The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change

by Pauline Boss

Book Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us haunted by feelings of anxiety, despair, and even anger. In this book, pioneering therapist Pauline Boss identifies these vague feelings of distress as caused by ambiguous loss, losses that remain unclear and hard to pin down, and thus have no closure. Collectively the world is grieving as the pandemic continues to change our everyday lives.

With a loss of trust in the world as a safe place, a loss...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324016817
• ISBN13: 9781324016816
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The Myth of Closure - knowing what you're facing

This book is amazing for anyone and everyone who is trying to process and understand themselves (or another) after the pandemic. It can be a heavy read but so worth it in the end! everyone should read