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Even though death is an inevitable fact of life, most people avoid the subject. In fact, most of us would rather not think or talk about death. Thats unfortunate because confronting this fundamental reality can actually make our lives richer and more joyful. How can we overcome the fear of dying and remain hopeful even when faced with death? In this program, People of faith share their personal perspectives on how they have faced this reality.
Many of us, including people of faith, wrestle for years with unresolved feelings of anger and bitterness. It can be extremely difficult to forgive others for hurtful remarks and actions. But the fruits of forgiveness are peace, joy and a deeper understanding of how much our infinitely forgiving God loves us.
Dramatic accounts of sudden, seemingly inexplicable healing have sparked popular and even scientific interest in the power of prayer. Gods Word tells us to pray unceasingly and that miracles do happen. But the ultimate power of prayer is that it gives us the peace to accept Gods will for our lives - whatever it might be.
When confronted with the pain of infidelity, chronic conflict and other severe challenges to a marriage, some couples simply give up and go their separate ways. However there are ways to heal a broken marriage. Faith and forgiveness are key. In this program couples who have "reconnected" and found ways to heal their marriages, reveal their personal struggles and talk openly about their spiritual journey and how they were able to save their marriage through forgiveness and faith.
Millions of Americans struggle with mental illness and against the stigma brought upon them. For the great majority of families watching their loved ones suffer and often suffering themselves, the struggle can be endless. Mental illness can take many forms and is often difficult for family and friends to understand. Faith has become an integral part of treatment for those who are struggling with overwhelming emotional and spiritual burdens. It is through their Christian faith that many have learned that they can still live happy and fulfilling lives.
This dynamic video offers insight, hope, and understanding for anyone who cares for a loved one with Alzheimer's. This disease without cure currently afflicts more than 30 million people and there are no treatments to halt its progression, making caregiving both essential-and difficult.
Topics discussed include:
Caring for one who doesn't remember your name
Grieving the losses of their life, and yours
When an unexpected side of your loved one comes out
When it feels like your love no longer helps
Struggling with denial
Hungering for simple recognition
Feelings of failure and guilt
How to handle frustration and anger
How to care for you-physically, emotionally, spiritually-while you care for someone else
Feeling exhausted - and what to do, when that happens
Finding support - on the Web, through the telephone, or in person
Allowing someone else to care for your loved one
Times when laughter, singing, and foolishness are entirely appropriate!
When you worry about making other people comfortable
Learning to accept the person that s/he is now - there is no going back
The courage and sacrifice of an Alzheimer's caregiver
When someone we love suddenly dies, we are stunned. We had no preparation and no time to gradually absorb the reality that our world was about to change dramatically. Because this type of loss is so disruptive, recovery almost always is complicated. This video is for those who have suffered a sudden loss through a medical disruption, suicide, homicide, accident, military death, or an unexplained death. Through expert advice and personal testimony, this video will offer support and encouragement for rebuilding your life after such a devastating loss.
Grieving the Sudden Death of a Loved One provides a full hour of support, wisdom, and counsel from experts of many backgrounds including Earl A. Grollman, the "Hero of The Heartland" for his work with the families and volunteers of the Oklahoma City bombing.
"Animals are guileless. That sort of honesty touches the human heart in a unique way. It allows us to see a better side of ourselves than sometimes is visible in our relationships with our fellow human beings." - Brother Christopher Savage, New Skete Monastery
We learn love, faithfulness, and trust by living closing with our beloved animal companions. We invest a deep part of ourselves in the relationships we have with them. They are our family. At the death of a pet, we become vividly aware of the loss, and we need support that understands the depth of our love and attachment. This video offers this level of support as you grieve the death of a pet who was a companion, a family member, and a friend.
The death of a loved one is the most emotional and disruptive times in the life of any family, especially for the lives of young people. This film talks about death,taking a look at just how deeply death can impact life through personal reflections of children and their parents. We see how families come to term with their loss and celebrate the life of the person who has died. Dr. Rosie Friedman, a grief therapist offers her insights to families. An excellent film showing us how personal development can arise out of the pain and loss.
