Main description:

- This book integrates compassionate-based approaches with current theories and practices in loss, grief, and bereavement to provide readers with new insights and understanding on supporting patients, families, and healthcare workers facing the many challenges associated with loss and grief.

- This book provides a holistic overview on the theoretical foundations of compassion, with in-depth discussions on the essential components of compassion training, as well as practical examples on how compassionate-based approaches can be applied in situations of loss, grief, and bereavement.

- This book consolidates and presents the most innovative and cutting-edge research, interventions, and techniques on compassionate-based approaches from international leaders in the field to offer diverse perspectives on the applications of compassion based approaches to a variety of settings relevant to loss and grief.

-This book draws upon current practices in compassion that are readily applicable to both clinicians and their clients alike, helping to develop greater capacity and insight into the loss and grief that we experience in our lives.

Contents:

Part One: Foundations 1. Coming to Compassion 2. An Evolutionary and Compassion-Based Approach to Yearning and Grief 3. Foundational Aspects of Grief 4. A review and synthesis of current research in compassion, loss, and grief 5. Compassion Viewed through a Sociological Lens 6. Spheres of Compassionate Engagement and Response Part Two: Training in the Components of Compassion 7. What is Compassion Training? 8. Mindful Awareness: A Cultivated Journey for Clinicians and Practitioners 9. Being with Grief and Loss: The Foundational Role of Therapeutic Presence 10. Common Humanity: Recognition of Interconnectivity among Health Professionals and Their Patients 11. Self-Compassion for Clinicians Part Three: Clinical Applications 12. Compassion-Focused Grief Therapy 13. The GRACE Model of Compassionate Response 14. Compassion Self-Care in Loss and Grief: Mindful-Compassion Art-based Therapy 15. Dignity and Compassion in End-of-Life Care 16. Shame in the Context of Grief 17. Understanding and Healing Hoarding as a Resistance to Grief 18. Compassion in Situations of Nonfinite Loss and Chronic Sorrow 19. Mindful and Self-Compassionate Embodied Grief Practices 20. Tales from the Field: Self-Compassion as a Resource for Supporting Grief 21. Compassion-Focused Imagery and Embodiment Practices 22. Compassion-Focused Chair Work for Grief Part Four: Organizational and Structural Approaches 23. Challenges to Compassion in Healthcare: A Systems Approach 24. Compassion in Organizations and Political Structures 25. Compassionate Cities for End-of-Life Care