Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work With Ambiguous Loss (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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Pauline Boss, the principal theorist of the concept of ambiguous loss,
guides clinicians in the task of building resilience in clients who face
the trauma of loss without resolution. Boss describes a concrete
therapeutic approach that is at once directive and open to the complex
contexts in which people find meaning and discover hope in the face
of ambiguous losses.
In Part I readers are introduced to the concept of ambiguous loss and
shown how such losses relate to concepts of the family, definitions
of trauma, and capacities for resilience. In Part II Boss leads readers
through the various aspects of and target points for working with
those suffering ambiguous loss. From meaning to mastery, identity to
ambivalence, attachment to hope–these chapters cover key states of
mind for those undergoing ambiguous loss. The Epilogue addresses
the therapist directly and his or her own ambiguous losses. Closing
the circle of the therapeutic process, Boss shows therapists how
fundamental their own experiences of loss are to their own clinical
work.


In Loss, Trauma, and Resilience, Boss provides the therapeutic insight and wisdom that aids mental health professionals in not "going for closure," but rather building strength and acceptance of ambiguity. What readers will find is a concrete therapeutic approach that is at once directive and open to the complex contexts in which people find meaning and discover hope in the face of ambiguous losses.