Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, Fourth Edition: A Handbook for the Mental Health PractitionerNamed a 2013 Doody's Core Title! "In the fields of death education, research and counseling/psychology, surely Bill Worden is a giant....ALL of us, personally and professionally, are indebted to J. William Worden. From his work we may be just a bit wiser, a bit healthier, a bit more competent, and a lot more in touch with meaning (our own and those of others) for the sake of all who mourn." --Illness, Crisis, & Loss "Every helping professional will profit from Worden's treatment of uncomplicated and complicated mourning. Especially hopefully is his material on the many types of loss...I highly recommend Worden's book."--Ministry Recipient of The International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement Herman Feifel Award. Dr. Worden presents the highly anticipated fourth edition to Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, the gold standard of grief therapy handbooks. The previous editions, translated into 12 languages, received worldwide acclaim for their sensitive, insightful, and practical approach to grief counseling. In this updated and revised fourth edition, Dr. Worden presents his most recent thinking on bereavement drawn from extensive research, clinical work, and the best of the new literature. Key Features:
Comprehensive and highly organized, this text is useful to therapists just beginning to work in the field as well as seasoned practitioners. |
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... problems in adjusting to loss, and it guides our treatment approaches. I can't think of a thing Worden has missed.” —Stephen Fleming, PhD, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada “Simply ...
... problem is that complicated grief is a V code in the DSM, and V code diagnoses do not qualify for third-party payment through insurance carriers. Another problem has been the lack of precise definitions of. 1 Introduction What Is the ...
... problem has been the lack of precise definitions of these terms, which makes rigorous research of them difficult. The easiest solution has been to do research using well-defined pathological entities like depression, anxiety, and ...
... intended to identify bereaved children at-risk and prevent problem outcomes, this group became a major focus of our study. Could we identify at-risk children early after the loss so that early Introduction 5 Resilience.
Contents
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Mediators of Mourning | 57 |
Facilitating Uncomplicated Grief | 83 |
Complicated Mourning | 127 |
Resolving Complicated Mourning | 153 |
7 Grieving Special Types of Losses | 179 |
8 Grief and Family Systems | 217 |
9 The Counselors Own Grief | 251 |
10 Training for Grief Counseling | 261 |
Appendix | 283 |
Bibliography | 285 |
Index | 305 |
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