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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819738003321

Autore

Berman Claire

Titolo

When a brother or sister dies : looking back, moving forward / / Claire Berman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2009

ISBN

979-82-16-03483-4

1-282-42867-5

9786612428678

0-313-35529-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

306.9

Soggetti

Bereavement - Psychological aspects

Brothers and sisters - Death - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-134) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Siblings : a complex relationship -- And then there was one -- "But you have other siblings, don't you?" -- Anticipatory grieving -- Death by suicide -- 9/11 - dealing with a public death -- Losing a twin -- The bereavement support group -- Resolving a discordant relationship -- The legacy of loss in childhood -- When the spirit moves you -- The rewards of ritual -- Continuing the connection -- How do we help someone who is grieving? -- What about me?

Sommario/riassunto

The trauma of losing a sibling when we are in our adult years is one of the most unrecognized and undertreated areas of psychology. There is no other loss in adult life that appears to be so neglected as the death of a brother or sister, says bereavement specialist and psychologist, Therese Rando. And Rando is just one expert author Berman interviews in this moving book about loss. We see here how, when an adult dies, the parents, spouse, and children of that person become the focus, but brothers and sisters most often fall to the sidelines and are left to find a way to deal with the grief.