ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book looks at why some people find the reactions of grief beyond them, and why others develop through grief and crisis. It attempts to reach explanations on a psychological level different from those with which the literature of crisis and grief is usually concerned. The book discusses what group of grieving people are at risk of a pathological development of grief. It shows that how the open grief group is used as a form of treatment in acute, delayed, avoided and chronic grief. The book describes the advantages to be found in working in a group, how the group may function as a temporary network, and the role of the therapists in the group. It deals with crisis intervention and grief therapy. It also deals with other kinds of losses than deaths.
