Early attachments and loss
Adult attachment patterns
The nurturing environment
Experiences of death and bereavement
The effect of external circumstances and internal factors on the experience of bereavement
Historical change in attitudes to death and bereavement
Cultural variety
Children's grief : gift of tears
Personal and family experiences of loss
Basic loss counselling skills : give sorrow words
Tasks of mourning : meaning and internalisation
Further skills related to the tasks of mourning and ending counselling
Ways of helping children
Understanding anger and guilt
Working with anger and guilt in more complicated grief
Necessary consultation for complicated grief
Assessment and referral
Supervision.