"An exceptionally fine book.... The author focuses expertly on the subjects of uncomplicated mourning, pathological mourning, the bereaved family as patient, the practitioner's own grief, special losses (for example, miscarriage and abortion), and provides role-playing vignettes he has found useful in training grief counselors.... Anyone involved professionally in counseling the bereaved would be well advised to read this little gem."

Journal of Psychology and Theology

"A runaway best-seller.... Provides training for the beginner in the field, and excellent suggestions for the experienced counselor."

-Thanatology Librarian

In the second edition of this classic work. Worden describes the mechanisms of grief and the procedures for helping clients accom-plish the "tasks of mourning" to facilitate moving through the process of normal grieving. He goes on to explain how unresolved grief can lead to problems requiring psychotherapy and how the therapist can diagnose and treat problems related to exaggerated. chronic, masked, and delayed grief reactions. The second edition features Important new material on AIDS and bereavement, grief and the elderly, as well as a greatly expanded bibliography