On deaths and endings : psychoanalysts' reflections on finality, transformations and new beginnings / edited by Brent Willock, Lori C. Bohm and Rebecca C. Curtis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Willock, Brent.

Bohm, Lori C.

Curtis, Rebecca C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Loss (Psychology).

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

xi, 332 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

On Deaths and Endings brings together the work of psychoanalytic scholars and practitioners grappling with the manifold issues evoked by loss and finality. The book covers the impact of endings throughout the life cycle, including effects on children, adolescents, adults, those near death and entire societies. New psychoanalytic perspectives on bereavement are offered based on clinical work, scholarly research and the authors own, deeply personal experiences. The contributors present compelling, often moving, enquiries into subjects such as the reconfiguration of self-states subsequent to mourning, the role of ritual and memorials, the tragic impact of unmourned loss, modern conceptualisations of the death instinct, and terror-based losses.

In that much psychotherapy is conducted with people who have suffered some form of loss, this book will be an invaluable resource for all mental health professionals. The emphasis on the potential of working through the vicissitudes of these experiences will provide inspiration and hope both to those who have endured personal loss and to anyone working with grieving patients.

Contents:

Overture to finality

Grief and mourning

Childhood and adolescence

Violence and terror

Death instinct?

Working with dying patients

Insights from (and to) literature

Termination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041539662X

9780415396622

0415396638

9780415396639

OCLC:

69992338