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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782883003321

Autore

Worden J. William (James William), <1932->

Titolo

Grief counseling and grief therapy [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for the mental health practitioner / / J. William Worden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Springer Pub. Co., c2009

ISBN

0-8261-2456-9

1-281-90783-9

9786611907839

0-8261-0121-6

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 pages)

Disciplina

616.89/14

Soggetti

Grief therapy

Mental health counseling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-304) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Attachment, Loss, and the Experience of Grief; 2 Understanding the Mourning Process; 3 The Mourning Process: Mediators of Mourning; 4 Grief Counseling: Facilitating Uncomplicated Grief; 5 Abnormal Grief Reactions: Complicated Mourning; 6 Grief Therapy: Resolving Complicated Mourning; 7 Grieving Special Types of Losses; 8 Grief and Family Systems; 9 The Counselor's Own Grief; 10 Training for Grief Counseling.

Sommario/riassunto

Dr. Worden presents the highly anticipated fourth edition to Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, the gold standard of grief therapy handbooks. The previous editions, translated into 12 languages, received worldwide acclaim for their sensitive, insightful, and practical approach to grief counseling. In this updated and revised fourth edition, Dr. Worden presents his most recent thinking on bereavement drawn from extensive research, clinical work, and the best of the new literature.