Book Review: Living through Loss, 2nd Edition by Nancy R. Hooyman, Betty J. Kramer, and Sara Sanders

Abstract

Hooyman, Kramer, and Sanders offer an updated and timely second edition of Living through loss: Interventions across the life span (italicized). The text thoroughly explores losses and interventions through the life course with care. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, mass shootings, and more frequent natural disasters, the need for understanding grief and how to provide supportive counseling is needed for all social workers. The text would be well suited for use in undergraduate and graduate level courses. It includes definitions of basic terms, historical perspectives on grief, grief theories and models, and complicated grief with a focus on strength and resilience throughout.

Keywords:

• bereavement
• grief
• counseling
• loss

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