‘Humphrey and Zimpfer's theoretical approach is multimodal... and they make good use of both individual and systemic theories of human functioning... the book provides an absorbing and challenging journey through the possible process involved in bereavement work, and encourages one to think broadly about how one can approach a bereaved person... good, clear examples are given... A further strength of the book is that it enables the reader to work clearly through the beginning, middle and end of the counselling relationship... this was a book I enjoyed reading very much, and which I found both theoretically sound and practically helpful' - Bereavement Care (Cruse)
‘This practical book will be useful to all professionals working with bereaved people and I thoroughly recommend it for anyone working in this area of counselling. The authors... provide an excellent review of theories and relate them to the practical skills counsellors need. Combined with this pragmatic process, the authors provide a firm theoretical base in which the concepts of loss, attachment and grief are discussed... take one through the process of assessing the client in a sensitive and empathic manner... [and] provide a thorough account of the concepts and issues relating to anticipatory grief... This is a very accessible book which is illustrated with clinically relevant case examples' - Psychologists Special Interest Group for the Elderly (PSIGE) Newsletter
‘[A] concise exploration of the issues around different kinds of loss and grief, with good summaries of the earlier contributions from Freud, Bowlby, Murray Parkes, Lindemann, Kubler Ross and Rando... a welcome addition to the Counselling in Practice series' - Self & Society
‘Mental health professionals will find this book helpful when working with individuals who are going through the grief and bereavement process. The volume is succinct, with a refreshing lack of verbosity. It includes both theory and practice, with a heavy emphasis on the latter. Individual, family and group counseling techniques are discussed, with the use of case studies to illustrate a point. Throughout the volume, the reader is given many practical tools, such as interview forms, exercises and sample sessions... "The process of grief is an individual journey" (p 41), a journey for which Humphrey and Zimpfer have prepared us well. This book is a valuable introductory resource for mental health professionals, teachers and students. The reader is given a solid theoretical base, many practical applications of the research, as well as helpful resources' - Contemporary Psychology
‘Altogether a very helpful resource for the counsello' - National Association of Cancer Counsellors Newsletter
