Singing Mother Home: A Psychologist's Journey through Anticipatory Grief
Singing Mother Home: A Psychologist's Journey through Anticipatory Grief
by Donna S. Davenport
University of North Texas Press, 2002 eISBN: 978-1-57441-427-1 | Cloth: 978-1-57441-162-1 Library of Congress Classification BF575.G7D365 2002 Dewey Decimal Classification 155.937
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
What happens when an expert on grief is faced with the slow decline of her beloved mother? Like A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis, Singing Mother Home offers the reader an inside look at the struggles of someone who is an expert” in coping with loss. Donna S. Davenport was forced to rethink the traditional academic approach to the process, which implied that the goal of grief resolution was to end the attachment to the loved one. Instead, she embarked on a personal exploration of her own anticipatory grief.
This intimate narrative forms the core of her book. It is emotionally wrenching, but it also provides hope for those going through similar experiences. Just as Davenport used her family's tradition of singing to comfort her mother, readers will be encouraged to find their own sources of comfort in family and legacy. The book concludes with two chapters describing psychological approaches to grief and recommending further reading.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Donna S. Davenport is associate professor of counseling psychology at Texas A&M University and has a private practice. Her refereed publications are numerous and include articles, book chapters, and a widely used textbook, An Introduction to Psychotherapy: Common Clinical Wisdom. She lives in Bryan, Texas. Joan Matthews, who wrote the foreword, is a psychologist in private practice in San Marcos, Texas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Singing Mother Home
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Family Tree
Staying Connected through the Loss
Photo Gallery
Anticipatory Grief
Post-Bereavement Grief
Suggested Further Reading
References
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