Getting to the Other Side of Grief: Overcoming the Loss of a Spouse

Coming alongside the grieving spouse, psychologist Susan Zonnebelt-Smeenge and pastor/professor Robert De Vries provide much-needed support from a unique perspective--empathy. They each suffered the loss of their spouse at a relatively young age. Throughout Getting to the Other Side of Grief, the authors share their stories as living proof that if worked through properly, grief will lead the way to a fresh new life.

Beginning with the premise that a full resolution to grief is possible, the authors extend this lifeline to readers: Complete healing doesn't happen without intentional effort (time alone doesn't heal), and this intentional effort, for complete success, must combine Christian faith and sound mental health practices. In offering these interwoven disciplines, the authors give readers the benefit of both the male and female perspective.

Readers will find getting to the other side of grief less lonely and more promising in the empathetic company of these two authors. Those who assist grieving persons on their journeys--pastors, counselors, family members, friends--will find this a useful supplement to the support they offer.

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Average Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

This book really helped!!, 2008-03-31
If you are a young widow/er this book is a must!! It has been helpful to know that I am not alone... a real comfort. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who is doubting their feelings in a time of grief.


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Just what I needed, 2008-02-08
This book is a very good read. The format gives a history, then the personal reflections of two individuals who have walked through the loss of a spouse. My husband is a widower and I bought it to understand what he couldn't tell me. Highly recommend due to the perspective of the authors who love God. The chapters can be read out of sequence. I went to the last chapter first to see what the Other Side looked like and realized we weren't there yet!


2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Getting to the Other Side of Grief , 2007-11-04
I recommend this book for anyone who has had someone die. It helped me with my own grief process when my spouse died. I still needed to do the grief work after 2 1/2 years and this book helped me understand more fully and helped me not feel alone.


2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Getting to the other side of Grief, Overcoming the loss of a spouse., 2007-10-23
I lost my husband the end of Feb/07. I found this book on a website www.griefshare.org It has been both helpful,calming, and wonderfully written. It has answered many of my questions. I give this book 5 stars and will be refering back to it again......I highly recommend.


5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

If you are a DEVOUT Christian then this is for you...If not..., 2006-12-27
...then you need to look elsewhere. I ordered this book for my mother and eventually returned it. It piles on the religion thick and heavy. If you are a devout (read: VERY RELIGIOUS) person, this is the book for you. If you are simply spiritual or just not terribly religious, this book borders on being offensive. There are a lot of other terrifically helpful books available for newly widowed spouses that don't push the religion aspect as heavily as this one does.

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