Life after loss : the lessons of grief / Vamik D. Volkan and Elizabeth Zintl.

How we cope with grief and come to terms with the death of a loved one shapes our world. In this comprehensive guide to the mourning process, Dr Volkan, a world-recognised authority on grief, shows how each mourning is as individualised as our fingerprints, encoded with our past history of losses. A...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Volkan, Vamik D. (Author)
Other Authors: Zintl, Elizabeth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:London, United Kingdom : Karnac Books, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Crisis grief : the hour of lead
  • The work of mourning : assessing the relationship and letting go
  • Brutal gifts : loss as a vehicle for growth
  • Risk factors : circumstances that complicate
  • Stuck in denial : when crisis grief goes awry
  • Perennial mourners : when loss has no resolution
  • Engulfed mourners : when grief turns to depression
  • A death in the family : how parents and children mourn
  • Adaptations and therapy
  • Creative resolutions : when grief inspires.