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    Words for the Unbearable: A Journey Through Loss
    Words for the Unbearable: A Journey Through Loss
    Words for the Unbearable: A Journey Through Loss
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    Words for the Unbearable: A Journey Through Loss

    By Enid Sanders

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    The death of a loved one throws us into a surreal world no one else can understand. The poems in Words for the Unbearable, written after the death of San Francisco Bay Area psychologist Enid Sanders' one-year-old daughter and later her husband, take readers on a down-to-earth journey through the everyday realities of grieving. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJourney Publishing
    Release dateSep 27, 2020
    ISBN9781735434810
    Words for the Unbearable: A Journey Through Loss
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    Enid Sanders

    Dr. Enid Sanders is a noted clinical psychologist and bereavement counselor in Northern California. She trained with internationally renowned child abuse expert, Eliana Gil and has specialized for 34 years in the treatment of sexual, physical and emotional abuse survivors as well as issues related to relationships, careers, parenting, trauma and life transitions. A specialist in treating young offenders, she has served as an expert legal witness in psychology and child molestation cases throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and been a professional trainer in treatment of child abuse issues for Family Court Services and Child Protective Services. Dr. Sanders also created and ran assault prevention seminars for companies and institutions from Kaiser Aluminum and Xerox to Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). After completing her BA at University of California, Santa Barbara, she earned her MA and PhD at The Professional School of Psychology, San Francisco. She lives and practices in Northern California and loves to read, write poetry, and spend time with her four children and eight grandchildren.

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