Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

PART I

THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS

Chapter 1

Basics About Counseling

1

Chapter 2

Unique Aspects of Grief Counseling

15

Chapter 3

Theories and Orientation to Bereavement

25

PART II

PRACTICE AND PROCESS

Chapter 4

The Practice of Presence

45

Chapter 5

The Basics of Counseling Practice

59

Chapter 6

Working With Bereaved Individuals

81

Chapter 7

Living Losses: Nonfinite Loss, Ambiguous Loss, and Chronic Sorrow

97

Chapter 8

Working With Emotions—Yours and Theirs

115

Chapter 9

When Grief Goes Awry

133

Chapter 10

The Clinician’s Toolbox: Therapeutic Modalities and Techniques in the Context of Grief

151

Chapter 11

Ethical Issues in Grief Counseling Practice

179

PART III

CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS

Chapter 12

Caregiver Issues for Grief Counselors

195

Chapter 13

Current Trends and Issues for Grief Counselors

213

Afterword

229

Index

233