Voices of Bereavement: A Casebook for Grief Counselors

by Beder,Joan

• ISBN13: 9780415946148
• ISBN10: 041594614X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Voices of Bereavementpresents counselors with specific, sometimes unusual bereavement situations and their subsequent treatment. Joan Beder blends theoretical content with suggestions for intervention, helping the reader appreciate how theory informs practice. In addition, a section on counselor struggles focuses on what feelings were provoked in the counselor during each case and how these feelings were managed.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Chapter 1 Bereavement After the Death of a Workplace Friend	1	(12)
Chapter 2 Bereavement After a Grandmother Dies	13	(14)
Chapter 3 Bereavement After Multiple Losses	27	(16)
Chapter 4 Bereavement After the Death of a Pet	43	(12)
Chapter 5 Bereavement After Catastrophe: Deceased Unfound	55	(12)
Chapter 6 Bereavement After a Plane Crash: A Lesbian Couple	67	(14)
Chapter 7 Bereavement After Death by Murder: A Mother's Grief	81	(14)
Chapter 8 Bereavement After Miscarriage: The Man's Experience	95	(12)
Chapter 9 Bereavement in Wartime	107	(14)
Chapter 10 Bereavement After the Death of an Identical Twin	121	(14)
Chapter 11 Bereavement After the Death of a Therapist	135	(12)
Chapter 12 Bereavement After the Death of a Divorced Spouse: A Double Loss	147	(14)
Chapter 13 Bereavement After Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Physician Ended the Pain	161	(12)
Chapter 14 Bereavement After the Death of a Young Grandchild: A Triple Loss	173	(12)
Chapter 15 Bereavement After the Death of a Disabled Sibling	185	(14)
Appendix	199	(4)
References	203	(8)
Index	211