Description
Book SynopsisReviews from the First Edition. "Written with insight and sensitivity for people in all stages of grief and recovery, this book can be used as a resource for all caregivers, both professional and volunteer. It is essential reading for anyone engaged in bereavement counseling.
Table of ContentsBACKGROUND AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
Grieving.
Theoretical Foundations: The Evolution of BereavementTheories.
Sanders' Integrative Theory of Bereavement.
PHASES OF BEREAVEMENT.
The First Phase: Shock--The Impact of Grief.
The Second Phase: Awareness of Loss.
The Third Phase: Conservation-Withdrawal.
The Fourth Phase: Healing--The Turning Point.
The Fifth Phase: Renewal.
THE MULTIDIMENSIONALITY OF GRIEF.
Personality Variables.
Social-Situational Variables.
Early Childhood Impact.
Death and the Family Constellation.
COMPLICATED GRIEF.
Suicide, Homicide, and AIDS-Related Death.
TYPES OF BEREAVEMENT.
The Death of a Child.
The Death of a Spouse.
The Death of a Parent.
RITUALS OF LOSS.
Rites of Passage.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
Therapeutic Approaches.
Care of the Caregiver.
The Lessons of Grief.
References.
Index.
