Navigating Through Loss, Grief and Mourning

By Stephen Paul Adler, Ph.D.

In this deeply personal and professional guide, renowned psychoanalyst and Ericksonian hypnotherapist Dr. Stephen Paul Adler provides a roadmap for safely navigating the complex terrain of human loss. Drawing from over 60 years of clinical experience and his own profound personal journeys through bereavement—including the loss of his identical twin at three months old and his beloved wife to cancer—Adler offers a compassionate perspective on a universal human experience.

This book bridges the gap between clinical expertise and heartfelt wisdom, emphasizing that while grief is an internal experience of thoughts and feelings, mourning is the essential outward expression required for true healing.

Key Features and Insights:

The Science of Healing: Understand how unprocessed grief can evolve into PTSD and why the "nonconscious" mind is a vital resource for recovery.

Ericksonian Hypnosis & Trance: Learn how to use naturally occurring trance states to access inner resources and "harvest the gifts" from your ancestors to build resilience.

Practical Tools for Recovery: Includes guided meditation scripts, journaling exercises, and the "Safe Place" trance to help you self-regulate during challenging moments.

The Seven Stages of Grief: A detailed look at the transitions from shock and denial to anger, guilt, and eventually, the emergence of hope and renewal .

A Bill of Rights for the Grieving: Empowering guidelines that validate your unique process and protect your right to heal at your own pace.

Diverse Perspectives: Exploration of gender differences in grieving, supporting children through loss, and how different eras and cultures have approached death.

"Grief is like manure. If you spread it out, it fertilizes; if you leave a big pile, it smells like shit!".