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31. Pet Loss and Human Emotion, second edition

    A Guide to Recovery, 2nd Edition

    By Cheri Barton Ross, Jane Baron-Sorensen

    This updated edition of Pet Loss and Human Emotion is a step-by-step guide to leading clients through this special kind of grief. Includes resources and a section on pet loss and natural disasters. As society accepts that grieving over the death of a loved one is not only normal, but healthy and...

    Published January 22nd 2007 by Taylor & Francis
32. Cultural Diversity and Suicide

    Ethnic, Religious, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Perspectives

    By Mark M Leach

    This book adds a vital and overlooked dimension—diversity—to suicide assessments and interventions The literature on the relationship between culture and suicide has historically been widely scattered and often difficult to find. Cultural Diversity and Suicide summarizes that widespread...

    Published October 30th 2006 by Routledge
33. Communicating at the End of Life

    Finding Magic in the Mundane

    By Elissa Foster

    Series: LEA's Series on Personal Relationships

    This enlightening volume provides first-hand perspectives and ethnographic research on communication at the end of life, a topic that has gone largely understudied in communication literature. Author Elissa Foster’s own experiences as a volunteer hospice caregiver form the basis of the book....

    Published October 18th 2006 by Routledge
34. Violent Death

    Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis

    Edited by Edward K. Rynearson

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    This book pulls together a definitive collection of work on the theory and practice of clinical, spiritual, and emotional support after the experience of violent death - counseling beyond the crisis. Over the past decade, there have been countless publications devoted to crisis response, crisis...

    Published October 10th 2006 by Routledge
35. When Professionals Weep

    Emotional and Countertransference Responses in End-of-Life Care

    Edited by Renee S. Katz, Therese G. Johnson

    Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

    Diverse leaders in the field of death, dying, and bereavement, address the issues surrounding the intersection of the personal and the professional in the unique context of end-of-life care. End-of-life care (EOL) is a specialized area of work that crosses a number of academic and professional...

    Published March 14th 2006 by Routledge
36. A Season of Grief

    By Bill Valentine

    This unique book celebrates a long-term, interracial relationship and details the everyday struggles of a surviving partner trying to carry on in a radically changed world.A Season of Grief chronicles the author's emotional descent after the violent death of his partner of 21 years. Bill...

    Published February 5th 2006 by Routledge
37. African American Grief

    By Paul C. Rosenblatt, Beverly R. Wallace

    Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

    African American Grief is a unique contribution to the field, both as a professional resource for counselors, therapists, social workers, clergy, and nurses, and as a reference volume for thanatologists, academics, and researchers. This work considers the potential effects of slavery, racism, and...

    Published April 25th 2005 by Routledge
38. Widow to Widow

    How the Bereaved Help One Another, 2nd Edition

    By Phyllis R. Silverman

    Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement

    Widow to Widow shares the experiences of widows who have found comfort and continuity in mutual-help and community support programs. In the second edition of her pioneering text, Phyllis Silverman brings the success of the original widow-to-widow program into the 21st century, preparing a new...

    Published September 27th 2004 by Routledge
39. The Pain of Helping

    Psychological Injury of Helping Professionals

    By Patrick J. Morrissette

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    The purpose of The Pain of Helping is to provide a source that identifies, condenses, and consolidates information pertaining to psychological injury. In addition to providing details regarding construct definition, information pertaining to symptomatology, assessment instruments (e.g. structured...

    Published July 26th 2004 by Routledge
40. Group Work with Adolescents After Violent Death

    A Manual for Practitioners

    By Alison Salloum

    This manual for facilitators of teen grief groups and other mental health professionals, addresses the unique needs of adolescents experiencing traumatic reactions in the aftermath of violent death. Including information on all types of violent death, this practical guide addresses issues of...

    Published June 27th 2004 by Routledge