Grief Isn't Something to Get Over Finding a Home for Memories and Emotions After Losing a Loved One

The loss of a loved one can be overwhelming. How do we endure grief? Can we simply forget, or "get over it?" This book explains the science behind bereavement, from emotion to the persistence of memory, and shows readers how to understand and adapt to death as a part of life. 

Responses to loss are typically associated with negative emotions, traumatic memories, or separation distress, but we grieve because we care. This book demonstrates how negative emotional responses experienced in grief often follow experiences with positive emotional memories. Dr. Lamia emphasizes an understanding and acceptance of post-loss emotions.

Grief Isn't Something to Get Over aims to expand our understanding of bereavement, placing it in alignment with how emotions work. Using numerous case examples and personal vignettes, this book helps readers recognize the ways in which emotions are connected to memories and influence our experiences of loss. 

Mary Lamia, PhD is a Professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley and maintains a private practice in Marin County, California, where she works with adults, adolescents, preteens, and couples. She has provided commentary for numerous television, radio, and print media interviews and discussions, and for nearly a decade, hosted a weekly call-in talk show, KidTalk with Dr. Mary, on Radio Disney stations. Dr. Lamia is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Children's Book Division in APA, and is a Member of The Tompkins Institute: Applied Studies in Motivation, Emotion, and Cognition. She is on the Advisory Board of America's Angel- Raising the Bar on Raising America, and is a Board Member of the Italian-American Psychological Society. She is also a Member of the American Psychological Association, California State Psychological Association, and Association for Psychological Science. 

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Memories, Emotions, and Grief
Chapter 2. Why We Remember
Chapter 3. Loss, Identity, and Our Sense of Self
Chapter 4. Feeling Our Memories
Chapter 5. Grief Thoughts
Chapter 6. Sensory and Physiological Reminders
Chapter 7. Adapting to Loss
Chapter 8. Losing and Rediscovering Ourselves
Useful Definitions
References
Index
About the Author