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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Share Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner, Fifth Edition
• Introduction
• Social Media and Online Resources
• What Is the Nature of Complicated Bereavement?
• Disenfranchised Grief
• Continuing Bonds
• Meaning Making
• Resilience
• Trauma and Grief
• Some Concluding Thoughts
• References
• 1. Attachment, Loss, and the Experience of Grief
• Attachment Theory
• Is Grief a Disease?
• Normal Grief
• Feelings
• Physical Sensations
• Cognitions
• Behaviors
• Grief and Depression
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 2. Understanding the Mourning Process
• Tasks of Mourning
• Task I: To Accept the Reality of the Loss
• Task II: To Process the Pain of Grief
• Task III: To Adjust to a World Without the Deceased
• Task IV: To Find a Way to Remember the Deceased While Embarking on the Rest of One’s Journey Through Life
• Some Alternate Models to Consider
• Therese Rando’s Six “R” Model of Mourning
• Simon Rubin’s Two Track Model of Mourning
• Stroebe and Colleagues’ Dual Process Model
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 3. The Mourning Process: Mediators of Mourning
• Mediator 1: Kinship: Who Died?
• Mediator 2: The Nature of the Attachment
• Mediator 3: How the Person Died
• Proximity
• Suddenness or Unexpectedness
• Violent/Traumatic Deaths
• Multiple Losses
• Preventable Deaths
• Ambiguous Deaths
• Stigmatized Deaths
• Mediator 4: Historical Antecedents
• Mediator 5: Personality Variables
• Age and Gender
• Coping Style
• Attachment Style
• Cognitive Style
• Ego Strength: Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy
• Assumptive World: Beliefs and Values
• Mediator 6: Social Variables
• Mediator 7: Concurrent Losses and Stresses
• Caution: Mourning Behavior is Multidetermined
• When is Mourning Finished?
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 4. Grief Counseling: Facilitating Uncomplicated Grief
• Goals of Grief Counseling
• Who Does Grief Counseling?
• When to Do Grief Counseling
• Where Should Grief Counseling Be Done?
• Who Receives Grief Counseling?
• Identifying the At-Risk Bereaved
• Counseling Principles and Procedures
• Principle 1: Help the Survivor Actualize the Loss
• Principle 2: Help the Survivor to Identify and Experience Feelings
• Principle 3: Assist Living Without the Deceased
• Principle 4: Help Find Meaning in the Loss
• Principle 5: Help Find Ways to Remember the Deceased
• Principle 6: Provide Time to Grieve
• Principle 7: Interpret Normal Behavior
• Principle 8: Allow for Individual Differences
• Principle 9: Examine Defenses and Coping Styles
• Principle 10: Identify Pathology and Refer
• Useful Techniques
• Evocative Language
• Use of Symbols
• Writing
• Drawing
• Role-Playing
• Cognitive Restructuring
• Memory Books
• Directed Imagery
• Metaphors
• The Use of Medication
• Grief Counseling in Groups
• Choose a Group Format
• Prescreen Participants
• Define Expectations
• Establish Ground Rules
• Determine Leadership Approach
• Understand Interpersonal Dynamics
• Handle Disruptive Behaviors Effectively
• Facilitating Grief Through Funeral Rituals
• Does Grief Counseling Work?
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 5. Abnormal Grief Reactions: Complicated Mourning
• Why People Fail to Grieve
• Relational Factors
• Circumstantial Factors
• Historical Factors
• Personality Factors
• Social Factors
• How Grief Goes Wrong
• An Emerging Diagnosis of Complicated Grief
• An Existing Model of Complicated Mourning
• Chronic Grief Reactions
• Delayed Grief Reactions
• Exaggerated Grief Reactions
• Masked Grief Reactions
• Diagnosing Complicated Mourning
• Clue 1
• Clue 2
• Clue 3
• Clue 4
• Clue 5
• Clue 6
• Clue 7
• Clue 8
• Clue 9
• Clue 10
• Clue 11
• Clue 12
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 6. Grief Therapy: Resolving Complicated Mourning
• Goals and Settings of Grief Therapy
• Procedures for Grief Therapy
• Rule Out Physical Disease
• Set Up the Contract and Establish an Alliance
• Revive Memories of the Deceased
• Assess the Mourning Tasks With Which the Patient Is Struggling
• Deal With Affect or Lack of Affect Stimulated by Memories
• Explore and Defuse Linking Objects
• Help the Patient Acknowledge the Finality of the Loss
• Help the Patient Design a New Life Without the Deceased
• Assess and Help the Patient Improve Social Relationships
• Help the Patient Deal With the Fantasy of Ending Grieving
• Special Considerations for Grief Therapy
• Techniques and Timing
• Dreams in Grief Counseling and Therapy
• Some Considerations
• Evaluating Results
• Subjective Experience
• Behavioral Changes
• Symptom Relief
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 7. Grieving Special Types of Losses
• Suicide
• Counseling Survivors of Suicide Victims
• Reality Test the Guilt and Blame
• Correct Denial and Distortions
• Explore Fantasies of the Future
• Work With Anger
• Reality Test the Sense of Abandonment
• Help Them in Their Quest to Find Meaning in the Death
• Sudden Death—Violent Deaths
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Miscarriages
• Stillbirths
• Abortion
• Anticipatory Grief
• HIV/AIDS
• Contagion
• Stigma
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 8. Grief and Family Systems
• Death of a Child
• Grief of Grandparents
• Children Whose Parents Die
• Family Intervention Approaches
• Grief and the Elderly
• Interdependence
• Multiple Losses
• Personal Death Awareness
• Loneliness
• Role Adjustment
• Support Groups
• Touch
• Reminiscing
• Discussing Relocation
• Skill Building
• Family Versus Individual Needs
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 9. The Counselor’s Own Grief
• History of Loss
• Stress and Burnout
• For Reflection and Discussion
• References
• 10. Training for Grief Counseling
• Index