Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss

An Animal Lover's Guide to Grief

Anne Marie Farage-Smith, Anne Marie Farage-Smith

• Publisher: She Writes Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781647426774
• Year: 2024

Whether you recently lost your cherished pet or know you soon will, this book is for you.

Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss is designed to help readers understand the bond they have with their pets and why losing them is uniquely painful; aid them in understanding the grief they experience in the aftermath of that loss; and teach them the skills they need to process this loss. In these pages, licensed mental health counselor Anne Marie Farage-Smith offers detailed explanations of the types of grief that one may encounter upon the loss or impending loss of a pet and provides validation for the emotions experienced in relation to that loss. She also reminds readers that help is available, and gives actionable criteria for the reader to determine when professional assistance is needed and how to find it.

Containing a variety of deliberately open-ended writing exercises Farage-Smith has seen help others to understand and heal their grief, as well as suggestions for a variety of ways to honor and remember one’s pet, Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss is the loving, supportive grief journey companion every bereaved pet parent needs.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• How to Use This Book
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Section 1: Understanding the Bond and Why It Is Important
• Section II: Understanding Grief and Loss
• Section III: Coping with Grief
• Section IV: Moving Forward
• Appendix A: Books for Children on Grief and Loss
• Appendix B: Resources for Support
• Appendix C: Planning for Your Pet in the Event of an Emergency
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Selected Titles from She Writes Press