Publisher's Synopsis
"I can't recommend this beautifully written book enough! We were fortunate to have access to its contents at a time of great need & later utilized it for outreach seminars. It has brought healing to many and transformed broken lives into wholeness." -Pastor Davis, M.Div. "After multiple losses, "Flying Free" brought clarity in confusion and hope in despair. A real life-saver!"-David Erikson This treasure of a book by Rev. Dr. Mary Johnson offers invaluable practical guidance on how to transform grief and loss into renewal. Written from the heart by an experienced clinical counselor, pastor, and psychotherapist, "Flying Free" comprehensively covers ways to heal emotions, body, mind, spirit, and soul after traumas of loss and grief."Flying Free: Transforming Grief And Loss Into Renewal" brings both healing and hope in times of loss, death, grief, and bereavement. This compelling book offers proven and successful recovery methods from a large variety of losses including not only death and bereavement of those we love but divorce, separation, unemployment, loss of health, etc. If you have ever experienced a significant loss, this book is a "must read"! It provides comprehensive yet practical perspectives that bring healing, understanding, comfort, recovery, and transformation. Specific ways and vital steps to achieve Healing and Recovery from the most devastating losses are comprehensively addressed in detail including: loss of relationships, health challenges, unemployment, and loss of spouse, children, siblings, pets, friends, etc. It includes both nitty-gritty experiential reality and effective approaches to bring healing from grief and loss. While written from a Christian perspective, viewpoints of other faith systems are presented with respect and appreciation. "Flying Free" is an invaluable resource for personal or public libraries with a Study Guide, original illustrations, charts, diagrams, massive Annotated Bibliography, large Index, and invaluable Grief Support Group materials also provided. It is packed with extensive information, practical resources, and addresses multitudes of vital issues usually ignored in most books about grief/loss and bereavement. This impressive work is not only a real bargain but invaluable resource for care givers, counselors, pastors, teachers, therapists, and any who have experienced loss. The information and topics addressed is so thorough it would take multiple books on grief recovery to even begin to cover the comprehensive materiel included. "Flying Free" is a real pioneer work in the field of Healing from Grief and highly recommended! The author, Rev. Dr. Mary Johnson, offers a superbly crafted book with decades of diverse experience in Clinical & Grief Counseling and Pastoral Ministry. She has served as a pastor in Methodist, AG, Congregational, and Independent Churches and is a skilled psychotherapist with earned credentials as a Nationally Certified Pastoral Counselor and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. She has been included in "Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals" and "Who's Who in Religion" and holds a D.Min. in Clinical Psychology from Andover Newton and Th.M., cum laude, from Boston U. School of Theology. Dr Johnson served on the Clinical Staff of New England Memorial & Middleton Pastoral Counseling Centers and worked in Chaplaincy at various hospitals while also training chaplains. She served as Executive Director of Good News Specialized Ministries, Inc. and has been appointed to Adjunct Faculties of Antioch New England, UNH, Gordon Conwell, Keene State, and Goddard. She is an acclaimed author published in the AAPC Journal "Journeys" & Keene Sentinel. Her other highly rated previously books are available on the Amazon bookstore including: "Visions Of Hope: Voices Of Americana", "Healing Streams", "Love In Action: The Healing Heritage Of The Counseling Ministry Of The Church, &"Following The Angel Trail: In The Steps of Jesus".
