Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan, Second Edition

Praise for the First Edition:

“[This book] represents a significant advance because it looks at the issues from a bio-psychosocial perspective. To a social worker who has worked mainly in a medical and nursing environment, this is a great step forward.”

–Bereavement Care

“[Offers] valued sensitivities, knowledge, and insights, and most importantly, age-appropriate interventions for a range of significant losses….Counselors will want to keep this indispensable work close at hand.”

–Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, Author, Counseling Individuals With Life-Threatening Illness

This unique text for undergraduate and masterís level social work and counseling courses on loss, grief, and bereavement is distinguished by its biopsychosocial perspective and developmental framework. The book addresses grieving patterns and intervention strategies according to the life trajectory and provides clinical intervention tools and strategies for coping according to the developmental stage of an individual. It incorporates losses beyond death loss, with special focus on losses related to maturational development. The second edition reflects new research that has clarified and underscored the value of theories examined in the first editionóparticularly in the areas of continued bonds, disenfranchised grief, and ambiguous grief. It describes how grieving is influenced by biological responses to stress, psychological responses to loss, and social norms and support networks.

The second edition includes significant new information on trauma and resilience and addresses

Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan: A Biopsychosocial Perspective 2nd Edition is written by Carolyn Ambler Walter, PhD, LCSW; Judith L. M. McCoyd, PhD, LCSW, QCSW and published by Springer Publishing Company. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan are 9780826120298, 0826120296 and the print ISBNs are 9780826120281, 0826120288