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Love after death : bereaved parents and their continuing bonds / 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:
- 1 online resource (146 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- Catherine Seigal, a counsellor, shares the stories of bereaved parents and reflects on them to illustrate how they develop and nurture ongoing bonds with their child who has died. This book will be of interest and value to both bereaved parents and their families, and to those who work with them.
- 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.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-78450-641-9
- OCLC:
- 1001337379
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