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Debunking the notion that an invariant sequence of stages of grief occurs among all who experience the death of a loved one, this groundbreaking volume clearly demonstrates that highly individual processes of meaning-making are at the heart of grief dynamics. Leading the reader through earlier conceptions of grief and mourning in which successful grieving is viewed as withdrawal of psychic energy from the deceased, the healthy role of continued symbolic bonds is stressed as well as appreciation of life-enhancing growth as one integrates the lessons of loss.

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• Contributors(p. ix)
• Preface(p. xi)
• Introduction: Meaning Reconstruction and Loss(p. 1)
• Part I Breaking Ground: Toward a Fresh Theory of Grieving
• Chapter 1 Beyond Decathexis: Toward a New Psychoanalytic Understanding and Treatment of Mourning(p. 13)
• Chapter 2 Relearning the World: Making and Finding Meanings(p. 33)
• Chapter 3 Meaning Making in the Dual Process Model of Coping With Bereavement(p. 55)
• Part II Re-Establishing Relationships: Context and Connection
• Chapter 4 The Inner Representation of the Dead Child in the Psychic and Social Narratives of Bereaved Parents(p. 77)
• Chapter 5 Family Construction of Meaning(p. 95)
• Chapter 6 The Death of a Child With a Developmental Disability(p. 113)
• Part III Transcending Trauma: Growth After Loss
• Chapter 7 The Tormented and the Transformed: Understanding Responses to Loss and Trauma(p. 137)
• Chapter 8 Posttraumatic Growth: The Positive Lessons of Loss(p. 157)
• Chapter 9 Spiritual Resources Following a Partner's Death From AIDS(p. 173)
• Chapter 10 Positive Outcomes of Losing a Loved One(p. 191)
• Part IV Healing Stories: Research and Reflexivity
• Chapter 11 Shattered Beliefs: Reconstituting the Self of the Trauma Counselor(p. 213)
• Chapter 12 Embracing Their Memory: The Construction of Accounts of Loss and Hope(p. 231)
• Chapter 13 Research as Therapy: The Power of Narrative to Effect Change(p. 245)
• Part V Renegotiating the World: Meaning Making in Grief Therapy
• Chapter 14 The Language of Loss: Grief Therapy as a Process of Meaning Reconstruction(p. 261)
• Chapter 15 Construing Stress: A Constructivist Therapeutic Approach to Posttraumatic Stress Reactions(p. 293)
• Chapter 16 Trauma, Grief, and Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse(p. 311)
• Chapter 17 Videography: Re-Storying the Lives of Clients Facing Terminal Illness(p. 331)
• Subject Index(p. 345)
• Author Index(p. 351)
• About the Editor(p. 359)

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On the first page of this book the reader meets a seven year old whose father's traumatic death catapults his world and family into chaos. One wonders how to help this family survive and grow as death's shadow has disrupted their rituals, meaning, and assumptions. The traditional, intrapsychic paradigm of grief--which dictates "let go" or separate and disconnect from the deceased, re-engage in living, and complete the phases of grief--seems inadequate because it lacks empirical support and the invariant stages of grief ignore individual or cultural differences. Neimeyer (Univ. of Memphis) rethinks these concepts and posits a new bereavement paradigm: mourning becomes a transformative, social, and relational process and the therapist plays an active and central role in facilitating mourning. Neimeyer emphasizes making meaning, establishing continuity, integrating the memory of the deceased into a new organization of the self, and exploring the positive and negative aspects of grief. Including a review of the scholarly research as well as narratives, this well-written book is divided into five sections: "A fresh theory," "Re-establishing relationships," "Transcending trauma," "Healing stories," and "Renegotiating the world." Essential reading for undergraduates, scholars, philosophers, and educators, the book provides a foundation for more empathetic and facilitative bereavement therapy. S. M. Valente University of Southern California