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Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another

Widow to Widow shares the experiences of widows who have found comfort and continuity in mutual-help and community support programs. In the second edition of her pioneering text, Phyllis Silverman brings the success of the original widow-to-widow program into the 21st century, preparing a new generation of community leaders, clergy, counselors, hospice staff, social workers, and the widowed themselves to organize and implement mutual-help programs.

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Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another

Widow to Widow shares the experiences of widows who have found comfort and continuity in mutual-help and community support programs. In the second edition of her pioneering text, Phyllis Silverman brings the success of the original widow-to-widow program into the 21st century, preparing a new generation of community leaders, clergy, counselors, hospice staff, social workers, and the widowed themselves to organize and implement mutual-help programs.

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Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another

Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another

by Phyllis R. Silverman
Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another
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Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another

Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another

by Phyllis R. Silverman

Overview

Widow to Widow shares the experiences of widows who have found comfort and continuity in mutual-help and community support programs. In the second edition of her pioneering text, Phyllis Silverman brings the success of the original widow-to-widow program into the 21st century, preparing a new generation of community leaders, clergy, counselors, hospice staff, social workers, and the widowed themselves to organize and implement mutual-help programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781135937805
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/23/2004
Series: Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 282
File size: 585 KB

About the Author

Phyllis R. Silverman, Ph.D., is Scholar-in-Residence at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, and Associate Professor in Social Welfare, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Silverman is also Professor Emerita of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, and she is recognized internationally for her research with the widowed and grieving children, and for the pioneer intervention she developed based on peer support.

Table of Contents

Series Editor Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Various Dimensions of Widowhood. Theoretical Perspectives on Grief and Healing. Widows and Widowers: Gender Differences. Grief as a Time of Loss and Change: The Nature of Transition. Help in a Mutual-help Context. PartII: On Helping. Could This Really Be Happening to Me? Uncertainty: What Will Happen Next? Looking to the Future: The Fruits of Help. Parenting Alone: Widowed with Dependent Children. The Older Widowed. Conclusion. Appendices. Appendix 1: Research Findings. Appendix 2: The Widowed As Helpers. Appendix 3: Resources for the Widowed. References.
Index.

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