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The Transformative Nature of Grief and Bereavement.

Both Freud and Loewald talked about the ways in which individuals may be changed by grief, for better and for worse. This paper extends that thinking by looking at the ways in which grief and mourning reconfigure the psychic structure of the bereaved. Mourning may be an occasion for mastery through...

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Published in:Clinical Social Work Journal Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 262 - 270
Main Author: Berzoff, Joan
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Sep2011
Subjects:
Grief
Bereavement
Social action
Altruism
Self-esteem
Ideals (Psychology)
Self-hate (Psychology)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost