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Useful for clinicians, educators, clergy, and nurses, this work offers a framework for helping children heal from the wounds created by the life process of death, a framework that has its defining basis in children's magical thought.
Drawing on interviews with parents enduring murdered-child grief and the insights of professionals counseling them, this book gives a moving psychological, emotional, and spiritual portrait of people immersed in tragedy and loss.
A collection of writings from people who have created aftercare programs that offer pespectives - from the practical how-to's in developing a program to the more personal stories that enlighten the reader on the motivation behind those who founded the programs.
Seeks answer to the question: "Can we attend to the personhood of individuals within systems and cultures which are mass oriented?"
Written in the genre of "Imaginal Psychology", this book presents the imaginal dimension of the mourning process. The "angels" it greets are the interior figures who greet the bereaved during the course of their mourning process.
This book is a guide to making and carrying out the psychological decision to kill oneself or, if one so decide, to continue living. It focuses on the decision to commit suicide than on the decision to continue living.
Wrestling with the Angel addresses the human struggle to cope with death, dying, grief, and bereavement.
Begins with a general discussion of the types of grief that result from death and non-death losses. This guide uses statements made by parents whose children were murdered, and discusses the specifics of murdered-child grief including, the complex emotions felt by the grieving parents.
Examines what we know about the phenomenon of suicide by cop and places this behavior in a broader context. This work also discusses the process of hostage negotiation, the need to provide counseling for police officers involved in suicide-by-cop incidents, and how we might reduce the incidence of this behavior.
This book gives an insightful view of every facet of the funeral, from the time a death call is received until the funeral is completed.
A contribution to contemporary knowledge of bereavement, mourning, and commemoration. It focuses on the importance of cemeteries in the lives of everyday mourners, and ways in which our bereaved give meaning to and draw value from their commemorative activities.
Intended to complement scriptural and theological studies, this volume has a philosophical methodology. Since the belief in a continuation of life after death or reunion with deceased loved ones offers consolation to many people, this book examines the possibility of human immortality. It also presents various rational arguments.
Theorizes how matters concerning the birth of the universe, its fate, and the creation, evolution, and final destiny of life on earth co-exist with regenerated consciousness.
Grief is frequently thought of as an ordeal we must simply survive. This book offers a fresh approach to the negotiation of death and grief. It is founded in principles of constructive conversation that focus on "remembering" lives, in contrast to processes of forgetting or dismembering those who have died.
Addresses issues and feelings commonly encountered after the death of a pet. This work provides practical guidelines for coping with feelings of loss and sorrow. "Are your other pets grieving?" and "Should I get another pet right away?" are other questions addressed. It also explains the medical aspect of euthanasia.
Looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. This title focuses on the need to better understand violence, both lethal and non-lethal, to become aware of the many forms of violence, and to learn how to survive in the aftermath of violent death.
Surviving the death of a brother or sister is not a phase of life that eventually passes. Sibling survival is a life-long achievement. This guide recognizes this and celebrates not only the life of the brother or sister who has died but the lives and spirits of their sibling survivors.
Few areas in life have experienced the rapid pace of change that has been the experience of health care. It's an area where nothing feels "safe" and everything is threatened with reexamination and redefinition. This title explores this area that is continually being introduced to treatments, challenges, people, expectations, and time limits.
Expands the metaphor to include earlier and future or potential losses as well as losses associated with the death that may be unrecognized or minimized. This book includes chapters that examine complications that may be present or may arise, suggestions for mending even the torn fabric, and a chapter dedicated to friends who want to help.
Attempts to understand the impact of terminal illness on the entire family system and seeks to develop a theoretical framework that would guide the assessment of and services to such families.
Includes 40 short reflections which address the ways in which we face the prospect of death and loss out of which the first 20 reflections are designed to be read by (or to) those living with a life-threatening illness; and the other 20 are reflections on living with grief, especially bereavement.
Integrates traditional understandings of care of the dying and bereaved with the use of arts and other forms of cultural creativity in therapy and funeralization.
Presents a view of hospice care through the eyes of a long-term hospice nurse. This title includes stories which are accompanied by discussion of end-of-life issues that arise among the families hospice nurse has served. It is useful for health care and social worker and layperson alike.
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