Ch. 1. Making sense of grief -- ch. 2. Social groups and the support of bereaved individuals -- ch. 3. Recruiting and training group leadership -- ch. 4. What goes on here? Developing content for adult groups -- ch. 5. Meeting challenges in support groups -- ch. 6. Supporting children and teens through grief groups -- ch. 7. Dealing with complicated grief in the support group
Summary
"All too frequently, clinical practice consists of repeating year after year the methods learned in graduate training, occasionally seasoned by a technique learned in a continuing-education workshop. Bereavement Groups and the Role of Social Support gives clinicians what they've been missing in other volumes: practical techniques that have a solid contemporary empirical basis. Deftly weaving together theory, research, and practice, this volume is a compendium of the latest practical thinking about bereavement support groups. Readers will learn when well-loved practices make sense and are supported by sound evidence, as well as which practices should possibly be discontinued. The book also contains the results of a qualitative study bringing together the best practices of experienced bereavement group leaders from around the world."--Publisher's description
