Working with Bereaved Parents

Working with Bereaved Parents is a thoughtful guide for frontline practitioners in mental health and medicine who face the daunting task of helping parents after the death of a child.

Louis A. Gamino, PhD, ABPP, FT, is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and the director of the division of psychology for Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, Texas.

Part 1 1. Introduction 2. What Makes Parental Grief So Difficult? 3. Helpful Factors 4. Contemporary Treatment Approaches Part 2 5. Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death 6. Death of a Younger Child or Adolescent 7. Death of an Adult Child 8. Accidental Death 9. Suicide 10. Homicide 11. Military or Combat Death 12. Non-Death Loss Part 3 13. Long-Term Adaptation and Resilience 14. Practitioner Resilience