Restorative Nature of Ongoing Connections with the Deceased

<p><em>The Restorative Nature of Ongoing Connections with the Deceased </em>is a guide to stimulating thought and discussion about ongoing attachments between bereaved individuals and their deceased loved ones. </p><p>Chapters promote broad, inclusive training and dialogue for working with clients who establish and/or maintain<b> </b>a restorative connection with their deceased loved one as well as those who find aspects of such connections to be psychologically or spiritually problematic or troublesome.</p><p>Bereavement professionals will come away from this book with a better understanding and a deeper skillset for helping clients to develop continuing bonds. </p> <p>Section I: Faith Tradition Perspectives 1. Faith Traditions: A Historical and Contemporary Framework 2. Buddhist and Attachment Perspectives on the End of Life 3. A Shamanic Experience of Restoration: Journeying, Ritual, and Ceremony 4. A Christian Way of Making Sense of Life and Death 5. Forming Paths of Continuing Connection from a Jewish Perspective 6. Connecting through the Heart with the Deceased: A Muslim View 7. Eternal Bond with the Deceased: A Hindu Perspective<b> Section II: Clinical Implications </b>8. Restorative Internalization 9. From Retelling to Reintegration: Narrative Fixation and the Reconstruction of Meaning 10. Grieving in the Wind Telephone Booth 11. Limitations of Traumatic Grief Therapy: The Palliative Embrace of a Homicidal Dying<b> Section III: Research Considerations </b>12. Sensory and Quasi-Sensory Experiences of the Deceased in Bereavement: An Overview of the Literature 13. Internet Resources for the Bereaved: Facebook’s Influence on the Grieving Process 14. Complicated Spiritual Grief: Wrestling with Faith in the Wake of Loss 15. Psychic Mediums for the Bereaved: Exploring Their Procedures and Contemplating the Use of Their Services <b>Section IV: Existential Experiences </b>16. Restorative Connection with the Deceased: A Panel Interview with Grievers 17. To Seek or Not Seek Contact with the Deceased Through a Medium: A Panel Interview with Grievers 18. Presence within Absence: Summary Discussion</p>