Responding to loss : a resource for caregivers / Adolf Hansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, Adolf, 1938-

Series:

Death, Value and Meaning Series

Death, value, and meaning series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attachment behavior.

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Counseling.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Grief.

Loss (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reading this book, caregivers will find ways to increase their effectiveness by understanding more fully what their care receivers are experiencing, by finding creative ways to assist them in processing what is happening, and by working with them to discern responses to loss that are emotionally healthy, intellectually coherent, spiritually genuine, culturally sensitive, relationally authentic, and personally fulfilling.

Contents:

""Responding to Loss: A Resource for Caregivers""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1 Possibilities for Meaning: Attachments""; ""CHAPTER 2 Loss as a Break in an Attachment""; ""CHAPTER 3 Responding to a Break""; ""CHAPTER 4 Responding Before the Break Has Taken Place""; ""CHAPTER 5 Responding After the Break Has Taken Place""; ""CHAPTER 6 Responding in a Personal Way""; ""CHAPTER 7 Being Transformed through Responses""; ""CHAPTER 8 Resources for Transformation: Attachments""; ""POSTSCRIPT A Personal Story""; ""Index""

""Select Titles from the Death, Value and Meaning Series""""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-22379-1

1-351-84195-5

0-89503-609-6

9781315223797

OCLC:

1229163427