Grief counseling and grief therapy : a handbook for the mental health practitioner / J. William Worden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grief therapy.

Mental health counseling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2009.

Summary:

Dr. Worden presents the highly anticipated fourth edition to Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, the gold standard of grief therapy handbooks. The previous editions, translated into 12 languages, received worldwide acclaim for their sensitive, insightful, and practical approach to grief counseling. In this updated and revised fourth edition, Dr. Worden presents his most recent thinking on bereavement drawn from extensive research, clinical work, and the best of the new literature.

Contents:

1 Attachment, Loss, and the Experience of Grief; 2 Understanding the Mourning Process; 3 The Mourning Process: Mediators of Mourning; 4 Grief Counseling: Facilitating Uncomplicated Grief; 5 Abnormal Grief Reactions: Complicated Mourning; 6 Grief Therapy: Resolving Complicated Mourning; 7 Grieving Special Types of Losses; 8 Grief and Family Systems; 9 The Counselor's Own Grief; 10 Training for Grief Counseling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-304) and index.

ISBN:

0-8261-2456-9

1-281-90783-9

9786611907839

0-8261-0121-6

OCLC:

307513848