also experience a greater sense of helplessness and hopelessness. You may feel out of control, and find it difficult to get beyond your loss and painful feelings. If any of these situations are true for you, please seek out a licensed professional counselor to help you heal your heart and mind. You do not need to suffer alone. A therapist will help you to heal and regain peace, joy, and direction in your life.

Your belief in what happens to an individual after they die greatly affects how you cope with the loss of a loved one. In therapy I found that patients who had some type of