Grieving Beyond Gender

The third edition of Grieving Beyond Gender explores the different ways that individuals grieve, noting that gender is only one factor that affects an individual's style or pattern of grief. Inherent in the concept of grieving styles is a notion that gender is fluid and that traditional binary views of gender are belied by the concept of grieving styles, and this is highlighted and explored in more depth in the new edition. Doka and Martin present a model firmly grounded in social science theory and research, and place special emphasis on the model's clinical implications. Clinicians will come away from this book with concrete tools for supporting different types of grievers through individual counseling or group support.

Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, is professor emeritus in the graduate school of the College of New Rochelle and senior vice president of the Hospice Foundation of America. He has written or edited more than 40 books and more than 100 journal articles and book chapters. Terry L. Martin, PhD, was an associate professor of psychology and thanatology at Hood College prior to his death.

Part One: Definitions and Overview 1. Introduction and Plan of the Book 2. Definitions: Understanding Grief 3. Patterns of Grief and Intuitive Grief 4. Instrumental Grief 5. Dissonant Responses Part Two: Pathways to Patterns 6. Personality as a Shaper of Patterns 7. The Role of Gender 8. Culture as a Shaping Agent Part Three: Implications and Interventions 9. Adaptive Strategies: Implication for Counselors 10. Strategies for Self-Help and Intervention: The Need for Interventive Intentionality 11. Conclusion