Grief as a Family Process: A Developmental Approach to Clinical Practice

by Ester R. Shapiro

Book Overview

Grief as a Family Process draws on many sources, such as developmental psychology, psychoanalytic and family systems theory, and cultural anthropology. It extends and integrates these approaches into a systemic developmental model that emphasizes the ways grief can enhance the emotional growth of the family system. The model presented here views grief as a natural process through which a therapist can help families live, and even grow. Using examples...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898621968
• ISBN13: 9780898621969
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"