Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work With Ambiguous Loss [Hardcover]

The authors many years of clinical experience in this area will help to educate and guide clinicians who encounter the growing number of clients who have experienced ambiguous loss.In a dominant culture that denies death and marginalizes those most closely affected by it, the workof Pauline Boss is indeed welcome....[D]efies many traditional Western ways of thinking about andresponding to loss by examining it head on and giving voice to the experiences of those whom evenmental health professionals may be least prepared to assist....[A] worthy contribution.Comprehensive, clear, well-referenced guide....[that] presents valuable insight into the common feature in the situations so many people find themselves in...All losses are touched with ambiguity. Yet those who suffer losses without finality bear a particular burden.