Product Description

This book is designed to take you through the emotions experienced during a divorce, from the first moments of shock and grief to the process of inner healing and wholeness, and make you a whole person again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #578996 in Books
• Published on: 1992-04-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

From the Back Cover
Anyone going through a divorce will tell you it's a crazy time. Feelings run rampant. Stress is high. And even when the major issues are resolved, some adjustments will take years. The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook is designed to take you from the complete moments of shock and grief to the process of inner healing and wholeness. Field-tested by hundreds of divorced people, it details a recovery program suitable for both small-group discussions and individual use, covering issues like: - Coping with roller-coaster feelings - Learning how to forgive - Dealing with your ex and your children - Dating after divorce - A biblical perspective on divorce and remarriage - Building healthy relationships -- You can be a whole person again. You can recover from the crazy time -- with the help you'll find in The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook.

About the Author
John Splinter (M.A., Christian Education and Counseling Psychology) is the director of Single Life Ministries, one of the largest ministries to single adults in the Midwest, at the Central Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri. He is married and has three teenage daughters.

Customer Reviews

Half-baked
Rev. Splinter has a good idea of the larger steps of divorce recovery, but he fails to grasp the finer details of the process. He follows the general (sexist) stereotypes of the 70's generation of divorces, where the woman is uneducated and "helpless", and the man is "unable" to express or deal with his emotions. Splinter's observations of various personality types seems rather old and stereotyped as well, and his approach can be heavy handed. Perhaps you might read this book at a general guide, more "food for thought" than a "complete" recovery handbook.

I have taken Mr Splinter's workshops in St Louis, and like them much better than his book. They wonderfully combine the guidance of the leaders with individual expression, and the groups are always packed full. I highly recommend them.

An excellent, step-by-step guide to recovery.
A comprehensive step-by-step primer for divorced individuals, this book combined just the right mix of psychotherapy (75%) and spirituality (25%). Clear, well-organized chapters each conclude with enlightening exercises. The book also makes a great reference document you can return to when appropriate, even after having read the book in its entirety.

Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook
The book a lot of talk but not any real long lasting answers. It was not practical in its approach for my situation. I found Larry Crabb to be far more helpful as his books gave me more Spiritual centerness in his writings and it pointed in a direction where we could find strength and answers beyond ourselves in terrible times of turmoil.