ABSTRACT
The Restorative Nature of Ongoing Connections with the Deceased is a guide to stimulating thought and discussion about ongoing attachments between bereaved individuals and their deceased loved ones.
Chapters promote broad, inclusive training and dialogue for working with clients who establish and/or maintain a restorative connection with their deceased loved one as well as those who find aspects of such connections to be psychologically or spiritually problematic or troublesome.
Bereavement professionals will come away from this book with a better understanding and a deeper skillset for helping clients to develop continuing bonds.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|69 pages
Faith Tradition Perspectives
part Section II|50 pages
Clinical Implications
part Section III|57 pages
Research Considerations
part Section IV|27 pages
Existential Experiences