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Working With Loss and Grief: A New Model for Practitioners Paperback – 1 December 2008

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′In a book that is replete with illustrative case studies, Linda Machin draws together the findings of a wide range of psychological and sociological theory and research in order to develop a way of thinking about grief and loss that is intelligible to ordinary mortals. Her Adult Attitude to Grief scale promises to be a useful tool by which problems can be identified and progress monitored′ - Colin Murray Parkes, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist to St. Christopher′s Hospice

Loss is a universal human experience. Supporting those who are grieving a significant life loss is a key role for many professionals in health and social care settings and is the focus in many voluntary organisations. Although there is an extensive literature on loss and bereavement, practitioners often struggle to see how to put theory into practice.

Working with Loss and Grief provides a new model which makes clear connections between theory and practice. The ′Range of Response to Loss′ model provides a theoretical ′compass′ for recognising the wide variability in reaction to loss and the ′Adult Attitude to Grief′ scale is a tool for ′mapping′ individual grief and its change over time, providing an individual grief profile. Together these offer a framework for practitioners to:

" Listen to stories of grief told by clients

" Identify common patterns in grief;

" Recognize individual difference in grief response

" Assess the need for therapeutic intervention or support

" Prompt therapeutic dialogue

" Guide therapeutic focus

" Appraise clients

" Evaluate outcomes.

Case examples show that the experience of grief is highly individual, but also capable of being understood in terms of general concepts. As such it is a valuable resource not only for practitioners and trainees in counselling and social work, but also for psychologists, doctors, nurses, and for researchers studying loss and grief.

Dr Linda Machin is a Visiting Research Fellow of Keele University, having been a Lecturer in Social Work and Counselling at Keele. She established a counselling service for the bereaved in North Staffordshire and continues to work as a researcher, a hospice counsellor and a freelance trainer.

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Publisher : SAGE Publications Inc (1 December 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 216 pages
ISBN-10 : 1412946689
ISBN-13 : 978-1412946681
Dimensions : 16.51 x 1.27 x 24.13 cm

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′I thoroughly recommend this book for practitioners. Linda Machin is a clear, well structured and well argued writer. The book is laid out in a very accessible way with bullet points, tables and diagrams. The aim of the book is to present the foundations for her theoretical approach to working with loss and grief, based on her practice and research. She intergrates a range of theoretical perspectives (psychodynamic approaches, attachment theory, narrative theory, Dual Process Model of grief, among others) useful to the development of this kind of work and her model to take this further′
Barbara Lalljee
The Quarterly Magazine of the Institute of Transactional Analysis

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STEVE HAINES COUNSELLOR-CBT Therapist

Working with Loss and Grief

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The Author of this Book is the Founder of the Organisation I work for as a Counsellor. This Book is a must for anyone working in Bereavement and Loss

The Author is an amazingly talented lady who just oozes energy and vitality in this particularly difficult area of Bereavement Counselling and Psychotherapy.

The Book describes the AAG Scale and it's use and effectiveness ......

A must read for all Practitioners who work with death or life changing illness

STEVE HAINES COUNSELLOR EFT

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I purchase most of my therapy books from Amazon. They have an excellent selection. This book is informative and, in my opinion, beneficial to my work with beveaved clients.

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Melissa L. Stone

Machin's writing leaves much to be desired.

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While I agree with Machin's over-all approach to using the clients' stories to build a picture of their grief and find her models useful from a clinical standpoint, her writing is extremely dry and repetitive. Much of the later chapters could be put into a single chapter and then followed by the case studies. Instead, we're left rereading the same ideas stated over and over in slightly different ways. Some may see this as a method for information retention, but this is written for a clinician at (most likely) the graduate level who does not need a text book tailored to examination learning. For a writer who appreciates stories, there is certainly little 'story' to the writing.

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