Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share Principles and Practice of Grief Counseling: Second Edition -- Part I: Theoretical Underpinnings -- Chapter 1: Thoughts About Counseling -- What is Counseling? -- Misconceptions About Counseling -- The Therapeutic Relationship -- Grief Counseling -- Goals of Counseling -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Unique Aspects of Grief Counseling -- Grief and the Assumptive World -- Coming to Terms with Change and Loss -- Understanding Bereavement Theory in Counseling Practice -- Who Benefits from Grief Counseling? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Theories and Orientation to Bereavement -- Definitions and Analogies -- Attachment and the Grief Response -- The Dual Process Model of Grief -- Two-Track Model and the Continuing Bonds Theory -- Stages, Phases, and Tasks -- Meaning Reconstruction and Growth -- Posttraumatic Growth and Resilience -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Social Context of Loss -- Social Spheres and Individual Experience -- What is Normal? -- Case Study -- Impact of Social Rules and Norms -- Implications for Grief Counselors -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Practice and Process -- Chapter 5: The Practice of Presence -- "Being With" -- Cultivating Presence -- Practice of Awareness and Presence -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: The Basics of Counseling Practice -- Setting Up the Groundwork -- Attending Skills -- Observation and Tracking Skills -- Appropriate Use of Questions -- Empathy -- Encouraging, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing -- Immediacy -- Self-Disclosure -- Honoring Resistance -- Getting Started-The First Session -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Working With Bereaved Individuals -- What is Normal? -- What May Help-Practical Suggestions -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 8: Living Losses: Nonfinite Loss, Ambiguous Loss, and Chronic Sorrow -- The Assumptive World and Loss -- Nonfinite Loss and Chronic Sorrow -- Ambiguous Loss -- Living Losses -- Implications for Counseling -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Working With Emotions-Yours and Theirs -- Thinking Critically About Feelings -- Functional Feelings -- Emotional Intelligence -- Working with Different Emotions -- Suggestions for Specific Emotions -- What About the Counselor's Feelings? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: When Grief Goes Awry -- What is Complicated Grief? -- Overlaps Between Grief and Trauma -- Overlaps Between Grief and Depression -- Suicide Bereavement -- Bereavement by Homicide -- Clinical Implications for Complicated and Traumatic Grief -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: The Clinician's Toolbox: Therapeutic Modalities and Techniques in the Context of Grief -- Rituals and Linking Objects -- Writing and Narrative as Therapy -- Energy-Based Therapies ("Power Therapies") -- Use of Personality and Temperament Inventories -- Mindfulness-Based Interventions -- The Internal Family System Model (submitted by Derek Scott, RSW) -- Sandtray Work -- Group Work -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Ethical Issues in Grief Counseling Practice -- Counselor Issues -- Issues Related to the Therapeutic Relationship -- Competence in Grief Counseling -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Current Issues and Trends -- Chapter 13: Caregiver Issues for Grief Counselors -- Sources of Occupational Stress -- Specific Manifestations of Occupational Stress -- Self-Care as a Professional Competency -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Current Issues and Trends for Grief Counselors -- Acknowledge Innate Resilience Offer Appropriate Support -- Currency and Competency -- The Neurobiology of Grief.

Recognition of Diversity Within Grief and Grief Counseling -- Technology and Grief Counseling -- Conclusion -- References -- Afterword -- Next Steps -- Reference -- Appendix: Case Studies -- Case Study 1: Susan -- Case Study 2: Janice -- Case Study 3: Barbara and John -- Case Study 4: Andy -- Case Study 5: Betty -- Case Study 6: Michael -- Case Study 7: Janet -- Case Study 8: Angela -- Case Study 9: Rebecca -- Case Study 10: Karen and Doug -- Index.