Counting Our Losses

<p>This text is a valuable resource for clinicians who work with clients dealing with non-death nonfinite and ambiguous losses in their lives. It explores adjustment to change transition and loss from the perspective of the latest thinking in bereavement theory and research. The specific and unique aspects of different types of loss are discussed such as infertility aging chronic illnesses and degenerative conditions divorce and separation immigration adoption loss of beliefs and loss of employment. Harris and the contributing authors consider these from an experiential perspective rather than a developmental one in order to focus on the key elements of each loss as it may be experienced at any point in the lifespan. Concepts related to adaptation and coping with loss such as resilience hardiness meaning making and the assumptive world transcendence and post traumatic growth are considered as part of the integration of loss into everyday life experience.</p>