Pet Loss: A Spiritual Guide

by Julia A. Harris

Overview

Millions of American households include animal companions. The grief that follows the death of an animal companion has only recently become recognized and in mental health field. While it is absolutely normal and healthy to mourn a deceased pet, the grieving process can be crippling emotionally, mentally, and even physically.
This insightful and helpful book will help anyone:

Discover the many emotional reactions and responses to the loss of a pet.

Learn what happens at a pet cemetery burial, cremation, or home burial.

Find out arrangements that are legally available that your veterinarian may not tell you.

Follow the rituals provided or get ideas for developing your own ceremony to honor your pet.

Cope with the trauma of a terminally ill or runaway pet.

Assist your children in coping with and recovering from their loss.

Understand how different spiritual belief systems recognize and counsel pet loss.

Readers will learn the psychological facts about the human and animal bond and how to deal with the initial shock of their loss, as well as the anger, guilt, and sadness they may feel. Extremely practical, Pet Loss also offers the gift of understanding for those who may feel they are alone in their sorrow.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016485850
Publisher:	Julia Harris
Publication date:	03/07/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	362,381
File size:	158 KB

About the Author

Julia A. Harris has two passions in life: journalism and animals. In the early 1990s, Julia helped pet owners make final arrangements for their pets during her employment at Abbey Glen Pet Memorial Park of Lafayette, New Jersey, where she received pet bereavement training. She left that position to provide pet bereavement counseling through private practice. It was through her counseling experiences that she wrote Pet Loss: A Spiritual Guide in 1997, which focuses on pet bereavement and how world religions counsel pet loss. The spiritual research for the book launched her pursuit to prove that animals have souls, and she recently published Pets Have Souls. Her journalism experience, which included work as a multimedia journalist for American Online, Inc., aided her research and writing. She has studied the work of Darwinists, and notable creationists like William Jennings Bryan and Dr. Jobe Martin. She studies the work of Phillip E. Johnson, father of the intelligent design theory. She has met with religious leaders and studied worldwide religious scripture. Her writings about animals having souls, pet loss, life and death are based on spiritualism and science.

Julia's belief is that there is a Creator, and there was a process of creation that gave our world the diversity of life. Any evolution that has occurred, or may occur, is within the boundaries originally established by the Creator. Each creature was designed by the Creator with a soul and purpose, and each is divine in his/her own right.

Learn more about Julia and her spiritual studies by visiting the website www.petshavesouls.com. When you visit, please sign the guestbook.

Join the discussion about pets, animals having souls, and philosophy, and share your experiences with your pets at the official Pets Have Souls Facebook Page:

Julia is the author of these nonfiction titles: Pet Loss: A Spiritual Guide and Pets Have Souls, and fiction titles: Kingdom Mine (a historical romance novel set in medieval Britain), Diamond in the Rough (a murder mystery set in New York State), Summer’s Knight (a historical romance novel set in Britain). These books are available at Kobo (e-books for all devices), Amazon.com Kindle and through Barnes and Noble Nook.

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