This book was a little disappointing because it tried to cover too many areas of loss and didn't cover any one adequately. I was looking for a book to help me counsel a widower over the death of his spouse. Some of the suggested activities required a "partner" to process and talk with and didn't offer methods for an individual to process and journal their grief alone. The book is not suitable for the grieving person to go through alone. It requires someone to take them through it.