ABSTRACT
The assumptive world concept is a psychological principle of the conservation of human reality or "culture" - it is a lens for seeing the psychological disturbances that occur in times of change. In this collection, the authors examine the assumptive world from diverse theoretical perspectives, providing the reader with an array of different viewpoints illuminating the concept and its clinical usefulness.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |58 pages
Constructing Meaning in a World Broken by the Traumatic Loss of the Assumptive World
part |46 pages
Relationships with Self and Others
chapter |11 pages
The Assumptive World in the Context of Transference Relationships
A Contribution to Grief Theory
chapter |20 pages
A Self-Psychological Study of Experiences of Near Loss of One's Own Life or the Dying or Death of a Close Relative
The Shattered-Fantasy Model of Traumatic Loss
part |88 pages
Psychological Processes
part |34 pages
Traumatic Loss and What Cannot Be Said
