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by Margo Requarth
The premature death of a parent can be devastating for young children-with the consequences far more profound when the parent dies by suicide.Amidst the resulting grief, turmoil and confusion, the surviving parent is facedwith the monumental task of tending to the emotional lives of the children left behind. In this instructive and impassioned work, longtime children's bereavement counselor and psychotherapist Margo Requarth, M.A., M.F.T.,charts the complex emotional waters every family must navigate in the wake of a previously unimaginable suicide death. Starting with the haunting tale ofher own mother's suicide, Requarth weaves together her experience counseling"survivors," poignant interviews with children, teens and parents, and the latest research on suicide and its aftermath. What emerges is a groundbreaking "how-to" guide for parent survivors: how to manage both the immediate andlong-term implications of the suicide, how to talk to your children, how to seethem through the heart-rending anguish to a place of acceptance, healing, and finally, a renewed and deepened capacity for joy.
Paperback, 254 pages, ISBN: 9780977746804
Additional Product Info
Topics: | Grief |
ISBN: | 9780977746804 |
Recommended ages: | Not specified. See product description. |