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Author Worden, J. William (James William), 1932- author

Title Grief counseling and grief therapy : a handbook for the mental health practitioner / J. William Worden
Edition Fourth edition
Published New York, New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2009]
©2009

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 WATERFT HEALTH  616.8914 Wor/Gca 2008  DUE 02-06-24
Description xiv, 314 pages ; 23 cm
regular print
Contents Attachment, loss, and the experience of grief attachment theory -- Understanding the mourning process -- The mourning process: mediators of mourning -- Grief counseling: facilitating uncomplicated grief -- Abnormal grief reactions: complicated mourning -- Grief therapy: resolving complicated mourning -- Grieving special types of losses -- Grief and family systems -- The counselor's own grief -- Training for grief counseling
Summary Publisher's description: Dr. Worden presents the fourth edition of Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy. Key features: includes discussion on the personal and social variables that shape individual mourning processors; detailed guidelines and models for approaching special types of mourning, including suicide, sudden death, and miscarriage; a new version of "Task Model" to help the bereaved accomplish their "tasks of mourning"; and guidelines to help therapists understand and work through their own experiences of grief
Notes Previous ed.: c2002
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index
Subject Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.
Grief therapy.
Mental health counseling.
Counseling -- methods.
Grief.
Psychotherapy -- methods.
Psychotherapy.
Counselling
Counseling -- methods.
Grief.
Psychotherapy -- methods.
LC no. 2008016551
ISBN 9780826101204 (alkaline paper)
Other Titles Grief counselling and grief therapy
Grief counselling and grief therapy