Working It Through »

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross earned a place as the best-loved and most-respected authority on the subjects of death and dying. Through her many books, as well as her years working with terminally ill children, AIDS patients, and the elderly, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross brought comfort and understanding to millions coping with their own deaths or the death of a loved one. Dr. Kübler-Ross, whose books have been translated into twenty-seven languages, passed away in 2004 at the age of seventy-eight. Before her death, she and David Kessler completed work on their second collaboration, On Grief and Grieving.

The companion guide to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous workshops on death and dying

This remarkable guide to coping with death and dying grew out of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's realization that she could help larger numbers of terminally ill people directly by meeting with them in groups. The first such meeting in 1970 led to hundreds more throughout the United States and the world and now to Working It Through, a testament to "faith and the ability to survive and transcend the most difficult trials in life" as Kübler-Ross writes in her foreword. The photographer Mal Warshaw has documented the workshops, and his moving photographs bring this already powerful book to life.

Contents

Foreword by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Preface by Mal Warshaw

Acknowledgments

1 David

2 The First Workshops

3 Shanti Nilaya — "Home of Peace"

4 Betty

5 Emotions as Friends

6 Workshop Purpose

7 Sharing Is the New Beginning

8 The Process and the Product

9 The Rules

10 The Significance of Music

11 Participants

12 The Loss of a Child

Linda, Lee and Rob

Paul and Cheryl

13 Quadriplegics

Eileen

Geri

Otty

14 Suicide, Self-Acceptance and Letting Go

Tanya

Barbara

Carolyn

15 Spiritual Awareness and Evolution

Ira

Tom

Chuck and Fran

Bernie

16 Evaluating the Outcome

17 Epilogue

Index