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What is happening emotionally when we grieve for a loved one? Is there a ârightâ way to grieve? What effect does grief have on how we see ourselves?

The Psychology of Grief is a humane and intelligent account that highlights the wide range of responses we have to losing a loved one and explores how psychologists have sought to explain this experience. From Freudâs pioneering psychoanalysis to discredited ideas that we must pass through âstagesâ of grief, the book examines the social and cultural norms that frame or limit our understanding of the grieving process, as well as looking at the language we use to describe it.

Everyone, at some point in their lives, experiences bereavement and The Psychology of Grief will help readers understand both their own and othersâ feelings of grief that accompany it.



Table of Contents

Ch 1 Loss, Bereavement and Grief: What do they mean?

Ch 2 The experience and nature of grief: What is it like?

Ch 3 Trying to explain grief: What is it for?

Ch 4 Grief as a socio-cultural phenomenon: How should we grieve?

Ch 5 Grief and our relationship to the deceased: Who has died?

Ch 6 When does grief become abnormal?

Ch 7 The positive side of grief: Can it have beneficial outcomes?

The Psychology of Grief

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 3/15/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781138088078
      978-1138088078
      ISBN-10 1138088072
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      Medical counselling

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      What is happening emotionally when we grieve for a loved one? Is there a ârightâ way to grieve? What effect does grief have on how we see ourselves?

      The Psychology of Grief is a humane and intelligent account that highlights the wide range of responses we have to losing a loved one and explores how psychologists have sought to explain this experience. From Freudâs pioneering psychoanalysis to discredited ideas that we must pass through âstagesâ of grief, the book examines the social and cultural norms that frame or limit our understanding of the grieving process, as well as looking at the language we use to describe it.

      Everyone, at some point in their lives, experiences bereavement and The Psychology of Grief will help readers understand both their own and othersâ feelings of grief that accompany it.



      Table of Contents

      Ch 1 Loss, Bereavement and Grief: What do they mean?

      Ch 2 The experience and nature of grief: What is it like?

      Ch 3 Trying to explain grief: What is it for?

      Ch 4 Grief as a socio-cultural phenomenon: How should we grieve?

      Ch 5 Grief and our relationship to the deceased: Who has died?

      Ch 6 When does grief become abnormal?

      Ch 7 The positive side of grief: Can it have beneficial outcomes?

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