Moving through Grief, Gretchen Kubacky
Moving through Grief, Gretchen Kubacky
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Moving through Grief
Proven Techniques for Finding Your Way after Any Loss

Author: Gretchen Kubacky

Narrator: Christine Williams

Unabridged: 3 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/10/2019


Synopsis

Overcoming your pain―proven strategies for grief recoveryCoping with loss is difficult, but that doesn’t mean you have to suffer alone. Based on the proven-effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) treatment, Moving Through Grief provides simple and effective techniques to help you get unstuck and start living a rich and fulfilling life again, loss and all.ACT is all about embracing what hurts and committing to actions that will improve and enrich your life. Whether you’re dealing with the loss of a loved one, your health, home, or even career, Moving Through Grief provides you with creative exercises that will help you work through your pain and reconnect with the things you love.In Moving Through Grief, you willlearn how you can show up for your life and experience joy and satisfaction again, even as you work through the pain of your loss;discover how the six tools of ACT―values, committed action, acceptance, being present, cognitive defusion, and self-as-context―can ease your pain and aid with the healing process; andmake real progress towards feeling like yourself again with straightforward exercises, like identifying your values and setting realistic goals.Find out how ACT can change the way you relate to your pain with Moving Through Grief.

About Gretchen Kubacky

Gretchen Kubacky, PsyD, is a health psychologist and certified bereavement facilitator who has been working with complex grief issues for over two decades. She holds a certificate in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and is a frequent speaker on trauma, grief and loss, and chronic and “invisible” illnesses.

About Christine Williams

Christine Williams is a singer and actor based in Ashland, Oregon. Her performance credits include productions at regional theaters and on concert stages across the country and around the world, from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Barbican Centre in London to the Aspen Music Festival and the Grotowski Institute in Poland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Glenn on August 07, 2024

This is a short and practical book to help one overcome any kind of grief. The tools in this book will also likely be useful to anyone living under the generalized sadness and hopelessness we call depression. The book draws on the scientific literature but presupposes that we make our own meaning so......more

Goodreads review by Mon on November 24, 2024

Para alguien que siempre ha sido estructurada y racional, este libro me dio elementos para intentar trabajar el duelo desde un orden, que al final no es así la cosa! pero está lleno de ejercicios con los que se puede comenzar a trabajar, el que más te acomode y haga sentido...todo lo que se haga en......more

Goodreads review by Jo on June 21, 2022

I thought it was a little confusing, starting with values first without providing a better introduction about grief. The author doesn't really get into grief until half way through the book, and even then, not much. I don't think the author makes it clear how grief and values relate to each other. S......more

Goodreads review by Robyn on February 22, 2025

This book is very encouraging. Of course its hard to read and understand but the exercises definitely help! I absorb what I can and try to live in the present and understand my core values.............more

Goodreads review by Johanna on February 09, 2022

I think it would be a good self-help book.......more


Quotes

“Translates scientifically proven methods of healing from loss into a practical and actionable roadmap not only to heal but to become better humans through the unavoidable pain that comes with loss.” Amber Lyda, licensed psychologist

“I was given Moving Through Grief at a time of great stress, crisis, and loss. Dr. Gretchen Kubacky’s critical advice, calm strength, and compassionate wisdom was a buoy, a rock to cling to, and a pillar to reflect upon.…With Moving through Grief, Dr Kubacky has created something of great value to the literature of grief and recovery.” Lance Figueroa, entrepreneur