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Lendrum, Susan, 1942-

Gift of tears : a practical approach to loss and bereavement counselling / - London ; New York : Tavistock/Routledge, ©1992 - xiv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Early attachments and loss -- The nurturing environment: aspects of the counselling approach -- Experiences of death and bereavement -- The effect of external circumstances and internal factors on the experience of bereavement -- Historical change in attitudes to death and bereavement -- Cultural variety: shared elements -- Children's grief -- Personal and family experiences of loss -- Basic loss counselling skills: 'Give sorrow words' -- Further loss counselling skills -- Working with children -- Understanding guilt and anger -- Working with guilt and anger in complicated grief -- Assessment and refererral -- Supervision -- Training in loss counselling skills

Designed to help people who find that they have to cope, in the course of their work or daily lives, with the grief of others. The authors use theory, accessible case histories and exercises to involve the reader

ISBN: 0415081203 9780415081207 0415073499 9780415073493

LCCN: 91043922

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9234866 bnb GB92Y3990 bnb GB92Y3963 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Loss (Psychology)
Bereavement--Psychological aspects
Bereavement
Death
Counseling--methods
Bereavement
Death

Subjects--Index Terms: Bereavement Counselling

LC Class. No.: BF575.D35 / L46 1992

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 306.9 393.7

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 1994 A-327 WM 55 / L564g 1992