Prologue: The Retelling of Violent Dying
Part I:Coherent Retelling
1. My Own Retelling
2. Resilient Retelling
3. From Incoherent to Coherent Retelling
4. Illustrations of Restorative Retelling
5. Restorative Retelling for Kids
PartII: Clinical Intervention
6. Model of Restorative Retelling
7. Specialized Interventions for Restorative Retelling
8. Retelling the Literature on Violent Dying
9. Foretelling Clinical Challenges
Epilogue: While I Am Rowing
Appendix
References
Index
Edward K. Rynearson, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Washington, and Medical Director of the Homicide Support Project at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. He has thirty years of experience in research and clinical practice in helping grief-stricken family members.
"A masterful melding of clinical expertise and personal revelation,
the book is an eloquent, jargon-free resource for those who seek to
help someone who has experienced the violent death of a loved one,
whether by suicide, homicide, or an accident, as well as for
survivors of traumatic death who seek compassionate, wise counsel
for their own journey. Although Rynearson professes that the
practice of retelling violent death does not clarity, the book
itself is written with a refreshing clarity seldom found in his
field. (As the owner of an outsize professional library that makes
my husband dread moving day, I possess few volumes more valuable
than this one. It has been useful from the first day I opened
it.)." -- Death Studies, May 2003
"This is a warm, compassionate, and wise book. The emphasis on
resilience and safety, on restorative retelling and human concern
and kindness, provides guidance for those who would assist others
to find their way through traumatic grief, or who would,
themselves, seek to do so. This work will be of great value to all
who offer care to others in this tragic life circumstance." --
Beverley Raphael, AM, MBBS, MD, FRANZCP, FASSA, FRCPSych, Emeritus
Professor, University of Queensland, University of Sydney,
Australia
"This valuable "how-to" book for clinicians responds to today's
world. Retelling Violent Death . . . has much new, important, and
useful information to offer, and does so with a level of humanity
that is profound and deeply moving. This is a book that deserves a
place on every clinician's bookshelf." -- Deborah Spungen, MSS,
MLSP, CTS, Special Projects Director, Anti-Violence Partnership of
Philadelphia
"...sets out warmly readable guidance for the sufferers themselves
and for nonprofessionals who want to help suffering friends or
family emerge from the bewilderment, heartbreak, and confusion that
come with violent death." -- Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
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