Languages of Loss

- Blurb -

Sasha Bates is a psychotherapist specialising in grief, trauma and PTSD. When her husband dies suddenly and she is plunged into the messy reality of shock, anger and denial, does her theoretical knowledge help her at all?In a searingly honest memoir covering the first terrible year of loss, the author creates some perspective from amidst the depths of her pain with insights into psycho-therapeutic theory, offering raw and moving descriptions of how grief feels from the inside alongside the theories that her training taught her about this heart-rending process. Languages of Loss breaks down taboos about death and tries to find humour and light amidst the depressing, confusing reality. It is an essential companion to help support readers through the agony of those early months, giving permission for all the feelings and offering methods of dealing with them.Everyone's experience of grief is different but knowing more about the theory and learning a new vocabulary may not ease the grief but will help you feel less alone. At some point it will enable you to reflect back and see how far you have come.