Pauline Boss, the principal theorist of the concept of ambiguous
loss, guides clinicians in the task of building resilience in
clients who face the trauma of loss without resolution. Boss
describes a concrete therapeutic approach that is at once directive
and open to the complex contexts in which people find meaning and
discover hope in the face of ambiguous losses. In Part I readers
are introduced to the concept of ambiguous loss and shown how such
losses relate to concepts of the family, definitions of trauma, and
capacities for resilience. In Part II Boss leads readers through
the various aspects of and target points for working with those
suffering ambiguous loss. From meaning to mastery, identity to
ambivalence, attachment to hope these chapters cover key states of
mind for those undergoing ambiguous loss. The Epilogue addresses
the therapist directly and his or her own ambiguous losses. Closing
the circle of the therapeutic process, Boss shows therapists how
fundamental their own experiences of loss are to their own clinical
work.
In Loss, Trauma, and Resilience, Boss provides the therapeutic
insight and wisdom that aids mental health professionals in not
"going for closure," but rather building strength and acceptance of
ambiguity. What readers will find is a concrete therapeutic
approach that is at once directive and open to the complex contexts
in which people find meaning and discover hope in the face of
ambiguous losses."
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