Acute Grief. Counseling the Bereaved : Counseling the Bereaved / Otto S. Margolis, Daniel J. Cherico, Robert Debellis, Irene B. Seeland, J. Bruce Powers, Austin H. Kutscher, Howard C. Raether.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Margolis, Otto S., Author.

Cherico, Daniel J., Author.

Debellis, Robert, Author.

Kutscher, Austin H., Author.

Raether, Howard C., Author.

Seeland, Irene B., Author.

Contributor:

Kutscher, Lillian G.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the emotion of grief experienced by losing a loved one and the process of counseling an individual through this period. Offers guidelines for those who give and those who receive counseling, guidance, or therapy during the period of acute grief, as well as the throughout the stages leading to recovery.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgment

Contents

Preface

1. Grief as a Cosmic Crisis

2. Grief, Grief Therapy and Continuing Education

3. Type of Death as a Determinant in Acute Grief

4. Emotional Involvement of the Family During the Period Preceding Death

5. Emotional Care of the Bereaved

6. Intervention with the Bereaved

7. Psychosocial Care of the Family after the Patient’s Death

8. Facilitation of Mourning after a Natural Disaster

9. Grief and Bereavement in the Military

10. A Man Came and Killed Our Teacher

11. The Biochemistry of Acute Grief with Regard to Neoplasia

12. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Medical and Psychological Crisis

13. The Bereaved Parent

14. The Unidentified Bereaved

15. The Future May Be Now

16. The Funeral Director as Grief Counselor

17. Bereavement, Stress, and Rescaling Therapy

18. Organizational Complexity, Occupational Models, and the Role of the Funeral Director as a Counselor of the Bereaved

19. A Post-Funeral Counseling Program

20. Grief, Grieving, and Bereavement: A Look at the BASICS

21. Acute Grief and Survivor Expectations

22. Sudden Death, Acute Grief, and Ultimate Recovery

23. The Clergyman Also Mourns

24. Having the Courage To Care

25. The Funeral Director in His Community

26. The Funeral as a Therapeutic Tool in Acute Bereavement

27. Why a Funeral Home

28. The Therapeutic Value of the Funeral in Post-Funeral Counseling

29. The Psychosocial Value of a Funeral in the Home

30. The Expanding Role of the Funeral Director as a Counselor

Index

List of Contributors

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780231877435

0231877439

OCLC:

1100429701