Family Issues, Social Work & Human Services, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous, Emotional Healing, Clinical Psychology

Widow to Widow

Name: Widow to Widow
Author: Phyllis R. Silverman
ISBN: 9780203020975

by Phyllis R. Silverman

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Overview

This revised and updated second edition emphasizes the social and psychological transitions that accompany widowhood, facilitating the process of change from wife to widow to woman.

About the Author, Phyllis R. Silverman

Phyllis R. Silverman, Ph.D., is Scholar-in-Residence at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, and Associate Professor in Social Welfare, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Silverman is also Professor Emerita of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, and she is recognized internationally for her research with the widowed and grieving children, and for the pioneer intervention she developed based on peer support.