Maybe it's hearing about friends, driving home from a dance, who get into a car wreck that no one survives. Or a fellow student -the one who wears a bandanna to hide what chemotherapy has done to her hair -one day fails to show up for homeroom. Or an announcement over the school's PA system: "There will be a memorial service this afternoon¡K" For many young people, this will be their first exposure to death. How can teachers and school administrators help guide them through the experience? This program features Camp Comfort Zone, in Virginia, where viewers meet teens who have come to spend a weekend of talking, enjoying the outdoors, and sharing their grief over someone they've lost. The stories range from suicide, to sudden death, to terminal illness, and as the camp weekend progresses, viewers see how veteran campers help first -timers release their feelings. As healing and personal growth continue, an amazingly positive spirit, in most cases, actually overshadows the sadness.
Teens Dealing with Death includes expert advice from Dr. Elena Lister, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College, New York City, and the collaborating psychoanalyst at the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center as well as the co -author of I Will Remember You: A Guidebook Through Grief For Teens. Dr. Lister shares her own personal experience of losing her daughter and offers suggestions on where teens can go for support and help in their communities.
Review
"Students who have suffered the loss of a loved one will benefit from this video, which will help them realize that they're not alone." -School Library Journal
Adolescence is a time of tumultuous changes, but no change is more overwhelming than suddenly facing the realities of death. Dealing with the death of a family member, friend or school acquaintance can be devastating for young people. Many young people will resist the concept that grief is a normal or necessary emotion. This DVD arms teen viewers with information that will teach them that death and bereavement are natural and inevitable parts of life.
Many of the myths around mourning are explored. Teens will understand that the process of mourning is unique for all people, and should never be ignored or trivialized. The DVD provides helpful information on the emotional states that often follow a personal loss. Leading adolescent psychologists discuss the stages of healthy grieving and healing, and provide details on how to cope with a painful loss. When Someone Dies offers students a sense of confidence that they can indeed go forward after suffering a personal loss.
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Highly Recommended - Educational Media Reviews Online
DVD (Closed Captioned, With Teacher's Resource Book) / 2004 / (Grades 7-College) / 25 minutes
Watch renowned Object Relations psychotherapist David Scharff in an actual counseling session with an 11-year old boy who is grieving the death of his grandmother.
In David Scharff's Object Relations child therapy approach, the parent-child relationship is the central concern, with particular attention paid to the representation of that relationship in the child's mind. In this program, Scharff first consults with Mom to gather vital background information. Then using talk and art therapy techniques, Scharff demonstrates how to reach the internal world of a boy who is grieving his grandmother's death, gets picked on by his dad and is struggling with separation anxiety. Jon Carlson and Don Keat introduce Dr. Scharff, and facilitate an in-depth discussion of the further impact and uses of this approach.
From watching this program, you will:
Develop an understanding of the key concepts of Object Relations child therapy, including the importance of being a receptive container for the child's powerful feelings.
Gain insight into Dr. Scharff's therapy style and how he works with each child at their particular developmental capacity to create a psychological holding environment.
Learn how to apply Dr. Scharff's talk and play therapy techniques to your own therapeutic work with children
Franca and Peter Napoli said a long goodbye to their 4 -year -old daughter Christina, who died of a brain tumor. Linda and Glen Woods lost two sons, one in a car accident, one to suicide. And Margaret and former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau's son Michel drowned. In this powerful program, three couples describe the ordeal of losing a child and their search for meaning in the face of tragedy that can become an all -consuming grief. It is a search that begins with tears, denial, and guilt at surviving one's offspring, but often ends in a new equilibrium and a heightened sense of the sacredness of life.
