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The Paradox of Loss Toward a Relational Theory of Grief
Marilyn McCabe
ISBN: 0-275-97986-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97986-7
240 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2003
List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Description: This volume explains a new theory of grief and loss that is designed to represent the realities not addressed in current conventional views of grief. First and last, McCabe's is a relational theory of grief. Inherent in this theory is the reality that the lost one remains and ongoing part of our existence and that a major dimension of grieving involves reintegrating our lives around the lost presence. This process does not have stages or prescribed time limits as those cited in traditional theory. The experience proceeds, rather, in terms of the griever's prior, ongoing, dynamic relationship with the loved one as well as others, and the griever's personal resources for reconstituting life in the face of personal loss.

This volume will be useful to scholars and practioners whose work brings them in touch with death issues. Academics in psychology, sociology, nursing and religion will find this of interest, as will practitioners in bereavement counseling, menetal health, religion, social work, nursing and medicine.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Donald Polkinghorne
    Acknowledgments
    What Is Wrong with Prevailing Grief Models?
    Introduction
    Grief Theory and Subjective Accounts
    The Biases beneath Grief Theory
    Developing a Relational Theory of Grief
    A Personal Account of Loss
    The Paradox of Loss and the Relationship between Self and Other
    Time, Death, Knowing, and Memory
    The Meaning of a Relational Approach
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: MARILYN MCCABE is a psychologist in private practice and Adjunct Faculty member for the Georgia School of Professional Psychology at Arogosy University, as well as the Advanced Psychodynamic Psycotherapy Program sponsored by the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute and the Nashville Psychoanalytic Study Group.
LCC Class: 155
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