Healing after Parent Loss in Childhood and Adolescence

Phyllis Cohen, PhD, is the founder and director of the New York Institute for Psychotherapy Training in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence. She is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. K. Mark Sossin, PhD, is professor of psychology and the associate chair of the Department of Psychology at Pace University. He is also the director of the Pace Parent-Infant/Toddler Research Nursery. Richard Ruth, PhD, is associate professor of clinical psychology, director of clinical training, and chair of the child/adolescent track at the George Washington University PsyD program.

• ForewordNancy McWilliamsPart I: Overview1: Loss of a Parent During Childhood and Adolescence: A Prismatic Look at the LiteratureK. Mark Sossin, Yelena Bromberg, & Diana HaddadPart II: Therapy in the Office with Children and Their Caregivers2: “Do You Know Anyone Who is Dead?” A Four Year Old Boy Comes to Understand the Unexpected Loss of His Father in the Context of CultureLuz Towns-Miranda3. Walking in Their Shoes: Therapeutic Journeys with Young Girls who Lost Mothers JoAnn Ponder4: “My Daddy is a Star in the Sky”: Understanding and Treating Traumatic Grief in Early ChildhoodChandra Ghosh Ippen, Alicia F. Lieberman, & Joy D. OsofskyPart III: Therapy in the Office with Adolescents5: A Terrible Thing Happened on the Way to Becoming a Girl: Transgender Trauma, Parental Loss, and RecoveryDiane Ehrensaft6: Mourning Childhood Loss in Adolescence: An Indirect Approach to FeelingsDaniel Gensler7: Revisiting, Repairing and Restoring: The Developmental Journey of a Bereaved Ado

Healing After Parent Loss in Childhood and Adolescence provides a welcome addition to the therapeutic literature in an area that affects many children, adolescents, and even adults but that does not always get as much attention as it deserves.