When Your Pet Dies: A Guide to Mourning, Remembering and Healing - Softcover

Wolfelt PhD, Alan D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 187965136X ISBN 13: 9781879651364

Publisher: Companion Press, 2004

Synopsis

Affirming a pet owner's struggle with grief when his or her pet dies, this book helps mourners understand why their feelings are so strong and helps them overcome the loss. Included are practical suggestions for mourning and ideas for remembering and memorializing one's pet. Among the issues covered are understanding the many emotions experienced after the death of a pet; understanding why grief for pets is unique; pet funerals and burial or cremation; celebrating and remembering the life of one's pet; coping with feelings about euthanasia; helping children understand the death of their pet; and things to keep in mind before getting another pet.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, serves as director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition. He writes the “Children and Grief” column for Bereavement Magazine and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, and Today. He is the author of Healing Your Grieving Heart, Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart, and Understanding Grief. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Review:

"A compassionate, practical guide for pet lovers." -- Parents Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Companion Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 187965136X
• ISBN 13: 9781879651364
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96