This book focuses on the kind of grief that is not openly acknowledged, socially validated, or publicly mourned. It addresses the unique psychological, biological, and sociological issues involved in disenfranchised grief. The contributing authors explore the concept of disenfranchised grief, help define and explain this type of grief, and offer clinical interventions to help grievers express their hidden sorrow. Contents: Section I - Theoretical Overview Introduction Kenneth J. Doka A Closer Look at Doka's Grieving Rules Sarah Brabant Revisiting the Concept of Disenfranchised Grief Charles A. Corr The Psychology of Disenfranchised Grief: Liberation, Shame, and Self-Disenfranchisement Jeffrey Kauffman Empirical Assessment of Disenfranchised Grief: 1989-2000 Gordon Thornton and Mary Lou Zanich Section II - Clinical Interventions: Tools and Techniques Disenfranchisement as Empathic Failure: Grief Therapy and the Co-Construction of Meaning Robert A. Neimeyer and John R. Jordan A Pastoral Counselor Looks at Silence as a Factor in Disenfranchised Grief Dale R. Kuhn The Role of Support Groups in Disenfranchised Grief Eileen McKeon Pesek The Role of Ritual in the Treatment of Disenfranchised Grief Kenneth J. Doka Section III - Illustrations of Practice A Later Loss: The Grief of Ex-Spouses Kenneth J. Doka Grief and the Workplace: Positive Approaches Marcia Lattanzi-Licht Disenfranchised Grief in Caregivers William M. Lamers, Jr. Nursing Home Staff Reactions to Resident Deaths Sidney Z. Moss and Miriam S. Moss Psychosocial Loss and Grief Kenneth J. Doka and Rita A. Aber Disenfranchising the Brokenhearted Terry L. Martin Disenfranchised Grief and the Loss of an Animal Companion Barbara Meyers Unrecognized Losses in Child Adoption Rose Cooper Youth and Disenfranchised Grief Louise Rowling The Disenfranchised Grief of Children David A. Crenshaw Disenfranchised Grief and Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Claire Lavin How We Die: Stigmatized Death and Disenfranchised Grief Kenneth J. Doka How We Grieve: Culture, Class, and Gender Kenneth J. Doka and Terry L. Martin Section IV - Disenfranchised Grief: Education and Policy Disenfranchised Grief and the Politics of Helping: Social Policy and Its Clinical Implications John J. Reynolds Incorporating Disenfranchised Grief in the Death Education Classroom Ellen S. Zinner Balancing the Costs of Enfranchising the Disenfranchised Griever Jack Kamerman Epilogue Kenneth J. Doka About the Editor: Dr. Earl A. Grollman, a pioneer in the field of crisis intervention, was rabbi of the Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, Massachusetts, for thirty-six years. A certified death educator and counselor, he was cited as "Hero of The Heartland" for his work with the families and volunteers of the Oklahoma City bombing. Dr. Grollman has spoken at many colleges, clergy institutes, seminaries, physicians' forums, and hospital nursing associations, and has addressed many support groups, such as Compassionate Friends, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Widows Personal Services. He has also appeared on national television and radio, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Children's Journal, All Things Considered, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Recently, he was featured on National Public Radio's End of Life series in the roundtable discussion on grief and bereavement.
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