Gift of Tears: A Practical Approach to Loss and Bereavement in Counselling and Psychotherapy

by Susan Lendrum and Gabrielle Syme

Book Overview

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Gift of Tears includes new research and examples of recent events to help illustrate the effects of loss. Containing a strong practical element, the book guides the reader through the process of contemplating and eventually confronting their own relationship to loss.

Written by experienced counsellors and psychotherapists, the book contains candid and readable discussions of central issues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583919333
• ISBN13: 9781583919330
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Guide for the Grief Counsellor

This appropriatelyl titled work, both practical and extremely accessible, is written for those who must cope in the course of their work or daily lives with the grief of others. At once both straightforward and deeply sensitive, the authors have succeeded in writing a thoroughly readable text, avoiding the dry, clinical teaching so often found in academic writing. A mix of case studies, theory, counselling practices and self-guided exercises, this is perfect reading for the counsellor or grief therapist-in-training who seeks a deeper understanding of the ways we grieve and what is needed, whether the griever is a client or oneself