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. Within a culturally inclusive and respectful framework, chapters consider several psychosocial factors that complicate parental bereavement as well as helpful factors that facilitate adaptation. The author shows how contemporary theory and findings from evidence-based research can be artfully applied to clinical practice with bereaved parents. The book also shares a range of strategies for promoting parents' resilience and personal growth in the wake of devastating loss.

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