This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Gift of Tears includes new research and examples of recent events to help illustrate the effects of loss. Containing a strong practical element, the book guides the reader through the process of contemplating and eventually confronting their own relationship to loss.
Written by experienced counsellors and psychotherapists, the book contains candid and readable discussions of central issues, including:
* how to understand and work with anger and guilt
* attachment patterns and loss
* historical changes in attitudes to death and bereavement
* death as a particular form of loss.
Gift of Tears is intended for anyone who finds they have to cope, in the course of their daily lives, with the grief of others. It will prove invaluable to counsellors, therapists, mental health professionals and all those helping the bereaved.
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Susan Lendrum and Gabrielle Syme work as psychotherapists, counsellors, supervisors, trainers and consultants to psychotherapy and counselling courses. They have lectured widely and run workshops on loss and related topics.

Introduction to First Edition. Introduction to Second Edition. Part 1: Loss and Nurture. Early Attachments and Loss. Adult Attachment Patterns. The Nurturing Environment. Part 2: Death as a Particular Form of Loss. Experiences of Death and Bereavement. The Effect of External Circumstances and Internal Factors on the Experience of Bereavement. Historical Change in Attitudes to Death and Bereavement. Cultural Variety. Children's Grief: 'Gift of Tears'. Personal and Family Experiences of Loss. Part 3: Working with the Grieving. Basic Loss Counselling Skills: 'Give Sorrow Words'. Tasks of Mourning: Meaning and Internalization. Further Skills Related to the Tasks of Mourning and Ending Counselling. Ways of Helping Children. Part 4: Anger and Guilt. Understanding Anger and Guilt. Working with Anger and Guilt in More Complicated Grief. Part 5: Professional Implications. Necessary Consultation for Complicated Grief. Assessment and Referral. Supervision. Epilogue.