This core, introductory textbook for undergraduate and graduate-level courses is the first to combine the knowledge and skills of counseling psychology
with current theory and research in grief and bereavement. The second edition has been updated to reflect important new research and changes in the field,
including insights on complicated grief, resilience after adverse life experiences, and compassion-based approaches to death, loss, and grief. It discusses
the implications of the DSM-5’s omission of the bereavement exclusion for the diagnosis of a major depressive disorder. A completely new chapter on the
social context of loss addresses social messages, grieving rules, workplace policies, and the disenfranchisement of many aspects of normal, health grief.
The text also touches upon three new therapies for complicated grief that have been developed by major researchers in the field. New case scenarios further
enrich the second edition.