Losing a Parent to Suicide

Name: Losing a Parent to Suicide
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415816182
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Using Lived Experiences to Inform Bereavement Counseling

By Marty Loy and Amy Boelk

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Losing a Parent to Suicide explores the profound and enduring impact of losing a parent to suicide through first-person accounts. The book analyses these personal stories to understand the grief and coping mechanisms that follow such a traumatic loss. It highlights therapeutic strategies that have empowered bereaved individuals, offering insights to help rebuild lives touched by parental suicide.
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This book is especially suited for mental health professionals, counsellors, social workers, educators, clergy, and others involved in supporting children and families coping with the suicide of a parent. It also offers valuable understanding for bereaved individuals and researchers interested in grief and bereavement counselling.

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The suicide of a parent has life-long consequences; few more traumatic scenarios exist, and counsellors often struggle for ways to help clients deal with its effects. Few understand the pain and life-altering effects of these tragedies better than children who have experienced the suicide of a parent.

Despite this, there are few texts that incorporate and evaluate the first-person accounts of grief following a suicide while advancing a method for helping. Losing a Parent to Suicide analyses stories of parent suicides and explores the grief and coping processes that follow, discovering the strategies, methods, and modes of therapy that have empowered grieving individuals and helped them rebuild their lives.

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Praised for its insightful and developmentally sound approach, this book is highly recommended for mental health practitioners, law enforcement, educators, clergy, and anyone supporting families after a parent’s suicide. Reviewers commend its combination of personal narratives, contemporary scientific literature, and practical guidance that benefits both professionals and bereaved individuals. Beth Limberg of PsycCRITIQUES and Professor Margaret Stroebe of the University of Utrecht highlight its wide-ranging value and contribution to literature on this difficult subject.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415816182

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 11 Tables, black and white; 28 Halftones, black and white

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 212

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About the Author

Marty Loy, PhD, is professor of health promotion and dean of the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He is the author of Children and Stress: A Handbook for Parents, Teachers and Therapists. He and his wife, Becky, are cofounders of Camp HOPE, a camp for grieving children that has served as a model for similar camps around the USA. Amy Boelk, MSSW, PhD, is associate professor and social work field coordinator in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She is a former hospice social worker whose research and writing have spanned a variety of topics related to grieving and end-of-life care.