Bereaved parents and their continuing bonds : love after death / Catherine Seigal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seigal, Catherine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Death.

Children.

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Love.

Physical Description:

141 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

Reflecting on her experience as a counsellor with bereaved parents, Catherine Seigal looks at how continuing bonds are formed, what facilitates and sustains them and what can undermine them. Using the words of bereaved parents, and drawing on current theories of continuing bonds the book is important for both professionals and parents. It covers subjects such as the benefits of a therapeutic group for bereaved parents, the challenges for parents when another child is born, the significant role of siblings in keeping the bonds alive and the particular experience of how it is for parents whose child dies before birth or in early infancy. It is an original and valuable guide to continuing love after death. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Establishing the bond through place, in a changed landscape

Nurturing the bond through talking

counselling

Creating the bond when there has been so little time together

How a group can strengthen the bond

Beginning the transition : spiritual meanings and the continuing bond

The place of ritual in maintaining and nourishing the bond

Holding on to the bond when another child is born

How brothers and sisters help parents strengthen the bond

What might get in the way of parents being able to establish a continuing bond?

Can the continuing bond be a source of new energy and strength?

Working as a counsellor with bereaved parents

References

Resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781785923265

1785923269

OCLC:

986237024