Acute Grief. Counseling the Bereaved : : Counseling the Bereaved / / Otto S. Margolis, Daniel J. Cherico, Robert Debellis, Irene B. Seeland, J. Bruce Powers, Austin H. Kutscher, Howard C. Raether.

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• VerfasserIn: Margolis, Otto S.,; Cherico, Daniel J.,; Debellis, Robert,; Kutscher, Austin H.,; Raether, Howard C.,; Seeland, Irene B.,
• MitwirkendeR: Arkin, Arthur M.,; Baker, Patricia D.,; Belmany, J. Robert,; Carse, James P.,; Dalton, Buell W.,; Danto, Bruce L.,; Devore, Wynetta,; Edison, Kermit,; Ferguson, Jack,; Ferguson, Tamara,; Folta, Jeannette R.,; Franciosi, Ralph A.,; Fredrick, Jerome F.,; Friedman, Gertrude R.,; Fudin, Carole E.,; Hausmann, C. Stewart,; Keith, Royal,; Kliman, Ann S.,; Kraeer, R. Jay,; Moss, Steven A,; Murray Parkes, Colin,; Nichols, Roy V,; Noll, Carl T.,; Novitzke, Clarence,; Pine, Vanderlyn R.,; Proulx, Joseph R.,; Raether, Howard C.,; Schorer, Calvin E.,; Seeland, Irene B.,; Sullivan, Irene,; Suszycki, Lee H.,; Tari, William A.,; Tourney, Garfield,; Vachon, M. L. S.,; Zimmerman, James P.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kutscher, Lillian G.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1981]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 1981
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)

Examines the emotion of grief experienced by losing a loved one and the process of counseling an individual through this period. Offers guidelines for those who give and those who receive counseling, guidance, or therapy during the period of acute grief, as well as the throughout the stages leading to recovery.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Overview of Loss, Grief, and Bereavement -- 1. Grief as a Cosmic Crisis -- 2. Grief, Grief Therapy and Continuing Education -- 3. Type of Death as a Determinant in Acute Grief -- 4. Emotional Involvement of the Family During the Period Preceding Death -- 5. Emotional Care of the Bereaved -- 6. Intervention with the Bereaved -- 7. Psychosocial Care of the Family after the Patient’s Death -- Part II. Experiences of Grief and Bereavement -- 8. Facilitation of Mourning after a Natural Disaster -- 9. Grief and Bereavement in the Military -- 10. A Man Came and Killed Our Teacher -- 11. The Biochemistry of Acute Grief with Regard to Neoplasia -- 12. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Medical and Psychological Crisis -- 13. The Bereaved Parent -- 14. The Unidentified Bereaved -- Part III. Counseling the Bereaved -- 15. The Future May Be Now -- 16. The Funeral Director as Grief Counselor -- 17. Bereavement, Stress, and Rescaling Therapy -- 18. Organizational Complexity, Occupational Models, and the Role of the Funeral Director as a Counselor of the Bereaved -- 19. A Post-Funeral Counseling Program -- 20. Grief, Grieving, and Bereavement: A Look at the BASICS -- Part IV. Acute Grief and Survivor Expectations -- 21. Acute Grief and Survivor Expectations -- 22. Sudden Death, Acute Grief, and Ultimate Recovery -- 23. The Clergyman Also Mourns -- 24. Having the Courage To Care -- 25. The Funeral Director in His Community -- 26. The Funeral as a Therapeutic Tool in Acute Bereavement -- 27. Why a Funeral Home -- 28. The Therapeutic Value of the Funeral in Post-Funeral Counseling -- 29. The Psychosocial Value of a Funeral in the Home -- 30. The Expanding Role of the Funeral Director as a Counselor -- Index -- List of Contributors