Surviving Your Partner: How to Live with the Death of the Person Closest to You

119 Pages·1998·0.61 MB·English

by  Sylvia Murphy

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title: Surviving Your Partner : How to Live With the Death of
the Person Closest to You
author: Murphy, Sylvia.
publisher: How To Books, Ltd.
isbn10 | asin: 1857032314
print isbn13: 9781857032314
ebook isbn13: 9780585240657
language: English
subject Bereavement.
publication date: 1998
lcc: BF575.G7 1998
ddc: 155.937
subject: Bereavement.
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Surviving Your Partner

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title: Surviving Your Partner : How to Live With the Death of
the Person Closest to You
author: Murphy, Sylvia.
publisher: How To Books, Ltd.
isbn10 | asin: 1857032314
print isbn13: 9781857032314
ebook isbn13: 9780585240657
language: English
subject Bereavement.
publication date: 1998
lcc: BF575.G7 1998
ddc: 155.937
subject: Bereavement.
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Surviving Your Partner
How to live with the death of the person closest to you
Sylvia Murphy
Foreword by Katie Boyle
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
© Copyright 1998 by Sylvia Murphy
First published by How To Books Ltd, 3 Newtec Place, Magdalen Road, Oxford OX4 1 RE, United Kingdom.
Tel: [phone]. Fax: [phone].
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or stored in an information retrieval system (other than for purposes of review) without the express permission
of the Publisher in writing.
Note: The material contained in this book is set out in good faith for general guidance and no liability can be accepted for loss or expense incurred as a result of relying in
particular circumstances on statements made in the book. Technical and legal matters are complex and liable to change, and readers should check the current position with
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Produced for How To Books by Deer Park Productions.
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Contents
List of illustrations 8
Foreword 9
by Katie Boyle
Preface 12
1 13
Meeting bereavement
13
Facing the death
18
Dealing with the funeral
19
Being left alone
20
Living with your feelings
21
Stopping the clock
22
Case studies
23
Summary
23
Discussion points
2 25
Coping with grief
25
Understanding the process
27
Releasing emotions
28
Caring for dependants
29
Needing professional help
29
Learning to live again
30
Case studies
31
Summary
31
Discussion points
3 32
Becoming a single parent
32
Explaining the situation
34
Helping children to grieve
35
Functioning as a single parent
36
Being two parents
37
Finding support
38
Balancing needs
39
Case study
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Summary
40
Discussion points
4 41
Living alone
41
Getting used to being alone
45
Establishing new routines
47
Dealing with interference
48
Dealing with fear
49
Case studies
50
Summary
50
Discussion points
5 51
Suffering sexual loss
51
Needing sex
52
Reacting in different ways
54
Being available
55
Feeling guilty
55
Case studies
56
Summary
56
Discussion points
6 57
Dealing with finances
57
Taking responsibility
59
Claiming benefits or pensions
63
Claiming life insurance
63
Inheriting money or property
64
Making ends meet
67
Case studies
68
Summary
69
Discussion points
7 70
Restructuring your life
70
Losing a shared life
71
Making changes
73
Considering major changes
78
Appreciating freedom
79
Case studies
80
Summary
80
Discussion points
8 81
Finding new interests
81
Staying put
82
Doing something different

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