Divorce and loss : helping adults and children mourn when a marriage comes apart /

Ehrlich, Joshua.

Divorce and loss : helping adults and children mourn when a marriage comes apart / Joshua Ehrlich. - Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xiii, 171 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

part I DIVORCE AND MOURNING -- 1. The Losses in Divorce -- 2. Mourning -- 3. Failures of Mourning -- 4. Breakdowns in Connection between Parents and Children around Divorce -- 5. Entanglement with the Ex-Spouse: Its Impact on Children -- 6. The Effects on Adolescents of Parents' Difficulties in Navigating Divorce -- part II INTERVENING -- 7. Bearing Feelings, Facilitating Mourning -- 8. Working with Parents Together to Help Children -- 9. Helping Parents Bridge the Divide with Their Children -- 10. Working with Parents in the High-Conflict Divorce -- 11. Individual Therapy with Children and Adolescents Dealing with Divorce -- 12. Individual Therapy with Adults Dealing with Divorce.

Divorce and Loss: Helping Adults and Children Mourn When a Marriage Comes Apart is designed to help therapists understand the many losses in divorce and the mourning process that is necessary for each family member in order to move on. Joshua Ehrlich describes how therapists can function as facilitators of mourning through therapy with children, adolescents and adults, and also provides specific, detailed interventions in working with parents, so that they can help their children traverse a constructive mourning process. Detailed clinical material is provided throughout.



9781442231825

2021676849


Divorce--Psychological aspects.
Loss (Psychology)
Families--Psychological aspects.
Family psychotherapy.
Family Therapy--methods.
Divorce--psychology.


Electronic Books.

HQ814 / .D586 2014