Description
Book SynopsisThis pioneering book provides guidance for those helping bereaved adults through the process of grieving loved ones who died as a result of substance use.
People bereaved in this manner require very specific support through these unique circumstances, and this book contains contributions from a range of leading experts in the field on how to help people bereaved in this way, with examples of good practice. It combines theory, research and practice in a straightforward and untechnical way, clearly describing the complex, severe nature of these bereavements and how to support bereaved people through this complex grieving process. The book also explains bereavement, substance use and how addictive substance use can affect a family, and provides comprehensive case studies that illustrate how to support and counsel.
Rooted in specialist professional experience, this is the indispensable guide for all those whose work involves supporting these bereaved people, as well as being of interest to those bereaved this way and their family, friends and colleagues who may be supporting them.
Trade ReviewThe response to loss, we have learned, is subject to many factors, cause of death being prominent among them. In this book Peter Cartwright shines a light on drug and alcohol related death, an epidemic that affects an ever growing number of the bereaved. The book offers abundant clinical illustrations, insight and information about the complexities of grief in these cases, and will be of interest to experienced bereavement therapists as well as those new to the field. -- Phyllis Kosminsky, PhD, LCSW, FT, Author of 'Attachment Informed Grief Therapy: The Clinicians’ Guide to Foundations and Applications'
As Chief Executive of Adfam, England's leading organisation supporting families and friends affected by substance misuse, I am very pleased to endorse this book, which makes a very important contribution to practice around a particularly difficult and sensitive issue... that of substance-related bereavement. -- Vivienne Evans OBE, Chief Executive, Adfam
What a timely, scholarly yet accessible book Peter Cartwright has composed on the neglected area of bereavement following a substance-related death. A wealth of much-needed information is provided on so many diverse aspects. The emerging good-practice guidelines are based on extensive clinical expertise and wisdom as well as available research. Not only health care professionals but those experiencing this special type of grief have much to learn from reading this ground-breaking book. -- Margaret Stroebe, Professor Emeritus, Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, and Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Supporting People Bereaved through a Drug- or Alcohol-Related Death is a great gift to any counselor dealing with grief or substance abuse. Cartwright's book is solid -- theoretically grounded yet eminently practical. Therapists will find this book an essential tool for assisting bereaved family and friends in coping with such devastating deaths. -- Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, Senior Consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America, and author of Disenfranchised Grief: New Directions, Challenges, and Strategies for Practice
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part 1 - Making sense of substance-related bereavements
Chapter 1 - Making sense of bereavement
Chapter 2 - Three useful theories for bereavement support
Chapter 3 - Making sense of substance use
Chapter 4 - How addictive substance use can affect a family
Chapter 5 - Substance-related bereavements
Chapter 6 - Making sense of substance-related bereavements
Part 2 - How to support a bereaved person
Chapter 7 - Key considerations
Chapter 8 - Supporting a bereaved person
Chapter 9 - Bereavement counselling
Chapter 10 - Themes in bereavement counselling
Chapter 11 - Anxiety, stress and traumatic bereavement
Chapter 12 - Unfinished business
Chapter 13 - Shame and stigma
Chapter 14 - Anger, blame and guilt
Chapter 15 - Depression
Chapter 16 - Counselling clients who use medication, alcohol or drugs
Chapter 17 - Later bereavement and how far can we help?
Part 3 - Examples of good practice
References
Index
