Counseling Widowers

Working with widowers can be one of the most challenging parts of a therapist's career. Counseling Widowers builds from the latest developments in grief research and men's studies to bridge the gap between counseling practice and the needs of bereaved men.

Jason M. Troyer, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee. Dr. Troyer has taught college courses on death and dying and has provided individual and group counseling for bereaved college students and older adults. His research focuses on the grief experiences of widowers.

Series editor's foreword Mark S. Kiselica. Foreword Kenneth J. Doka. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Overview of Widowers 2. Male Gender Role and Widowers 3. Overview of Grief Theories 4. Mediators of Widowers' Grief 5. Men's Grief 6. Common and Complicated Grief Responses 7. Processes and Techniques of Counseling Widowers 8. Widowers in Groups 9. Understudied and Minority Widowers