The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life

ISBN-13: 9780190649562 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 192 str.

Donald L. Rosenstein; Justin M. Yopp

Opis

The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life chronicles the challenges and triumphs of seven men who were left to raise young children after their wives died. For four years, the men took part in an innovative support group that the authors led at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The men encouraged each other through painful setbacks and celebrated increasingly frequent successes as they learned to parent on their own and embrace life anew.

In the tradition of the best bereavement memoirs, The Group shares poignant personal stories of loss and adaptation. The book also describes how the group itself transforms the men in unexpected way. Through the rich experiences of the seven fathers and their interactions with each other, Rosenstein and Yopp bring to the public the latest developments in grief resolution, psychological resilience, meaning-making, and post-traumatic growth.

The Group traces a compelling journey that no book has captured before. The men's touching efforts to care for their families, grieve for their wives, and reimagine their futures will inspire anyone who has suffered a major loss.

Recenzje

Yopp and his co-author have written an engaging and informative account of their support group with seven widowed fathers raising young children after their wives died of cancer. ... This book will be valued by any griever, but especially a grieving parent who is raising children. Clinicians will also gain insight into the ebb and flow of the clinical process while providing a supportive milieu for grieving persons.

O autorze

Donald L. Rosenstein, M.D. is a psychiatrist and Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry at UNC where he directs the Comprehensive Cancer Support Program. Dr. Rosenstein was formerly at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, where he held several leadership positions including National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Clinical Director, Chief of the NIH Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service and Chair of both the Clinical Center Ethics Committee and the NIMH Institutional Review Board. He is a senior clinician and active researcher with expertise in the psychiatric care of patients with cancer and other medical illnesses. Dr. Rosenstein is Past-President of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Justin M. Yopp, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UNC. Through his clinical work in the Comprehensive Cancer Support Program, he provides diagnostic and therapeutic services to children and adults with cancer. Dr. Yopp specializes in caring for terminally ill patients and their families. He previously served as the coordinator of the inpatient psychological consultation-liaison service at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Together, the authors are the creators of the Single Fathers Due to Cancer Program.