Crossing the Bridge: Creating Cermonies for Grieving and Healing from Life's Losses Book

Sydney Barbara Metrick brings us a powerful healing tool for coping with loss. It is her belief that through creative ritual we may transform feelings of helplessness, anger, despair, guilt, and abandonment into a rite of passage that brings us to a new understanding of ourselves. A ritual can provide not only a means for processing grief in many forms, but a supportive structure that can bring comfort and healing. Drawing on fourteen years of experience in creating personalized ceremonies for individuals, couples, and groups. Metrick guides us through many forms of ritual expression for specific types of loss including among others divorce, job loss, retirement, infertility, loss of a pet, natural disaster, and death. Includes an extensive list of support groups for different kinds of loss.