"In Retelling Violent Death, Edward K. Rynearson presents a strategy for restorative retelling that is based upon his 30 years of clincal pratice and research with family members after a violent death, as well as his own personal experience after his wife's suicide. In addition to a clear outline of this model for encouraging resilence, the book includes clinical interventions and case studies, as well as coverage of restorative retelling with children and adolescents, extant literature on violent dying, and the design and establishment of support groups and programs for those affected by violent death. Written from a highly engaging and uniquely personal perspective, Retelling Violent Death is an important resource for family members and clinicians who seek to help them in the aftermath of this devastating and life-changing event. It provides hope that there is a way to survive and accommodate a violent death, to begin and continue the self-transformation that makes survival possible."--BOOK JACKET.