Treating traumatic bereavement : a practitioner's guide / Laurie Anne Pearlman, Camille B. Wortman, Catherine A. Feuer, Christine Farber, Therese A. Rando

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearlman, Laurie A., author.

Wortman, Camille B., author.

Feuer, Catherine A., author.

Färber, Christine, author.

Rando, Therese A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Sudden death--Psychological aspects.

Sudden death.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Grief therapy.

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic--therapy.

Death, Sudden.

Attitude to Death.

Medical Subjects:

Bereavement.

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic--therapy.

Death, Sudden.

Attitude to Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 358 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Practitioner's guide

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents an integrated treatment approach for those struggling to adapt after the sudden, traumatic death of a loved one. The authors weave together evidence-based clinical strategies grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about both trauma and grief. The book offers a clear framework and many practical tools for building survivors' psychological and interpersonal resources, processing their trauma, and facilitating mourning.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part I. Fundamentals of Traumatic Bereavement; 1. Sudden, Traumatic Death and Traumatic Bereavement; Traumatic Death Prevalence; Psychological Consequences of Sudden, Traumatic Death; Persistent and Pervasive Effects of Traumatic Death; The Need for Integrated Treatment of Traumatic Bereavement; An Overview of Our Treatment Approach for Traumatic Bereavement; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; 2. Theoretical Foundations; Loss; Grief and Mourning; Psychological Trauma

A Relational Treatment Approach; Integration in the Traumatic Bereavement Treatment Approach; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; Part II. Living with Traumatic Bereavement; 3. Psychological Dimensions; Symptoms and Adaptations; Shattering of the Assumptive World; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; 4. Domains of Life Affected; Interpersonal Relationships; Structures of Daily Life; The Legal System; Social Support; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; Part III. Risk Factors and Related Evidence; 5. Event-Related Factors; Characteristics of the Death; Mode of Death

Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; 6. Person-Related Factors; Gender; Religion and Spiritual Beliefs; Personality and Coping Strategies; Kinship Relationship to the Deceased; Nature of the Relationship with the Deceased; Attachment Style; Additional Person-Related Variables; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; 7. Treatment Research; Treatment for Grief and Mourning; Treatment for PTSD; Integrating Grief and Trauma Treatment Research; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; Part IV. Guidelines for Implementing the Treatment Approach; 8. Client Assessment

Appropriateness of This Treatment Approach for a Particular Client; Progression through the Six "R" Processes; Resources; Trauma and Loss History and Processing; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; 9. Implementation Issues; General Psychotherapy Issues; Designing the Treatment Plan; Integrating This Approach into an Ongoing Treatment; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; 10. Building Resources; Self Capacities; Coping Skills; Social Support; Bereavement-Specific Issues; Meaning and Spirituality; Values and Personal Goal Setting; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks

11. Processing Trauma; Cognitive Processing Interventions; Emotional Processing Interventions; Behavioral Interventions; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks; 12. Facilitating Mourning; First "R" Process: Recognize the Loss; Second "R" Process: React to the Separation; Third "R" Process: Recollect and Reexperience the Deceased and the Relationship; Fourth "R" Process: Relinquish the Old Attachments to the Deceased and the Old Assumptive World; Fifth "R" Process: Readjust to Move Adaptively into the New World without Forgetting the Old; Sixth "R" Process: Reinvest; Clinical Integration; Concluding Remarks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Pearlman, Laurie A. Treating traumatic bereavement.

ISBN:

1-4625-1331-X

1-4625-1377-8

1-4625-1330-1

OCLC:

868068594