Working With Loss And Grief Av Linda Machin

This updated second edition of Working with Loss and Grief provides a model for practitioners working with those who are grieving a significant life loss. Making clear connections between theory and practice, the ''Range of Response to Loss'' model provides a theoretical ''compass'' for recognising the wide variability in reaction to loss and the ''Adult Attitude to Grief'' scale is a tool for ''mapping'' individual grief and its change over time, providing an individual grief profile. Together these offer a framework for practitioners to:</p><p></p><p>-listen to stories of grief told by clients</p><p>-identify common patterns in grief</p><p>-recognize individual difference in grief response</p><p>-make assessments</p><p>-prompt therapeutic dialogue</p><p>-guide therapeutic focus and </p><p>-evaluate outcomes.</p><p></p><p>This edition includes: a new chapter on ''The RRL Model and a Pluralistic Approach to Counselling'' ; two new case studies; additional content on vulnerability; new