Note: Only available in the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea
Review
"A moving documentary about parents dealing with the death of a child, it is very good." - John Doyle, The Globe and Mail
The transition from wife to widow is a difficult one. TILL DEATH DO US PART explores the challenges that women in their eighties face when their husbands die. Helen, a recent widow, and Anne, widowed for nine years, live at the Village, an independent living community in Florida. At the Village they are able to reatain their independence while feeling safe and secure.
Review
"This film would be an introduction the subject of grief or elderly communal living to middle school up to college level students studying gerontology or psychology. Recommended." - Kimberly Bartosz,
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha
The news of a loved one's impending death is often accompanied by an initial reaction of fear. In this program, introduced by NewsHour's Ray Suarez and facilitated by Frank Ostaseski, founder of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project, seven everyday people reflect on their experiences with loss, grief, and healing. Discussing what they fear, how they would say good -bye, and other deeply personal topics, some discover the transformation and healing that may occur in such moments. The program concludes with a simple exercise in which participants write a final message to their loved ones, toss the paper into a fire, and watch the ashes rise into the darkness.
When do you take off your wedding ring? What about the pain one feels when eating alone? These are some of the questions that come up in this video about the loss of a spouse. This moving video focuses on the early grieving process and viewers come to understand the immediate feelings of shock, grief, anger, and numbness, as well as the ongoing fear of being alone.
Review
"The best video I've seen from the survivor's perspective. This video does not preach to survivors but tells it like it is." - Annette Rice, Bereavement Coordinator
10x Award Winner This classic is internationally recognized as the most outstanding video available for families and professionals who are dealing with children and grief issues. In this inspiring video, children and parents share their stories and feelings about the loss of a loved one, while leading professionals in the field - including Earl Grollman, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Sandra Fox and Ann Kliman - offer advice about coping and grief.
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"This video is focused on the very practical with a lot of very helpful information. It looks at different kinds of bereavement: sibling, parent and grandparent, which is very effective." - Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Therapists of all orientations will benefit from seeing how psychoanalytic and psychodynamic principles can be effectively adapted to short-term therapy with clients and patients facing issues of grief, death and dying.
Volume I: A Brief Psychodynamic Approach
Over the course of four actual sessions, Milton Viederman, MD demonstrates a psychoanalytic approach to working with grief.
Paying detailed attention to the subtle nuances of the therapeutic relationship, Viederman adapts the principles of psychoanalysis to a course of brief therapy. Pat is the primary caregiver for her dying husband and is experiencing the grief and fear around his impending death. Forming an interpretation of Pat's core conflict and elaborating this theme throughout the sessions, Viederman helps Pat explore the early life experiences that give meaning to her current emotional responses. He builds rapport and trust with this open and engaging client, offering her a supportive environment in which true insight is produced.In a poignant follow-up session, Pat reveals that the therapy was instrumental in helping her be at peace with her husband's death.
Volume II: Hospital Consultation with Medically Ill Patients
Milton Viederman, MD, brings his psychoanalytic orientation to actual hospital consultations with cancer patients.
In this companion volume, Viederman continues his exploration of the application of psychoanalytic principles to brief therapy. While many of us feel comfortable meeting clients on our own turf, we are often less certain how to navigate the therapeutic relationship in a hospital setting with visibly ill patients. Working quickly to assess the conscious and unconscious coping mechanisms that affect the patient's experience of illness and treatment, Viederman's main objective is to create a supportive relationship and relive patient distress. Interspersed with illuminating commentary, Viederman skillfully demonstrates when to probe defensive structures and when to leave them alone so as not to increase the patient's anxiety.
2 DVDs (With Instructor's Manual, English subtitles) / 184 minutes
In this remarkable program, you will meet several people just like you who are coping with the loss of a pet they love. You'll also hear special insight and advice from grief experts. Losing Your Best Friend will help you heal, honor your memories, and realize that you are not alone.
Review
"There aren't many movies around that can help you cope with the death of a pet. This movie will help people that are grieving." - Mid-Hudson Library Health Information Project