Gift of Tears

by Lendrum, Susan; Syme, Gabrielle

• ISBN13: 9780415073493
• ISBN10: 0415073499
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

List of exercises	ix
List of tables	x
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	xii
Section I Loss and nurture
Early Attachments and Loss	3	(11)
The Nurturing Environment: Aspects of the Counselling Approach	14	(7)
Section II Death as a particular form of loss
Experiences of Death and Bereavement	21	(12)
The Effect of External Circumstances and Internal Factors on the Experience of Bereavement	33	(9)
Historical Change in Attitudes to Death and Bereavement	42	(5)
Cultural Variety: Shared Elements	47	(10)
Children's Grief	57	(11)
Personal and Family Experiences of Loss	68	(13)
Section III Working with the grieving
Basic Loss Counselling Skills: 'Give Sorrow Words'	81	(17)
Further Loss Counselling Skills	98	(14)
Working with Children	112	(13)
Section IV Complicated grief
Understanding Guilt and Anger	125	(9)
Working with Guilt and Anger in Complicated Grief	134	(19)
Section V Professional implications
Assessment and Referral	153	(12)
Supervision	165	(13)
Training in Loss Counselling Skills	178	(20)
Appendices
Appendix A Useful resources	188	(3)
Appendix B Further reading	191	(5)
Appendix C List of useful BAC publications	196	(2)
References	198	(2)
Name index	200	(1)
Subject index	201