Grief counselling and therapy: The case for hope

Bereavement Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 13-16

  Neimeyer, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Complicated grief; Grief counselling; Grief therapy; Meaning reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958079965     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682621.2010.484930     Document Type: Review

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