Living Through Loss

by Hooyman, Nancy R.

• ISBN13: 9780231122467
• ISBN10: 0231122462
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-15
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

Nancy R. Hooyman and Betty J. Kramer's Living Through Lossis the first book to identify the many ways in which people experience loss over the course of life and to discuss the interventions most effective at each stage of life. It is intended for students, social workers, and other health and human service professionals who seek a definitive, single-source reference. The authors' starting point is that loss comes in many forms and can include not only suffering the death of a person one loves but also giving birth to a child with disabilities, living with chronic illness, or being abused, assaulted, or otherwise traumatized. They approach loss from the perspective of the resilience model, which acknowledges the capacity of people to integrate loss into their lives, and write sensitively about the role of age, race, culture, sexual orientation, gender, and spirituality in a person's response to loss. The book begins with a concise introduction to current theories of loss and the concepts and goals that underlie the resilience model. The heart of the book follows-paired chapters that pinpoint the intersection of loss and a particular stage of life, along with evidence-based interventions appropriate to that period of life and congruent with a strengths perspective, from childhood to old age. This is more than a comprehensive source on loss and grief. It is distinguished by the authors' beautiful use of clients' stories of loss - and their own - to make Living Through Lossdefinitive and indelible.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction	1	(14)
Theoretical Perspectives on Grief	15	(22)
The Grief Process	37	(26)
Resilience and Meaning Making	63	(24)
Grief and Loss in Childhood	87	(24)
Interventions for Grieving Children	111	(28)
Grief and Loss in Adolescence	139	(24)
Interventions for Grieving Adolescents	163	(28)
Grief and Loss in Young Adulthood	191	(24)
Interventions for Grieving Young Adults	215	(24)
Grief and Loss in Middle Adulthood	239	(32)
Interventions for Grieving Midlife Adults	271	(32)
Grief and Loss in Old Age	303	(19)
Interventions for Grieving Older Adults	322	(25)
Professional Self-Awareness and Self-Care	347	(14)
Concluding Thoughts	361	(4)
References	365	(74)
Index	439