White Plains CitizeNetReporter - White Plains' Lilly Singer Co-Authors Book About Loss

WPCNR WHITE PLAINS PERSONAL. From Westchester Jewish Community Services. November 12, 2002: White Plains-resident Lilly Singer recently participated in a book signing of the Second Edition of Beyond Loss: A Practical Guide through Grief to a Meaningful Life, which she co-authored with Margaret Sirot of Stamford, CT, and Susan Rodd of Cooperstown, NY.

The book, originally published in 1988, became a popular manual for thousands of people coping with the loss of a spouse. Following last year’s terrorist attacks, Mrs. Singer and her co-authors decided to update the book to answer an acute need.

“Over the past decade we have been faced with unprecedented premature losses because of the horrendous AIDS epidemic, Oklahoma City bombing and September 11 terrorists attacks,” says Mrs. Singer. “Beyond Loss contains useful and practical information to help people cope with loss. It is intended as a guide to starting up life again just when it seems impossible to go on.”

A nationally-recognized expert on bereavement, Mrs. Singer is Coordinator of the Bereavement Program at Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS). In 1977, under the auspices of WJCS, she developed and led a group for widows and widowers who needed therapeutic and emotional support. As word of her groups spread throughout the mental health care community in Westchester, her work expanded rapidly to include groups for children, parents of school-age children and other bereaved people.

Widowed when her husband died suddenly at age 54, Mrs. Singer combines her professional background as a psychotherapist and her life experiences to offer support and solace to the bereaved and training to mental health professionals. In addition to her book, she has authored numerous articles, addressed national and international conferences and appeared on countless TV and radio programs.

For information about Mrs. Singer’s support groups or how to get her book, call 949-7699, X366.


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