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Synopsis
THE CHALLENGE OF FINDING ANSWERS TO PRACTICAL AND RELEVANT QUESTIONS ABOUT GRIEF IS TAKEN UP BY DAVID K. SWITZER IN THIS PENBETRATING ANALYSIS. THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT ANY SEPARATION, OR THREAT OF SEPARATION, FROM AN EMOTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT OTHER PERSON IS A POTENTIAL THREAT TO THE INTEGRITY OF SELF. THIS CAUSES ANXIETY, AND GRIEF IS THE ANXIETY CAUSED BY SEPARATION THROUGH DEATH. DR. SWITZER SAYS, IT IS NOT THE EXTERNAL EVENTS, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE DECEASED WHICH DEFINES GRIEF, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE BEREAVED, THE INNER PSYCIC OR EMOTIONAL EVENTS OF THE STILL LIVING BUT THREATENED PERSON. DR. SWITZER DEALS WITH THE FEAR OF ONE'S OWN DEATH AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN GRIEF. HE ALSO POINTS UP THE SERIOUSNESS OF INADEQUATE OR UNCOMPLETED EXPRESSION OF GRIEF, AND SUGGESTS PRACTICAL MEANS FOR AIDING THE PROCESS OF HEALING GRIEF. THIS BOOK FILLS THE NEED FOR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS OF GRIEF, OFFERS IMPROVED MEANS FOR HELPING THE BEREAVED, AND SUGGESTS CONSCIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR GRIEF BEFORE IT BEGINS. THIS STUDY WILL BROADEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF AN EMOTION THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEEN NEGLECTED.Book Details
Published
June 1, 1970
Publisher
Abingdon Press, Nashville
Pages
221
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780687113132