Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family / Edition 2

by Monica McGoldrick MA, MSW, PhD, Froma Walsh

Overview

Walsh and McGoldrick have fully revised and expanded this landmark work on the impact of death on the family system.

The editors' clinical framework identifies variables that heighten risk for individual, couple, or family dysfunction and describes key processes that foster healing and growth. Chapters by leading authorities reveal how the family response to loss affects all members and their relationships across the life cycle and the generations. New chapters address such topics as spirituality, gender issues, suicide and other traumatic deaths, unacknowledged and stigmatized losses, and resilience-based approaches to family and community recovery from major disaster. In a completely new section, prominent family therapists offer poignant reflections on their own legacies of loss. Throughout Living Beyond Loss, Second Edition, readers will find valuable therapeutic guidelines for working with threatened loss and end-of-life dilemmas, the immediate aftermath of traumatic loss, and long-term complications. Case illustrations address a wide range of loss situations, show their ripple effects, and suggest ways to address hidden losses when other symptoms are presented. Therapists and counselors will find their own lives and practices deeply enriched by this new volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393704389
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	04/17/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Monica McGoldrick, MA, MSW, PhD, cofounder and director of the Multicultural Family Institute and adjunct faculty at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, lives in Highland Park, New Jersey.

Froma Walsh, M.S.W, Ph.D., is Professor, School of Social Service Administration and Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, and Co-Director of the University-affiliated institute, the Chicago Center for Family Health. Her other books include Strengthening Family Resilience, Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy, and Normal Family Processes (3rd Edition).

Editorial Reviews

Examines the impact of loss on the entire family system and considers both normative and dysfunctional processes in relation to a family's life cycle passage and cultural context. Clinical guidelines and techniques are presented for assessment and intervention with families anticipating loss, for those recently bereaved, and for family members experiencing long-term complications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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