New Book
The Journey
Learning to Live with Violent Death
leads people through a healing process
after losing a loved one to a violent death
December 8, 2015
When a loved one dies due to violence, survivors are plunged into an overwhelming world of chaos, trauma, and grief.
The Journey: Learning to Live with Violent Death is a workbook for adults (and those who work with them) who have been impacted by violent death through homicide, suicide, terrorism, drunk driving, and domestic violence.
It offers a process to help shore up the resiliency of the readers and support-group members as they learn to live with a horrific loss. This self-help guide is a resource for individuals and support group facilitators. It meets the need of those who may not have access to trained specialists or those who may wish to strengthen their ability to live with what has happened more privately.
In addition, The Journey can aid professionals in offering services — services with which they are unfamiliar — in a more informed way.
The workbook provides an easy-to-follow, ten-step process with survivor writers who answer the same questions to lend a helping hand to those who follow in their footsteps.
It is based on the Restorative Retelling model developed by Edward K. Rynearson, MD, a leader in the field of in the field of violent death bereavement and founder of the Violent Death Bereavement Society.
Nationally, there are about 50,000 violent deaths annually. From that number, there are an additional ten to twelve people connected to the victim who are significantly impacted by this loss. These numbers do not take into account returning soldiers and their families who have been impacted by violent death as well.
Written by Connie Saindon, MA, MFT, the book is being formally released on Dec. 8, 2015, in memory of Connie's sister "Tiny" who was murdered, at age 17, on this date in 1961.
The book is available in print and ebook formats.
It is available for purchase at Amazon.com and other retail outlets.
All proceeds from the sale of the book go to the Violent Loss Resources program to provide books to those who may need assistance.
For bulk purchases of the book, please contact the author or Wigeon Publishing.
Praise for the book:
The current amount of material in this field is quite sparse and The Journey will prove to be valuable for professionals working with this population and for the co-victims as well.
Deborah Spungen, author of
And I Don't Want to Live This Life
and founder of Families of Murder Victims
The Journey workbook is a much needed and useful aid for survivors of violent death.
Alison Salloum, PhD, LCSW
University of South Florida
Connie Saindon has brought the theoretical into the practical with this user-friendly workbook for family and friends of those who have died traumatically.
Janice Harris Lord, author of
No Time for Goodbyes
and former Director of
Victim Services of MADD
Details:
• Nonfiction: Death, Grief, Bereavement
• Publisher: Wigeon Publishing
• Wholesale distribution: Ingram
• Size, print edition: 8.5 x 11
• Pages: 222
• Formats:
• paperback; ISBN: 978-0-9896913-8-3; $19.95
• e-book: Kindle, iBooks, Nook, Kobo, etc.; $7.99
About the Author
Connie Saindon is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and among the few specialists in the field of violent death bereavement. She is the founder of the nonprofit Survivors of Violent Loss Program in San Diego, which began at the University of California-San Diego outpatient clinic in 1998. Her commitment to violent loss bereavement is related to the loss of her sister, aged 17, to homicide in 1961.
She is author of Murder Survivor's Handbook: Real-Life Stories, Tips & Resources, which received a Benjamin Franklin Gold Award in 2015. She also is a contributing author of Violent Death, Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crises (2006).
When not pursuing her professional interests, Saindon may be found kayaking in the Atlantic or Pacific oceans, skiing, walking her dog, or taking photographs. A native New Englander, Saindon splits her time between Boothbay, ME, and San Diego, CA.
Contact
For additional information or to schedule an interview:
Larry Edwards
(858) 292-9232
info@wigeonpublishing.com
Connie Saindon
858-699-7700
csaindon@svlp.org
Learn more at:
Violent Loss Resources
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