Volkan, Vamik D., 1932-,

Life after loss : the lessons of grief / Vamik D. Volkan and Elizabeth Zintl. - First edition. - 1 online resource (175 p.)

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COVER; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Uncomplicated Mourning; Chapter I - Crisis Grief: The Hour of Lead; Chapter II - The Work of Mourning: Assessing the Relationship and Letting Go; Chapter III - Brutal Gifts: Loss as a Vehicle for Growth; Part Two: Complicated Mourning; Chapter IV - Risk Factors: Circumstances that Complicate; Chapter V - Stuck in Denial: When Crisis Grief goes Awry; Chapter VI - Perennial Mourners: When Loss has no Resolution; Chapter VII - Engulfed Mourners: When Grief Turns to Depression; Chapter VIII - A Death in the Family: How Parents and Children Mourn Part Three: ResolutionsChapter IX - Adaptations and Therapy; Chapter X - Creative Resolutions: When Grief Inspires; Notes; Bibliography; Index

"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. Anecdotal and compassionate, this is a profoundly moving and informative study of how grief and loss shape all our lives."--Provided by publisher.

0429915667 0429901437 0429476663 1782414509

10.4324/9780429476662 doi


Grief.
Loss (Psychology)
Bereavement--Psychological aspects.
Death--Psychological aspects.

BF575.G7 / V65 2015