| Description |
1 online resource (312 pages.) |
| Contents |
Facing death and loss : the human predicament -- Working with complex and traumatic loss : a resilience-oriented systemic approach -- Cultural and spiritual influences in suffering, healing, and resilience -- Approaching the end of life : challenges and resilience -- In the wake of loss : fostering healing and resilience -- Loss across the family life cycle : death of a spouse, parent, child, sibling -- Ambiguous, unacknowledged, and stigmatized losses -- Loss of a cherished companion animal -- Violent and traumatic deaths : fatal accident, homicide, overdose, suicide -- Addressing complex relational and transgenerational dynamics : reverberations from the past -- Collective trauma and loss : fostering individual, family, and community resilience -- The shared human experience of loss : professional and personal influences in our therapeutic engagement |
| Summary |
"In this needed practice and training guide for all mental health professionals, Froma Walsh presents a research-informed, resilience-oriented approach to help individuals, couples, and families who experience profound loss. Walsh guides therapists to understand and address the impact of complicated and traumatic deaths in relational systems and social contexts. She provides core principles and illustrative examples to foster healing and adaptation; help clients mobilize vital social, cultural, and spiritual resources; and find pathways forward to live and love beyond loss. Essential topics include death of a spouse, parent, child, or sibling; ambiguous and disenfranchised losses; death by violence, suicide, or overdose; collective trauma; and reverberations of past loss in life pursuits, other relationships, and across generations"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Grief -- Psychological aspects
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Loss (Psychology)
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Attitude to Death
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Dolor -- Aspectos psicológicos
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Pérdida (Psicología)
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Muerte -- Aspectos psicológicos
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Grief -- Psychological aspects.
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Loss (Psychology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781462552580 |
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1462552587 |
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