Book - Getting Grief Right; Finding Your Story of Love in the Sorrow of Loss by Patrick O'Malley, PhD with Tim Madigan

Book - Getting Grief Right; Finding Your Story of Love in the Sorrow of Loss by Patrick O'Malley, PhD with Tim Madigan

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When Patrick O’Malley and his wife lost their infant son, his inability to “move on” challenged everything he was taught as psychotherapist. What unfolded in the years to follow is a truth that many have felt, but seldom heard acknowledged: that our grief is not a mental illness to be cured, but part of the abiding connection with one we’ve lost. Illuminated by O’Malley’s own journey and those of his many clients, this book explores how the familiar “stage of grief” can trivialize our experience, mislabel it as a disorder, press us to “get over it,” and worsen our suffering with shame and guilt when we don’t. With uncommon empathy, he shows how embracing our loss and telling our story allows us to weave both our love and our sorrow fully into our lives.

“Patrick O’Malley… normalizes grief, offering it back to the griever to explore and define their own experience within the wide frame of health and wellness.” –MEGAN DIVINE teacher, speaker and author of It’s OK That You’re Not OK; Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand.