{"product_id":"life-after-suicide-survival-hope-and-healing-paperback","title":"Life After Suicide: Survival, Hope, and Healing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia L. Long\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe death of a loved one by suicide is a life-changing and traumatic event that affects many people. Over the past several years, suicide has been the eleventh leading cause of death for Americans. It is estimated that there are over 4.5 million Americans who have lost a loved one to suicide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn, \u003ci\u003eLife after Suicide: Survival, Hope and Healing\u003c\/i\u003e, Cynthia L. Long offers direction and resources to suicide survivors and to those who want to be supportive to survivors. This resource is full of stories of individuals who have embraced their grief and \"survived\" following a suicide death. Despite the stigma of suicide in America, this invaluable resource was written because many survivors wanted their stories to be told in hopes that their experience might help others who are walking a similar path. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten from a Christian perspective, this resource will help the reader learn that survival, hope, and healing are attainable. The author covers such topics as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMisconceptions and Risk Factors about Suicide\u003cbr\u003e Stories and Emotions of Survivors\u003cbr\u003e Faith, the Church, and Suicide\u003cbr\u003e Survival, Hope, and Healing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGod empowers us to companion those who are hurting. \u003ci\u003eLife after Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e gives tips on how to avoid cliches and euphemisms when talking to the bereaved and offers \u003cb\u003estudy guide questions\u003c\/b\u003e at the end of each chapter. This resource is a \"must buy\" for anyone who knows someone whose life has been affected by a suicide death -- both survivors and friends who want to support survivors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia L. Long\u003c\/b\u003e is a Grief Support Specialist for Lutheran Family Services of Virginia and the Chaplain at Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia. Long has served in pastoral positions in Lutheran congregations in Virginia and Pennsylvania and has taught Sociology of Death and Dying at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She received her Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina, and her Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Long has also authored \u003ci\u003eDeath is No Stranger: Helping Children Grieve\u003c\/i\u003e (CSS Publishing).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51775875875104,"sku":"9780788026669","price":18.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cb165db5163592c03e05baa00bb28893.webp?v=1780468201","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/life-after-suicide-survival-hope-and-healing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}