Introduction -- Part One -- 1. What Is Thanatology? -- About this book -- What not to do -- What you can do -- 2. Early Roots -- The first big grief study -- Grief today -- What about your own grief? -- 3. Creativity -- Creative process -- 4. Grief Models -- The shattering of the assumptive world -- Kübler-Ross's five stages -- Worden's tasks of mourning -- Dr Alan Wolfelt's companioning model of bereavement -- The dual process model of coping with bereavement -- Somatic interventions -- Meaning making -- 5. The WHOLE Process-Using Different Lenses -- Narrative lens: What happened? Who am I? -- Active lens: HELP! How do I do this? -- Feeling lens: Opening to emotion -- Restorative lens: Learning to live fully again -- Transformative lens: Exploring the past to experience the future -- Compassion in Action-Karuna -- Part Two -- 7. Creative Activities -- Who Am I? -- Where Are You? -- What If? If Only... -- Tree of Support -- Loss History -- Emotion in the Palm of Your Hand -- Broken Pieces -- Rebuilding Your Life -- Circle of Emotion -- Dual Process [AQ] -- Put Grief Down-For a Little While -- Centering -- Tracking Internal Responses -- Grounding -- BANDS -- Swing from the Sky -- Star of Gratitude -- Energy Drawing -- Fear and Action -- Circle Story -- Spiral of Love -- Shield of Protection -- Self-Care Pyramid -- Challenging Beliefs -- Meaning and Purpose -- Fairy Tale -- Dreaming the Future -- Shell of Memory -- Try Something New -- Love -- Resources -- Creative resources -- Other helpful organizations and foundations -- References -- Index
