ABSTRACT

Compassion-Based Approaches in Loss and Grief introduces clinicians to a wide array of strategies and frameworks for engaging clients throughout the loss experience, particularly when those experiences have a protracted course.

In the book, clinicians and researchers from around the world and from a variety of fields explore ways to cultivate compassion and how to implement compassion-based clinical practices specifically designed to address loss, grief, and bereavement.

Students, scholars, and mental health and healthcare professionals will come away from this important book with a deepened understanding of compassion-based approaches and strategies for enhancing distress tolerance, maintaining focus, and identifying the clinical interventions best suited to clients’ needs.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part Two|46 pages

Training in the Components of Compassion

chapter Chapter 7|9 pages

What Is Compassion Training?

chapter Chapter 8|9 pages

Mindful Awareness

A Cultivated Journey for Clinicians and Practitioners

chapter Chapter 9|9 pages

Being with Grief and Loss

The Foundational Role of Therapeutic Presence

chapter Chapter 10|9 pages

Common Humanity

Recognition of Interconnectivity among Health Professionals and Their Patients

chapter Chapter 11|8 pages

Self-Compassion for Clinicians

part Three|94 pages

Clinical Applications

chapter Chapter 12|9 pages

Compassion-Focused Grief Therapy

chapter Chapter 13|8 pages

The GRACE Model of Compassionate Response

chapter Chapter 14|11 pages

Compassionate Self-Care in Loss and Grief

Mindful-Compassion Art-Based Therapy

chapter Chapter 15|8 pages

Dignity and Compassion in End-of-Life Care

chapter Chapter 16|10 pages

Shame in the Context of Grief

chapter Chapter 20|10 pages

Tales from the Field

Self-Compassion as a Resource for Supporting Grief

chapter Chapter 22|9 pages

Compassion-Focused Chair Work for Grief

part Four|26 pages

Organizational and Structural Approaches

chapter Chapter 23|8 pages

Challenges to Compassion in Healthcare

A Systems Approach

chapter Chapter 25|7 pages

Compassionate Cities for End-of-Life Care

chapter |2 pages

Conclusion

Compassion and Grief as Companions